Don’t Have AntiAID on Your PC!

Once again, my dear readers, I’d like to draw your attention to fake security programs. Today I’ve chosen to talk about a rogueware with a rather funny name – AntiAID. And the name itself suggests, well at least to me, that the program is somehow NOT related to real and legitimate security application. well, I mean, they could at least call it ProAid or something like that; but definitely not AntiAID.

As Aurelija from pc1news.com states “Once on the system, it will perform a scan of your computer system and immediately start displaying fake warning messages that your system is infected with hundreds of parasites.”

After that you will just asked to purchase a full version of AntiAID and remove all the terrible parasites from your computer. However, this program will never do that! It will never remove neither real, nor fake threats from our PCs.

Don’t allow cyber criminals to trick you! Don’t give them your money!

BlockProtector Can’t Protect Our PCs

BlockProtector is the other fake security program I woul like to talk about. I’ve found that it comes from a large so-called rogueware family called WiniSoft. Rather funny name, isn’t it?.. The name WiniSoft is known to be related to many similar rogues. BlockWatcher, ShieldSafeness, BlockScanner, SoftSafeness, SoftVeteran… These are just a few from this family. All in all there are more than 35 similar programs. And the only aim of all of them is to steal your money. Therefore, be very cautious!

Here is a screenshot of BlockProtector (taken from www.pc1news.com):

Beware MaCatte Antivirus 2009! It’s a Rogue!

Hey,

Today I’d just to warn you against MaCatte Antivirus 2009. You know, it really resembles McAfee. Its name and its website… They’re really trying to act they are a part of McAfee. But THEY ARE not! Their website is very familiar to the website of McAfee. And this name… MaCatte. It’s very easy to get mistaken and read it as McAfee if you’re not attentive enough.

Therefore, stay extremely alert. Don’t be tricked and don’t give your money to these bastards!

Windows Enterprise Suite Is Sneaking Your Way!

Hey everybody! I’ve decided to inform you about the constantly increasing attacks of rogue anti-spyware programs. These fake applications, to my mind, is a serious computer security issue as the developers of these programs are doing their best in order to trick as many unaware pc users as possible.

Why I’ve chosen to start with Windows Enterprise Suite? Well, the answer is very simple. I’ve somehow managed to get to their website. Luckily, I was clever enough not to click on the “download” link. Something mysterious stopped me from doing that Instead of downloading the program, I decided to make a quick research and googled this name. It then became clear that the program is nothing more but just another variant of rogueware. Here is a rather useful research of Windows Enterprise Suite performed by Aurelija from pc1news.com.

All I can say is that you should stay extremely alert. Don’t allow these evil criminals to trick. They only want your money. Do you want to fulfill their wish? Of course not! So be careful.

The Estonia Attacks

The Estonia Attacks

Hey and welcome back to my wonderful and special blog. I am here today to tell you guys about the Estonia cyber attacks.
Well if you can remember it was in 2007 and it was in April.These cyber attacks were massive and they attacked the major websites pertaining to various big organizations.They reached news headlines all over the globe when the attacks occured.

These attacks had huge effects on the Estonian government and political websites.There are many theories of these attacks and one of these theories is about a twenty year old student.The attacks that occured were a DDos attack so they say,and we all know what the goal of an attack like this is.Basically a DDos attack is to take over and actually flood an entire network as well as the resources of a server this is all extremely hardcore.

These attacks have been studied intensely and many people have many different opinions with regard to these massive cyber attacks.These cyber attacks illustrate how big a cyber attack can be and they show the extent of the damage that can actually occur.The problem with these attacks is that it remains a mystery due to the factor that there is no direct evident of any form of kind and without evidence not much can happen. 

Botnets attack routers…..

Hey guys so its me again and check this out:

“Botnets changed tactics, an advanced new virus was deployed, and specific network routers were targeted for attack.”

Botnets attack routers and inclusive of these are network routers.Did you know that Botnets can exist that consist mainly of routers? It exists, although they are not very common. There is a specific Botnet which goes by the name of Psybot.Pyschbot seems to specialise in attacking small home network routers that run a Linux for MIPS CPUS.

According to Wikipedia Botnet be described as:”Botnet is a jargon term for a collection of software robots, or bots, that run autonomously and automatically. The term is often associated with malicious software but it can also refer to the network of computers using distributed computing software. While the term “botnet” can be used to refer to any group of bots, such as IRC bots, this word is generally used to refer to a collection of compromised computers (called Zombie computers) running software, usually installed via worms, Trojan horses, or backdoors, under a common command-and-control infrastructure.”

How does a Network attack occur? Well it is actually quite fascinating, due to many facets. When an attacker makes the decision to target a particular organization, they have two choices. Either they could use the emails of employees or go through the gateway. It is actually easy to location the specific IP address due to the factor that most companies host their email servers on the company network. The attacker is then able to pull off the rest of the attack quite simply and effectively.

DDoS attacks are constantly becoming a bigger issue in the world today, due to the factor that some of the motivations of the attackers are changing.DDos Attacks that are occurring are being actively launched via Botnets.The damage that is caused to these victims are extremely huge. The Cyber attacks On Estonian Government websites brought this method of attack to our attention. These Botnets were literally used to launch these attacks against the routers of ISPs which were hosting the Estonian government sites, as well as their DNS system servers.

Lets get to the bottom of Botnets.

Okay so here I am back again, and today I will be getting to the bottom of Botnets. These stupid or rather clever things are causing chaos on our online world as we know it.

Botnets as they currently stand are a huge threat to our online world today. Not only that but Botnets can be found anywhere and this is extremely alarming.Botnets can be on a home computer or a company computer or even a government computer.All that is needed for a Botnet to breathe and live is Internet and a computer.

