UK To Strengthen Cybercrime Laws
One of the biggest problems with cybercrime in the UK remains the law. Back in 1990, the government passed the Computer Misuse Act. Unfortunately, the government has failed to keep up with changes in cybercrime and in so doing leaves many individuals and businesses with no real legal protection to fend off many attacks.
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Date: 2006-01-31
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Rhode Island Hack
The Rhode Island state government web site suffered a security breach in December with 4,117 credit card numbers lifted from the site. The breach happened because of one line of code used in the Rhode Island office of New England Interactive (NEI), the company that maintains the site.
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Date: 2006-01-31
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Winamp Zero-Day Exploit
Hackers cracked the new Winamp in record time as AOL prepared a new download for release a day after the hackers launched their assault. The Winamp 5.12 media player was the victim of a zero-day exploit.
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Date: 2006-01-31
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Cisco Says VPN Vulnerable
Cisco Systems warned on Friday via a security advisory of a vulnerability in its VPN 3000 Series concentrators. They said the vulnerability could allow a hacker to send a crafted HTTP packet that would result in a denial-of-service attack.
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Date: 2006-01-31
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Stinx-N Trojan: College Rapist Emails
Acts like rape are tragic enough without some second-rate hacker trying to make things worse. A new Trojan, Troj/Stinx-N, is floating around with subject lines talking about university rapists.
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Date: 2006-01-30
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AMD Forum Under WMF Attack
It looks like AMD's discussion forum has had a hex placed on it. When people visit the discussion forum, they get a WMF exploit plopped right down into their lap or in this case, their computer.
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Date: 2006-01-30
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New Study: Cybercrime Losses Down
A new study released by Computer Economics suggests financial losses world wide from malware are down. The figures say the year 2005 hit losses upwards of $14.2 billion this was the first time since 2002 the number actually went down.
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Date: 2006-01-30
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Japanese Spyware Developer Busted
Authorities arrested Atsushi Takewaka, 31, on suspicion of stealing Internet bank account passwords and using them to raid money from online bank accounts totaling into the millions of yen.
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Date: 2006-01-27
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ChoicePoint Chokes Up $15 Million On Privacy Violations
Atlanta-based ChoicePoint agreed to settle up with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for lean $15 million on charges of violating consumer protection laws. The charges said ChoicePoint allowed criminals access to lots of personal financial information on upwards of 163,000 people.
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Date: 2006-01-27
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Microsoft, Washington AG Sue, Charging Spyware
Redmond-based software monolith Microsoft and Washington state attorney general filed suits against antispyware vendor Secure Computer LLC. They charge the company's "Spyware Cleaner" product not only doesn't remove the spyware, but also makes those computers less secure.
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Date: 2006-01-26
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Biggest Online Security Issue: Trust
IBM's Internet security study released yesterday has tremendous amount of useful information. As some of the results are mulled over, one thing has become apparently clear: users don't trust the Internet.
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Date: 2006-01-26
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Vista And The Two-Way Firewall
As everyone gets ready for Microsoft's release of its new Windows: Vista, one major point of discussion is security. One thing they've added will be a two-way firewall to the mix. This new feature will allow for tighter controls on the firewall for both ingoing and outgoing items.
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Date: 2006-01-26
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U.S.: Spammer #1
The United States continues to hold onto their position as the world's number one originator of spam followed closely by China. Two years ago, Microsoft master Bill Gates predicted spam would be dead. In all actuality, it's alive and well.
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Date: 2006-01-25
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A New Pack of Trojans
Just when you thought you'd run out of Trojans, you find a few more. These Trojans work through the cell phone. These viruses can be dangerous, but with protection they can be stopped.
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Date: 2006-01-25
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Blue Frogs Consume Spam
Blue Security announced their expanding the capabilities of their Blue Frog spam reporting software to work with Google's gmail, Yahoo's mail and MSN's hotmail. The new service will be a dramatic expansion of their product originally offered back during the summer.
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Date: 2006-01-24
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Felonious Hacking In California
California hacker Jeanson James Ancheta, 20, pled guilty in Los Angeles federal court to taking control of hundreds of thousands of computers in the form of four felony counts which could land him a six-year prison sentence and federal fines.
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Date: 2006-01-24
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Big Blue Vision Into 2006 Cybercrime
IBM released their thoughts on cybercrime for the coming year and those thoughts aren't terribly nice. They predict cybercrime is going to get much worse and the worst part is they feel average computer users without their own knowledge will commit most cybercrimes.
