Hackers Break Windows, IE
The security folks at Microsoft, via the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog, announced some additional problems with a previously announced vulnerability. New software exploiting the recently exposed Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability made its appearance and Microsoft has updated the security bulletin as well.
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Date: 2005-11-30
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What Did Sony Know And When Did They Know It?
Everyone loves a great conspiracy story and Sony BMG is in the middle of one right now. They've lied about things, they've damaged computers, and they've even got the requisite cover-up. This isn't some crazy spy movie, it's the real thing. Word is out now, Sony knew about the rootkit and the problems it would cause well in advance of the current fiasco.
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Date: 2005-11-30
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Watermarked Music
Right now, the Sony's rootkit fiasco echoes around the music industry. Is there no valid, legal way to protect copyrighted material? Digital Rights Management is what most in the industry are working with and so far it seems to be coming out poorly. One method some are suggesting is the watermark.
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Date: 2005-11-30
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Get A Free Trojan With Your Hard Drive
"Have you seen a pack of Trojans? Nope. I just ran out." In a move of complete and utter brilliance, Japanese hard drive maker I-O Data shipped their portable hard drive HDP-U series complete with a Trojan, namely the Tompai-A. They should've used protection.
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Date: 2005-11-29
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Choosey Kids Choose Illegal File Sharing
The scourge of record companies remains file sharing. It comes as no surprise free songs are better than the ones people pay for, particularly to teenagers. A recent study by Jupiter Research confirmed that fact and that it's unlikely to change anytime in the near future. This doesn't bode well for the future of record companies.
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Date: 2005-11-29
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Symantec Drops Sygate Personal Firewall
Free firewalls appear to be on their way out. Symantec closed the book on Sygate's free and paid version of their personal firewall. Symantec said users will be give a discounted upgrade to their own product.
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Date: 2005-11-29
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Sobering Up the FBI, CIA
Last week, new variants on the Sober computer virus began to spread. The variants, Sober X, Y and Z spread in a new and dastardly manner, posing as emails from the CIA and the FBI. Both government agencies posted notices on their websites saying they don't send out unsolicited emails. This hasn't stopped this email and it's attachment from being successful.
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Date: 2005-11-28
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Scottrade Gets Hacked
Online brokerage Scottrade sent letters out to customers saying they'd been hacked back in October. Scottrade is just the latest in widespread hacking problem that includes many firms much bigger than Scottrade.
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Date: 2005-11-28
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Cybercrime Pays Better Than Drugs
The adage was always that "crime doesn't pay." Unfortunately, the adage doesn't ring true, at least in the cyber world. Experts say profits from cybercrime cracked the $105 billion mark.
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Date: 2005-11-28
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Sober Worm Update: CIA
The Sober worm has been circulating the internet again in the form of email attachments to official looking emails appearing to be from either the FBI or the CIA. Both organizations have statements on their site but the emails and hackers who wrote them are devious.
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Date: 2005-11-23
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Liberty Alliance Grows Identity Solutions
The Liberty Alliance Project announced on Monday a host of new products come IBM, NEC, NTT and RSA Security to improve this list of interoperable identity solutions. The new products passed Liberty's testing at a recent conformance event. These companies demonstrated their products meet the stands for the Liberty Federation.
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Date: 2005-11-23
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FBI Victim of Email Fraud
An official looking malicious email is making its rounds on the electronic superhighway. The letter, stating the FBI sent it, said the recipient was surfing illegal websites and the user needs to open an attachment to solve the problem The FBI sent no such letter.
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Date: 2005-11-22
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Critical Flaw In Internet Explorer
Folks who use Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) may be in for a wild ride as exploit code for a critical flaw in fully patched versions of IE begins to make its rounds on the Internet. This puts millions of users at risk for denial of service (DoS) attacks that hijack computers.
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Date: 2005-11-22
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SANS Says Hackers Expanding Targets
Security experts at SANS unleashed their Top 20 list today covering the top 20 cyber threats for 2005. Traditionally, attacks targeted operating systems like Windows and Unix or services like web servers and mail systems. This year, attacks went after application programs.
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Date: 2005-11-22
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Boeing Bombs On ID Fraud Prevention
Every time you turn around, you hear another story on ID fraud. There's another one today. Aircraft manufacturer Boeing happened to lose a laptop computer. A number of questions come up about why all those names would be on a laptop but then another question comes up. Doesn't Boeing have some kind of government contract?
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Date: 2005-11-21
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Texas Versus Sony BMG
The independent nation of Texas declared war on Sony BMG Music Entertainment on this day, Monday, November 21, 2005. Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot levied the charges in Travis County, charging Sony BMG knowingly unleashed spyware on the good citizens of Texas and in so doing violated the state's anti-spyware laws.
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Date: 2005-11-21
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IM Worm Slithered From Middle East
FaceTime Communications said a group in the Middle East controlled an instant messenger rootkit worm tied to the WorldWide Bot Network. They announced the worm on Thursday and said the worm provides a backdoor into people's computer system.
