============================================================ -------- PCMAG.COM'S SECURITY WATCH -------- -------- for November 3, 2004 -------- ============================================================
============================================================ ********** Sponsored by St. Bernard ********** GET THE FACTS ON WEB FILTERING FREE Find out why appliance-based Web filtering is the only secure and reliable way to monitor and block Internet usage with this FREE White Paper from IDC, Thinking Inside the Box: Benefits of an Internet Filtering Appliance. The paper outlines the advantages of using an appliance including superior interoperability, updates and upgrades sent over a secure connection, optimized O/S hardened against hacker attacks and secure authentication of users. Don't miss this timely information--download today! http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1238-14-15-53809-118322-1 ************************************************************ ============================================================ Welcome to the PCMag.com Security Watch Newsletter. Every week we bring you an overview of the current viruses, worms, and other threats and the information you need to combat them. Starting with this week we will be delivering Security Watch twice a week, on Wednesdays and Fridays. This past week we had an outbreak of several new variants of the Bagle e-mail worm. The worst has subsided by now, but many computers infected with it now have a backdoor installed through which attackers can take control of the computer. A bug in the new Google Desktop beta search engine lets you view files you had encrypted without having the passwords to them. An e-mail scam targeted at Yahoo! users tries to trick them into creating new accounts for spammers to use. For more on these threats, vulnerabilities and other issues, visit the Watch. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1238-14-15-53809-118325-1 IN THIS ISSUE: * Top Threat W32/Bagle.BC * Top 10 e-mail viruses as reported by Panda Software on Tuesday November 2, 2004 * Top Phish of the Week: Yahoo Spammer Trick * Security Alerts and Updates * Security Watch News Feed ============================================================ Top Threat W32/Bagle.BC Bagle.BC opens TCP port 81 and waits for remote connections. It ends processes belonging to a variety of well-known security tools and deletes entries belonging to certain other worms from the Windows Registry. It spreads itself through e-mail and peer to peer networks. See our top threat for more on the Bagle.BC worm. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1238-14-15-53809-118181-1 ============================================================ Top 10 e-mail viruses as reported by Panda Software on Tuesday November 2, 2004 Bagle.BE Bagle.BC Zafi.C For the full list, visit the Top Ten section http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1238-14-15-53809-118184-1 ============================================================ Top Phish of the Week: Yahoo Spammer Trick Name: Yahoo Spammer Trick Date: November, 2004 Type: Phishing - Misleading User Into Creating Account For more on this innovative phish, see our top phish section. http://eletters.pcmag.com/zd1/cts?d=81-1238-14-15-53809-118187-1 ============================================================ Security Alerts and Updates The new beta of Google Desktop search engine indexes the content in encrypted, password-protected files, and makes the content available without the passwords. A bug in the way RealPlayer client software handles skin files could allow an attacker to run arbitrary code. Researchers have found a bug in QuickTime for Windows that allows a malicious Web page to run arbitrary code on the user's computer. 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