Faced with the discovery of a serious flaw in the Internet’s workings, computer network administrators around the world have been rushing to fix their systems with a cobbled-together patch. Now it appears that the patch has some gaping holes.

On Friday, a Russian physicist demonstrated that the emergency fix to the basic Internet address system, known as the Domain Name System, is vulnerable and will almost certainly be exploited by criminals.

The flaw could allow Internet traffic to be secretly redirected so thieves could, for example, hijack a bank’s Web address and collect customer passwords.

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A US intelligence office Friday warned Americans traveling to the Beijing Olympics or elsewhere to expect cyber spies to surreptitiously compromise their laptops, cellphones, and other electronic devices.

The unusual advisory issued by the National Counterintelligence Executive (NCIX) did not single out China by name, but the head of the office did in a press release and a television interview.

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Kaspersky is the first Anti Virus company in the world to launch a 2009 version.

The Anti Virus company is the largest in Europe and ranked top 5 in the world.

2 products, Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2009 is now available in all over Malaysia including Low Yat, Digital Mall, Queenbay Mall Penang, Ipoh Parade and more.

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After the hack and the website being locked down, now the Kaspersky Malaysia Website is back online.

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Kaspersky Malaysia’s website-http://www.kaspersky.com.my/ and http://antivirus365.net/ has been hacked yesterday.

Here’s some screen shots:

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Be extra cautious the next time you receive an e-mail addressed specifically to you. You may be a potential victim that has been targeted by cybercriminals, said Finnish IT security solutions provider F-Secure Corp.

It said cyberattackers are also being more diligent in picking their victims in order to steal personal information.

F-Secure security response programme manager Chia Wing Fei said there has been an increase in the number of targetted attacks over the last six months.

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