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Date: 2006-01-24
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Bulgarians Score Phishing Bust
Microsoft hailed Bulgarian authorities for scoring on an impressive bust of organized criminal phisherman. The Bulgarian National Services To Combat Organized Crime (NSCOC) for their work leading to the netting of a crime ring of eight people charged with operating an international phishing ring.
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Date: 2006-01-23
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Ensuring A Safer Password
How original are your passwords? Surely, you've signed up for an online account somewhere and after searching the darkest corners of your mind for a clever user name have entered it in to learn that an unnerving number of people had matched your creativity.
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Date: 2006-01-23
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Nasty Nyxem Bomb Ticks Away
The Nyxem.E virus continues to spread, with reports hitting over half a million infections as of Saturday and averaging about 800 hits every fifteen minutes or so. The payload is slated to drop on Friday, February 3rd and is it ever nasty.
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Date: 2006-01-23
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Parliamentary Hack Update: The WMF Connection
Last week it was reported British Parliament computers were hacked over the Christmas break. A number of emails were sent to various people throughout parliamentary offices with Trojans in order to gain control of the respective computers. Here's the catch: the hackers were making use of the WMF vulnerability in Windows to get in. Redmond, we have a problem.
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Date: 2006-01-23
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British Parliament Hacked
Reports out of the United States in recent months said the U.S. military was assaulted by hackers working out of China. SANS suggested this was done with Chinese military support. Over Christmas break, hackers attacked Parliament in London and sensitive information was believed to have been accessed, once again by China.
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Date: 2006-01-20
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FBI Computer Crime Reports
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released a new study covering computer crime and the numbers weren't good. Computer-related crimes cost U.S. business an incredible $67.2 billion a year.
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Date: 2006-01-20
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Cisco Security Patches
Cisco Systems cut loose two new security advisories and the appropriate patches for vulnerabilities in its CallManager software product. CallManager is Cisco's software-based IP telephony call-processing module of their Media Convergence Server.
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Date: 2006-01-20
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Security Problems For Microsoft & China
Microsoft appears to be having problems right now. In much of the world, Bill Gates and his software giant appear to be ogres. The company is under much scrutiny by the blogosphere because of their decision to restrict or in this case eliminate controversial Chinese blogs not agreeable with the Chinese government.
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Date: 2006-01-20
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Instant Message Attacks Up 826%
Instant messaging (IM) is becoming a method of choice for communication for many people and cyber attacks through IM are becoming a force to be reckoned with. New information shows attacks are up 826% and don't show signs of slowing down.
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Date: 2006-01-19
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Vulnerabilities In F-Secure
Finnish security software firm, F-Secure announced they had a few problems in their product and put out a bulletin to cover them. The vulnerability affects a number of their anti-virus products for both Windows and Linux.
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Date: 2006-01-19
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Happy B-Day Computer Virus
January is a time of dubious celebration for that most acerbic of inventions, the computer virus. Back in 1986, the Brain made its way into computers via a 5 ¼ inch floppy computer disk. The Brain wasn't particularly nasty but it set the stage for something grand and nefarious.
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Date: 2006-01-19
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HP and Hitachi on Security
HP and Hitachi, Ltd. today announced that researchers from HP Labs Bristol, UK., and Princeton, N.J., and the Hitachi Systems Development Laboratory will conduct joint work on key security and privacy issues.
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Date: 2006-01-19
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MillionDollarHomePage Hacked
Someone always has to screw with someone who did something cool. Hackers are picking on Alex Tew, creator of the MillionDollarHomePage. Hackers were holding his site for ransom for $50,000. They sent him the note, he told them no and his site came tumbling down. The FBI is investigating the matter.
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Date: 2006-01-18
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The Kama Sutra Worm Making Rounds
Worms come and worms go but they never leave for good. A new one is making the rounds and it's utilizing the ever-popular naughty side of the Internet to spread its unseemliness.
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Date: 2006-01-18
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Outsourcing And Security Concerns
Outsourcing is becoming a way of life for many corporations in the United States. They outsource everything everywhere. One problem with this might just be security. As people call all over the world for customer service for their credit cards or some product in a catalog, how do we know to trust what's at the other end?
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Date: 2006-01-18
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WIndows Has Holes In WiFi
As if Microsoft hasn't had enough security problems in their software in recent months, a new vulnerability has come. Hackers could potentially exploit the Windows feature that automatically searches for WiFi connection.
