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POPSFast Flux DNS Wiki Technique used to mask attacker's true identity and to avoid countermeasures such as IP ACLs
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POPSCriminals burrow into browsers to hack banks Important to note that these attacks are occurring BEFORE transmission. Therefore, the SSL tunnel between you and your bank (signified by the little lock on your browser) is meaningless as your information is compromised as it is entered on the form. The information is then sent by malware back to the harvesters who sell your information to the highest bidder. Preventing infection, detecting and removing the malware, and blocking egress communications with a firewall are the best prevention mechanisms. Also, keeping an eye on your credit is important.
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POPSMore on the QuickTime RSTP vulnerability More on the RSTP vulnerability from Quicktime. Countermeasures include disabling Quicktime and iTunes until the problem is patched (likely v7.4), blocking RSTP at the gateway (TCP 554 and a range of UDP ports in 6000's), IDS detection of RSTP. Note- files are vulnerable too, so just blocking egress ports is probably not enough as any installed malware will probably use port 80 to egress. Best to disable the applications via the Registry (or uninstalling) until the patches are available as these exploits are almost certainly out there now.
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POPSSunbelt Software: Google search results delivering massive malware attacks Crackers rigging web pages to gain high search rankings, enabling them to be posted near the top of the search thread. Best defense is to ensure you are surfing the web from a non-privileged account and to have a hardened browser (Firefox with the 'No Script' add-on, for instance). For IE, need to consider disabling iFrames.
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POPSHackers will feed on Vista in 2008, says McAfee Next year is the test for Vista. If it does not follow past trends and is seen as a significant trend breaker, it may be viewed as having achieved its stated goal (security). That may finally be the tipping point for wider adoption. However, this is (and should be) a scary time for Microsoft. If Vista is not seen as successful by next year, there may be a wider trend of moving to alternative desktop OS's, such as Mac, especially as the hardware requirements to run Vista far exceed those of other OSs. This may be the start of MS losing some of the OS market share in late 2008.
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