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Malicious DNS redirection at the server level is growing with the proliferation of open-recursive DNS servers, according to a new joint research paper. A new threat that poisons DNS caches has been identified. Polish researchers have developed a range of steganographic techniques which would enable a hacker to hide information in VoIP traffic. The antivirus/perimeter approach to security is dead, and targeted attacks could very well be the final nail in the AV coffin. Hackers could run malicious code on the RAZR device by sending a corrupt image by MMS, according to an advisory from TippingPoint Security researchers at Symantec have placed the blame for a variety of problems users are experiencing with Microsoft's Windows XP Service Pack 3 squarely on Microsoft. Researchers at McAfee said they have detected the largest outbreak of malware in three years, an infection impacting hundreds of thousands of users whose machines contain poisoned media files. Most spam is sent to non-existent addresses, but that can still generate annoying messages for genuine users. Numerous vulnerabilities have been identified in Adobe's popular Flash Player that allow attackers to gain control over a user's PC and use it as a launching pad to obtain sensitive data, inject arbitrary code, launch cross-site scripting attacks and mount privilege escalation attacks on servers hosting cross-domain policy files. Targeted phishing emails are attempting to infect the machines of users' who are tricked into opening malicious Microsoft Access Database (MDB) files, US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) said in a warning this week. Corrupted cursor files could deliver malicious payloads. The Swiss national elections on 21 October will mark a world first for Geneva as the canton employs quantum cryptography to protect the dedicated line used for counting ballots. The 'Italian Job' attack was the first large scale use of a Web-based attack, and it was duplicated only a few days later.
But analyst claims problem is a 'raindrop in a thunderstorm'. Trend Micro has confirmed a vulnerability in its Scan Engine application that could be exploited by malicious users to take control of an affected system. Monthly update includes fixes for IE, Media Player. Microsoft this week warned Windows Media Player users that a flaw in the program is susceptible to proof-of-concept malicious code. Proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit code has been released for a new flaw in the process by which Apple's Mac OS X handles DMG image format files. Zvetco Biometrics's Verifi FingerTouch Security Professional is a USB fingerprint reader with the necessary software to lock-down a single Windows-based PC. It's simple to install and the Verifi ID Manager software is equally easy to manage. Several bloggers are reporting today a MySpace hacking scheme in which malware writers embed Flash-based malicious code in profiles and redirect victims to an online tirade concerning the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.