New Storm Variant Hits Blogs, Emails
A polymorphic version of the Storm worm will deliver a rootkit to an unsuspecting victim's machine, and from there will post a link to itself in the blog entries, forum posts, and emails coming from the now-infected system.
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Date: 2007-02-27
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TJX Data Breach Grows Wider
The hole in the security for the clothing chain was wider than initially reported, and it could spur legislation holding companies responsible for these breaches.
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Date: 2007-02-26
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FTC Tags DirectRevenue For $1.5 Million
A settlement with DirectRevenue and four of its principals will bar the company from offering future downloads without the express consent of users, and a straightforward way to uninstall it.
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Date: 2007-02-19
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Russians Aided Turkish Bank Hackers
Computers instead of handguns were the weapons of choice of Turkish hackers who stole $300,000 from online banking customers, with the help of three Russians who sold them login data.
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Date: 2007-02-16
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Clicking A Link Gets More Dangerous
The developers who built a proof of concept they call Drive-By Pharming said that by simply viewing the malicious web page would trigger major changes in someone's home broadband router or wireless access point.
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Date: 2007-02-15
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Internet Explorer Open To New Flaw
An issue with the WinInet module (wininet.dll), used in Internet Explorer and other applications, has a vulnerability in its handling of FTP sessions. Microsoft has posted updates to address the problem.
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Date: 2007-02-13
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