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Date: 2005-11-21
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A Lesson In Smart Counterfeiting
Yes, I know counterfeiting money is a federal offense. I'm not advocating it in the slightest. Treasury Department tends to get rather irritable when you try and do their job for them. Fair enough. But, if you're going to take on the Treasury folks, you better use your head though, unlike two gentlemen in Arizona who forgot to clean out their printer before getting it repaired.
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Date: 2005-11-18
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Corporate Criticism in Sony Rootkit Row
What defines a good cyber security company? Is it response to new threats? Is the customer service superb? Do they keep your computer protected? When Sony BMG issued CDs with malware, most of the big time security companies were quiet. Even after it was discovered, they remained quiet for a while.
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Date: 2005-11-18
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Guilty Pleas From Shadowcrew
When Secret Service nailed credit card and identity fraudsters associated with the Shadowcrew.com website last year, they uncovered a major operation. 28 people charged. Six of those 28 pleaded guilty on Thursday.
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Date: 2005-11-18
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Even MORE Problems For Sony BMG
It seems to me Sony BMG needs to do a little research when it starts picking out its vendors for DRM software. They've received more grief in the last two weeks then they have for most anything they might have done in recent years, maybe ever. Some security folks are claiming today that the code used in the DRM software they picked up from F4I violates the GNU General Public License for open source software.
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Date: 2005-11-17
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Microsoft Works On Phishing
Microsoft announced they've teamed up with three new data providers, Cyota, Internet Identity and MarkMonitor. These companies will regularly contribute information on confirmed phishing websites. These will go towards enhancing Microsoft's Phishing Filter and SmartScreen Technology.
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Date: 2005-11-17
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AntiSpyware Initiative: Yahoo, AOL, CNET, and Verizon
Some big players came into the antispyware game on Wednesday as a number of companies signed on for stringent standards to stop the distribution of insidious spyware. The Trusted Download Program beta from TRUSTe is a program put together that will force software vendors to "clearly and unavoidably communicate key functionalities and obtain consumer consent prior to download."
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Date: 2005-11-16
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Buying the Black Hat
CMP Media announced the purchase of Black Hat Inc. Black Hat, founder Jeff Moss will stay on to run Black Hat as director. CMP believes this new acquisition will make them the strongest platform in the computer security media market.
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Date: 2005-11-16
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Visa Joins CSIA
Credit card company Visa announced their membership in the Cyber Security Industry Alliance (CSIA). CSIA is a public policy and advocacy group dedicate to exclusively to cyber security. Visa, as a multinational, will be able to provide a unique insight as the world's leading payment brand. Visa enters the organization as an enterprise member.
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Date: 2005-11-16
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88% Of IM Worms Mutated in Last 11 Months
Instant messaging is a fast growing shipping line for worms. IMlogic said in their recent study that over 88% of the worms they tracked mutated at least once. IMlogic believes the speed of these mutations poses a legitimate threat for both home user and corporate instant messaging.
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Date: 2005-11-15
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TrendMicro Backtracks On Trojan For MS
Security company TrendMicro backtracked on a new Trojan they said they discovered last week that played upon new vulnerabilities in Windows. Microsoft announced the graphics vulnerabilities during the monthly patch update last week, namely patch MS05-053.
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Date: 2005-11-14
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Consumers Want Online Security
A new study by Unisys says consumers will pay for improved security for protection against identity fraud. Identity fraud is perhaps the greatest single threat to commerce on the Internet and realistically, to consumer banking in general.
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Date: 2005-11-14
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Trojan Circulating For Windows Vulnerability
Microsoft released their latest security patch on Tuesday. A Trojan exploiting the vulnerabilities was there on Wednesday. TrendMicro spotted the little nasty on Wednesday and rated the damage potential as high.
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Date: 2005-11-11
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Yahoo IM Hit With Big Phish
A new phishing scam is trying to phlounder Yahoo's instant messenger (YIM). IMlogic discovered the piscine pest is being broadcast over the entire YIM network. It's the latest attack by phishermen in the instant messaging world.
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Date: 2005-11-11
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Enternet Media Raided By FTC, Shut Down
Accused spyware distributor Enternet faces charges after a federal judge shut them down on Thursday. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) filed a lawsuit and was subsequently granted the court order closing the California company down.
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Date: 2005-11-11
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Tsunami Hacker Got A Real Job
Recently convicted Daniel Cuthbert got a job slightly better than most convicts. The convicted stemmed from his hacking into a Tsunami fund-raising site. For most criminals, something so heinous would be the end of the line. But Danny boy wasn't crying this week.
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Date: 2005-11-11
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Surprise! Microsoft Security Patch Problems
Microsoft continues to have problems with their monthly patch updates. In August and October, it was problems in the patch itself; September they didn't have a patch and in November, it's something even more basic, they can't get their Software Update Services (SUS) to work properly in distributing the software patches.
