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Halloween provided extra scares as some sites were compromised with malware. The trail of bogus anti-virus software and the money it brings in leads to a software company in Russia, according to security researchers. An advisory group contends that the scramble over Dan Kaminsky's DNS flaw discovery proves that full disclosure is simply not feasible. 'Internetpol' needed or internet businesses may fail. Steven Thomas, was found dead Sunday in Hawaii, some two weeks after he was reported missing. Researchers at Panda Labs have discovered a free toolkit that allows users to turn any executable file into a worm. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security-sponsored project has not only discovered that the quality of open-source software code has improved significantly over the past two years, it has debunked a widely held assumption that longer function strings within source code are associated with an increased number of code defects. The researcher who discovered a zero-day vulnerability in the widely deployed RealPlayer has developed a working exploit for it, he told SCMagazineUS.com on Tuesday. A security researcher said Monday he has discovered an unpatched ActiveX vulnerability in RealPlayer, the popular media player, and is working on an exploit. Researchers at the web security firm Finjan on Wednesday announced they have discovered a small database containing about 8,700 file-transfer protocol (FTP) server credentials that were being used to plant malicious code on legitimate websites. After a brief hiatus, new variants have appeared in the wild of Trojan.Mebroot, a rogue rootkit discovered in December attacking the Windows Master Boot Record (MBR), Symantec has warned. With flaws in many new products, vendors should listen a bit more to the research community perhaps Common employee behaviour may result in data loss or leakage of a company's intellectual property, a new study concludes. In an advisory, Cisco Systems notified users of 12 security patches to fix vulnerabilities in its Internet Operating System (IOS) Software and Unified Communications Manager.

Just a few years ago, Apple commanded only a small fraction of the computer market. Security experts are warning users to be on the lookout for a new rash of fake antivirus campaigns. A new tool makes it easier for malware spreaders to create bogus YouTube pages. Attack can cripple Access Control Server, security appliances. The number of computers currently controlled by botnets has exploded in recent months, say researchers. ManageEngine DeviceExpert 5.1 is a web-based configuration and change management solution for network devices.