Reading Time: 2 minutes The Mozilla Foundation announced this week the release of security updates that address critical a high impact vulnerabilities in Firefox, Firefox ESR, Thunderbird, and Netscape Portable Runtime. These vulnerabilities may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code, launch denial of service attacks and conduct clickjacking attacks. The following updates are available from Mozilla: Firefox 30 This…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Update: check the latest version of Comodo’s free mobile security app Many people believe that mobile phones are immune from the type of malware attacks that plague desktop systems. Two separate ransomware attacks in recent weeks demonstrate that such thinking is out of touch with today’s reality. Ransomware is an attack strategy where hackers are…

Reading Time: 1 minute Google has released significant security updates for the Google Chrome browser and Chrome Operating System. User’s are encouraged to apply these updates as soon as possible. Vulnerabilities addressed could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system or cause a denial of service. Updates available include: Chrome 35.0.1916.153 for Windows, Mac and…

Reading Time: 1 minute This week, Adobe has released security updates to address multiple vulnerabilities in Flash Player and Air.

Reading Time: 1 minute There is more bad news this week for the popular OpenSSL implementation of the SSL and TLS protocols, which was made vulnerable in April by the Heartbleed bug. This week we learned that OpenSSL has vulnerabilities that can be exploited by hackers for “Man-in-the-Middle” attacks. According to an OpenSSL advisory: “An attacker using a carefully…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Ransomware is quickly becoming the scourge of the Internet and Cisco Systems is reporting that several very popular web sites have recently been distribution points via malvertising. According to an investigation detailed on the Cisco Systems blog site, popular web sites including Disney and Facebook have been compromised to display infected advertisements that download a…

Reading Time: 4 minutes On Monday, the US Department of Justice announced that law enforcement working in multiple countries had successfully seized control of the “Gameover Zeus” botnet that distributes the Zeus banking Trojan and a second botnet that distributes the Cryptolocker ransomware program. Zeus and its variants enable financial fraud by stealing login credentials and diverting financial transactions…

Reading Time: 5 minutes In the last few weeks, I have read a fair amount of press coverage about a new Bitcoin wallet application called Dark Wallet. I have also received many inquiries from various sources (customers, blog subscribers, etc.) asking for recommendations on how to stay protected against this “new threat”.  Being a Bitcoin “technology” fan myself and…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Overview The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) was jointly developed by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB International, MasterCard Worldwide and Visa Inc. The PCI DSS is now actively maintained by the PCI Security Standards Council, and represents a multifaceted standard that includes requirements for security management, policies, procedures, network architecture, software…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Comodo, as a matter of company policy, supports education in the United States and provides our security products at reduced rates to meet their security needs. In recent years, Comodo’s presence in educational systems has grown significantly. Licking R-VIII School District This week, we published a case study on Comodo’s website of the Licking R-VIII…