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Date: 2006-01-17
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Being A Squirrel Against Spammers
It's always nice to see a spammer who gets his. Back at the end of December, Darren Brothers put together an interesting little project to cause problems for spammers. The program he put together got one spammer to surrender. His solution: fight fire with fire.
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Date: 2006-01-17
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Symantec Adds New Features To Anti-Virus
Symantec today announced the delivery of product technology updates to its consumer and enterprise antivirus solutions, providing users with expanded protection against stealth computer threats. These updates are the first incremental technology updates Symantec has brought to its consumer solutions.
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Date: 2006-01-17
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LSU Gets Federal CyberCrime Center
The Federal Bureau of Investigation plans to put a new Cybercrime Command Center at Louisiana State University (LSU) located in Baton Rouge. This is part of the federal government's expanding initiative to go after cybercrime.
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Date: 2006-01-16
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FTC Adds ID Theft Quiz To Site
The Federal Trade Commission is helping consumers test their knowledge about protecting their personal information and responding if their identity is stolen by adding a new quiz to the FTC's OnGuardOnline website.
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Date: 2006-01-16
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Wanna Russian Billionaire’s Fortune? Spammers Do
A spam email is floating around the web promising billions to a few million lucky individuals. Spammers email attempts to fool people into thinking they will receive some money from jailed Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
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Date: 2006-01-16
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Consumer Confidence Up On Security Software Protection
The holiday season saw record sales for the online retail industry and one big reason appears to be consumer confidence in protective security like anti-virus and anti-spyware software. A new study published by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) lays out the numbers.
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Date: 2006-01-13
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Anti-Spyware Fighting: Spybot Vs. Symantec
Spybot Search &Destroy (S&D) provides an anti-spyware service. Like others, one downloads the software, keep definitions updated and run the program at regular intervals to keep the adware/spyware out of one's computer. More recently, Spybot had some problems with Symantec and now the word libel has begun to appear in places regarding the two companies.
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Date: 2006-01-13
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QuickTime Trouble For Quicktime Media Player
A recent security update for Apple's Quicktime media player would seem to be the culprit for a number of glitches being reported on Apple's forums. The patch is being blamed for problems in both Mac OSX and Windows.
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Date: 2006-01-13
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Another Bank and 90,000 Names
Another bank lost another bank tape, this time with upwards of 90,000 names on it. The People's Bank in Bridgeport, Connecticut reported lost the tape en route the bank said today.
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Date: 2006-01-12
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Guess Who Bought Your Phone Records?
One of the biggest sides to cyber crime continues to be privacy problems. A political blog recently began discussing the issue and more specifically, how easy it is to acquire cell phone records for a nominal fee. At this time, federal regulations are minimal regarding cell phones and even finding unpublished landline numbers.
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Date: 2006-01-12
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Banks Ranks In ID Fraud Protection
The year 2005 turned out to be a very rough year for identity fraud and banks in particular. Literally millions of identities were compromised from financial institutions and entities both big and small. A new study was just released ranking the top institutions in their efforts to fight identity fraud.
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Date: 2006-01-11
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Apple Eyes In iTunes: A Little Bit Of Adware?
It would seem Apple is watching what you listen to. A new version of iTunes for Mac looks to be discussing the users behavior with the home office. Bloggers are reporting in that the new update is asking to contact 207.net (better known as Omniture) and then passes on the information Apple deems useful back to Apple.
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Date: 2006-01-11
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Hotel Hacks: More Identity Fraud
Identity fraudsters never stop, certainly not in the new year. The Bahamas luxury resort Atlantis reported to the SEC they had information lifted from their computer system with some 55,000 identities compromised.
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Date: 2006-01-11
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Volkswagen Lottery Scam Running Rampant
A new scam is floating around the web waves and this one may tempt a few people. "The Lottery Department" for Volkswagen Automobiles has announced a new contest to win a new VW and ₤1 million pounds. Quite a nice treat to be sure but unfortunately, it's not real.
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Date: 2006-01-10
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Patch Tuesday At Last
Redmond-based Microsoft released their long-awaited patch on Tuesday as part of their monthly security update. This month has been riddled with controversy as they did an early release for one problem last week and dropped two critical updates today.
