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Somebody’s Watching You…
Jeremy Muncy
Contributing Writer
2004-08-25
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Ever get the feeling you are being watched? That may no longer just be paranoia. A variant of the Rbot worm is able to take over users' web cams and use them to spy on unsuspecting computer owners.
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ZDNet UK explains, the Rbot-GR virus goes a traditional malware route of exploiting security vulnerabilities with Microsoft.
"Whether this worm is the work of professional snoopers or lusty teenagers -- it's hard to say for certain. What we do know if that there have been a few hundred different versions of the Rbot worm, all of which have been designed to gain some kind of remote access to innocent users' data. This one goes further by also specifically collecting Webcam footage," Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos said. "It seems more and more hackers are building a cocktail of different functionality into their creations."
If you're worried about it, it might not be a bad idea to turn the thing off when not in use.
New Virus Has Sight Set On AMD64 Processors. Yesterday Symantec said it had discovered the first "proof-of-concept" virus that makes the AMD 64-bit processor its target.
TechWeb reports that the new virus is being called Shruggle, similar to Rugrat, another proof-of-concept that in late May that targeted Windows' 64-bit operating systems.
"Shruggle is a fairly simple proof-of-concept virus," said Oliver Friedrichs, senior manager of Symantec's virus response team, "to show that the AMD platform is just as susceptible to attack as any other platform." The virus is written in AMD64 assembly code, said Symantec analysts, and won't run on 32-bit Windows editions, such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Security Coming For Nokia High-End Phones. A plan is in the works for Nokia and Swedish Security Company Pointsec Mobile Technologies to develop a tool that will encrypt important information on cell phones.
According to ZDNet UK, the new tool will be available for Nokia's Series 60 & 80 phones. The goal is to protect information such as multimedia messages, calendars, address book entries, email and stored information.
Internet Meltdown…Tomorrow? A large chunk of the Internet will be shut down by a terrorist group tomorrow…According to Aleksandr Gostev from Kaspersky Labs the terrorist's main targets will be the US and Western Europe. The Inquirer expands on this topic.
Symantec Announces Norton Internet Security 2005. Being released in the fall of this year, Norton Internet Security 2005 will combine the newest versions for Norton AntiVirus, Norton Personal Firewall, Norton Privacy Control, Norton Parental Control and Norton AntiSpam.
The new product offers an Outbreak Alert feature which receives a feed from Symantec Security Response labs. The notification feed can determine if an individual system is in question about the latest threat, the user is kept up to date on the findings
About the Author:
Jeremy Muncy is a staff writer for WebProNews.com
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