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Date: 2005-11-10
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Sony Rootkit Update: Through The Back Door
Sony appears to have more problems now. Security firms Kaspersky Lab and Sophos discovered the first malicious software to crawl through the backdoor of Sony BMG's rootkit. Many critics warned this problem would occur and Sony BMG's statements blew them off. They may need to reexamine the situation.
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Date: 2005-11-10
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ID Fraud Continues Unabated in Arizona, Oregon
Both Arizona and Oregon both reported major identity fraud busts on Tuesday. The ID fraud included just about all the information one needs to complete the transaction. The arrests involved stolen credit and debit card info and social security numbers.
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Date: 2005-11-10
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Oracle Patch Problems
It seems like everyone is having patch problems. On Tuesday, NGSResearchers discovered problems in Oracle's most recent Critical Patch Update. The biggest problem stems from the patch's failure to install the Oracle Text components on Oracle 8.1.7.4 on all operating systems.
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Date: 2005-11-10
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Phishing In Bermuda
Customers of the Bank of Bermuda need to keep an eye out for the latest phishing scam because it's coming for them. The attack, launched from Lawrenceburg, Tennessee sent spam emails in an attempt to get people to turn over their banking information in this nefarious plot.
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Date: 2005-11-10
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Los Angeles Virus Spreader Gets Inoculated
A Los Angeles man is being held without bond after being charged with spreading electronic viruses in order to get control over computers, mainly military and sell the access to spammers, hackers and other cyber criminal types.
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Date: 2005-11-09
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Linux Needs A Wormer
A new variation on the Slapper and Scalper worms has crept into the Linux lines. Most major security companies have picked up on it and have issued bulletins. Linux doesn't get hit as often as Windows but it does get hit. While this worm isn't considered life threatening, it can be quite annoying.
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Date: 2005-11-09
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Experiment Shows Many Consumers Phish Bait
RSA Security recently conducted a survey to determine just how much personal information people would cough up. The survey was conducted in New York's Central Park by a team dressed in I LOVE NY shirts. The survey was supposedly about tourism in the Big Apple and they reeled a lot of people in.
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Date: 2005-11-09
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Google Getting Phished?
Security firm Websense received reports of a nasty little phishing scam using Google as bait. A spoof web page with Google's logo plastered all over it and looking remarkably like Google's own site also had a big line saying "You WON $400!!!"
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Date: 2005-11-09
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More on Sony Rootkit
Sony BMG angered many with their recent tactic of putting spyware on their music CDs to protect copyrights. They offered a remedy in the form of a patch pretty quickly.
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Date: 2005-11-08
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Google Profile Ranking Patent And Privacy
Google recently filed for a new patent for a system and method for using a user profile to order placed content in search results returned by a search engine. This will allow Google to rank organic results based on the user profile. Is this a brilliant innovation or an incredibly invasion of privacy?
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Date: 2005-11-08
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Microsoft Unleashes The Defender
Reports surfaced on Friday from Microsoft bloggers of Microsoft's overhaul of the Windows anti-spyware software. The new version will be called Microsoft Windows Defender and will be included in the upcoming Windows Vista.
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Date: 2005-11-07
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Australians Go After Zombies
The Australian government has decided to take matters into its own hands and recruit 5 ISPs to assist it with the fight against zombie computers.
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Date: 2005-11-07
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McAfee's Enforcer Coming Soon
Today, McAfee announced that the beta version of its system security policy enforcement solution, McAfee Policy Enforcer will be available later this month.
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Date: 2005-11-07
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First Successful Copyright Violation Case
A Hong Kong hack is headed to the hoosegow for three months in what is the first successful prosecution of copyright violation in the world. The pirate got caught offering movies using the BitTorrent software.
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Date: 2005-11-07
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Alleged BotMaster Busted
20-year old Jeanson James Ancheta, who allegedly hijacked thousands of computers, was arrested after the FBI got him to their offices in Los Angeles.
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Date: 2005-11-04
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Sony Spyware Update: Opening Your PC For Hackers
Since the story began circulating yesterday of Sony BMG distributing spyware on their music CDs, Sony has reacted to the criticism bellowing out in their direction. They now offer a patch to correct the problem but does it really? One might argue they've already crossed the line when they began freely distributing this spyware to their paying customers.
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Date: 2005-11-03
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IM Threats Up 1500%
Instant messaging (IM) security entity IMLogic released new figures on Tuesday detailing the onslaught on instant messengers by hackers and other with malicious intent. The nasty code floating through disables anti-virus software and logs end user keystrokes to steal identities.
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Date: 2005-11-02
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Apple Patching Holes
Apple posted their 10.4.3 update, patching a number of holes in their product. Five problems were found at various points in Apple's OS X. The patch is available for download now from their Apple Downloads section or the Software Update section.
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Date: 2005-11-01
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