Have you heard about the Botnet herder? If not let me enlighten you, a Botnet herder or Botnet creator can do so many things with the inclusion of controlling armies of infected computers.This is obviously very scary and is not even the worst aspect.The worst aspect is that people whose machines are being used for Botnets, are not even aware of it.So basically if your computer is being used,you will have no knowledge of this and be completely oblivious to this factor.

According to Wikipedia a Botnet may be described as:“Botnet is a jargon term for a collection of software robots, or bots, that run autonomously and automatically. The term is often associated with malicious software but it can also refer to the network of computers using distributed computing software.While the term “botnet” can be used to refer to any group of bots, such as IRC bots, this word is generally used to refer to a collection of compromised computers (called Zombie computers) running software, usually installed via worms, Trojan horses, or backdoors, under a common command-and-control infrastructure.”

You get different types of Botnets as well as different attacks. It is vital to use proper computer security protection mechanisms as they may help prevent Botnets.The people who create Botnets are very clever so you need to be warned.They know the” ins and outs” of the entire computer world and know exactly what they need to do to find a vulnerability in your system.

So beware of the Botnets  

CERT!

CERT!

what is CERT? Today I am back and am going to be speaking to you abou CERT…YAH! Do any of you remember that Morris worm? It was massive at the time and it came into being in November 2008.It was actually written by a student with the name of Robert Tappan Morris from Cornwall University.This worm went mad and caused computer security history for us in a big way.The impact of this Morris worm, brought CERT into our wonderful world both offline and online.

Wikipedia describes the Morris worm as:”The Morris worm or Internet worm was one of the first computer worms distributed via the Internet; it is considered the first worm and was certainly the first to gain significant mainstream media attention. It also resulted in the first conviction in the US under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.[1] It was written by a student at Cornell University, Robert Tappan Morris, and launched on November 2, 1988 from MIT.”

CERT when it came into being was actually made with the purpose of giving computer security experts a central point with regard to actually co ordinating various responses to huge network related emergencies.They are situated at Carnegie mellon University.Of course CERT has obviously done lots of work and has expanded rapidly since our wonderful friend the Morris worm came into being.

CERT does all types of wierd and wonderful computer security related things.They also get actively involved in the computer security community and they also analyze various computer security related stuff.They offer courses and teachings and training which is the vest best their is in the field of computer security.CERT also holds some amazing and fabulous events obviously with regard to computer security and detecting vulnerabilies within systems.

CERT has the best employees working for them,who are top in their field.They cover all the computer security related issues and all have a profound and vast knowledge on hardcore indepth computer security stuff.They deeply and intensely study Internet security vulnerabilities and they also do research into long term changes in networked systems.They have developed specific information and training with the purpose of helping improve computer security everywhere.

You can check it all out on and learn lots more if you simply go to:http://www.cert.org

DDoS Attacks

DDoS Attacks and some special stuff FOR U to know

Okay so here I am back again and today I am going to be speaking about the wonderful and exciting DDoS attacks.This is going to be lots of fun and I hope that I am able to provide a positive reading experience for all my fantastic readers out there.

Okay lets get right to it,so without any further delays let it be said that these attacks are extremely dangerous.They can cause extreme chaos for everyone and everything online and the results will not be pleasant to say the very least.Okay so a DDos attack is the same as a DoS attack except the difference lies in the factor that more than one attack computer is used.In a DoS attack the specific source is attacking one computer/IP and in a DDoS the specific source is attacking many computers and IPS.

What is vital to know that these are generally system which are compromised and the owners of the computers are simply innocent victims with no idea or clue that their computers are being used.Scary isn’t it? So what DdoS stand for simple……… DDoS=Distributed denial of service attacks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! While DDos attacks come from potentially thousands of sources ordinary Dos attacks don’t.

DDoS attacks can cause extreme chaos as previously mentioned and if someone is operating a DDoS attack they do many things such as:
causing too many packets and bringing the entire router down.
Causing too many sessions, not good at all.
Flooding the bandwidth…..no explanations needed on this one.

It interesting to know that these attacks can have many direct as well as indirect victims.These attacks can cause extreme chaos for many people with the inclusion of network operators.

DDoS attacks basically make a specific computer resource not available to specific users.There is lots more yo can learn about these attacks but just know one basic thing and that is that:DDoS attacks are considered violations of the IAB’s Internet Proper Use Policy.

EVERYONE NEEDS TO BEWARE OF DDoS attacks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The 5 basic methods for a DoS attack according to Wiki wow wow are:A DoS attack can be perpetrated in a number of ways. The five basic types of attack are:

1. Consumption of computational resources, such as bandwidth, disk space, or processor time
2. Disruption of configuration information, such as routing information.
3. Disruption of state information, such as unsolicited resetting of TCP sessions.
4. Disruption of physical network components.
5. Obstructing the communication media between the intended users and the victim so that they can no longer communicate adequately.

Maybe you should all start reading up and understand more with regard to DDoS attacks:It is your choice,but I know that I am going to,no doubt about it

You know, I had a terrible weekend fighting with viruses in my computer. I can’t imagine where from but my PC caught the Conficker worm. I couldn’t update my Windows automatically and I couldn’t download updates for my current antivirus. I simply couldn’t go to any antivirus website.

I don’t know what else this worm did to my computer but that was enough for me. I googled for more information and found that all these are symptoms of the Conficker – a worm that has already infected about 12 million computers worldwide!  I then tried to remove it manually but to tell the truth I got completely lost even though I tried to follow all the removal instructions.

Luckily, after hours of hard and nervous work I somehow found a blog of a person who had similar problems but managed to solve them with a special free Conficker removal tool offered by Engima Software Group. I downloaded it and I hope that deleted this evil worm from my PC. Well, at least till now my PC works normally, without any signs of the Conficker.