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Date: 2006-01-10
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Cyber Security Czar Heading CIA Branch
The former head of the U.S. cyber security division is taking over as president and CEO of In-Q-Tel, the CIA's venture capital arm. Amit Yoran, 35 took the job last week and has experience both in technology and in venture capital.
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Date: 2006-01-10
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Bindview Bound Into Symantec
The Cupertino kids at Symantec completed their acquisition of Bindview Development Corporation, a company specializing in agent-less IT security compliance software. The deal was done on January 6th.
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Date: 2006-01-09
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Sporting A SploitCast: CyberSecurity Podcast
Feeling a little paranoid about your computer's security? Is there some force in the universe calling your inner geek? Are you a hacker? If you answered yes to any of these questions then there is now a podcast for you. It's called Sploitcast, the "podcast for hackers, geeks and the security paranoid."
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Date: 2006-01-09
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Someone Annoy You On The Net? Call the FBI
There are many cybercrime issues facing the world today. Identity fraud, denial of service, hacking into national defense networks, etc. A new law however introduces an a who new aspect to cybercrime, one that goes above all the others. That crime is using the Internet to annoy others.
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Date: 2006-01-09
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Sobers Stay Sober…No Buzzing Yet
A Sober worm, scheduled to wreak havoc at 12:00 am GMT on January 6, 2006 appears to have been nipped in the bud. Various security software companies have kept watches on the sites tied to the worm for download and nothing seems to be spewing so far.
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Date: 2006-01-06
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Windows Vs. Linux: The Flaws
The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) released a study last week saying Windows contained fewer flaws the Linux/Unix. Some experts are taking issue with that statement however, as the difference was fairly dramatic.
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Date: 2006-01-06
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Revised WMF Bulletin And Other Stuff
The WMF vulnerability continues to cause problems in the computer world. Microsoft's official fix will be included in the monthly release now known as "Patch Tuesday." This morning, however, they updated their bulletin with new information. Some companies have begun to distribute their blocks for the vulnerability.
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Date: 2006-01-05
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Shuffling Off With iPods
Probably when most people think of theft and iPods, many think of downloading illegal music. Not so in this case out of Manchester, Connecticut. While we generally deal with cyber security issues, sometimes interesting tidbits come along that are worth noting.
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Date: 2006-01-05
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Rough Year For Security
The year that just ended was phenomenal year for computer security and by that I mean phenomenally bad. Reports are surfacing of the final damages for the year and it ain't pretty folks. Cybercrime was nasty at all levels and perhaps none more than identity fraud.
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Date: 2006-01-05
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Breaking WMF Update: Microsoft Releases Patch Early
It would seem the updates for the WMF may have started already. Reports are coming in of the update kicking and Microsoft issued a press release about the update not long ago. While bulletin says the update won't be available until 2:00 pm PT, the updates started earlier than that.
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Date: 2006-01-05
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Florida’s $11 Billion Spammer
It looks like spamming is finally catching up to people. Robert Kramer was a victim of spammers or more specifically, his ISP, CIS Internet Services was. He's the owner of this business because he claimed James McCalla of Miami spammed 280 million emails to CIS accounts.
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Date: 2006-01-05
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Permeo Sewn Into Blue Coat For $60 Million
Some other kids in Sunnyvale called Blue Coat Systems announced on Tuesday their intention to acquire Permeo Technologies. The deal, worth $60. 8 million, breaks down into $13.4 million in cash and $47.4 million in Blue Coat common stock.
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Date: 2006-01-04
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Surprise: New eBay Spear Phishing Scam
One of the strengths of eBay is the openness with which people can do business. It's easy for people to set up their own business around eBay. It's essentially an open market and people pay their booth rental fee and that's it. The strength is also a weakness. The openness can lead to fraud problems and phishing scams seem to top them all. Now there's a new one.
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Date: 2006-01-04
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Sober Virus Making Rounds
In the midst of all it's other problems right now, Microsoft published an advisory regarding the Win32/Sober virus. It seems somewhat minor, but the cyber criminals never give people a break.
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Date: 2006-01-04
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Kaspersky Top 20 For December
Moscow-based Kaspersky released their top 20 viruses for the month of December. Interestingly enough, the list was pretty much entirely worms for them and Mytob seemed to be the most common threat.
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Date: 2006-01-03
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IM Threats Getting Out of Hand
IM security company Akonix Systems announced that December 2005 had the most new parent worms in any given month since its Security Center team began tracking in early 2000.
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Date: 2006-01-03
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