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Hackers resurrect notorious attack tool kit

2008-09-25 04:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Neosploit, the notorious hacker exploit kit that some thought had been retired months ago, has returned and is believed to be responsible for a dramatic increase in attacks, a security researcher said
 
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Hackers resurrect notorious attack toolkit

2008-09-26 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472bc8 in Network World on Security
 
Neosploit, the notorious hacker exploit kit that some thought had been retired months ago, has not only returned from the dead, but is responsible for a dramatic increase in attacks, a security researcher claimed Thursday
 
Tags: dramatic increase, months ago, security researcher, neosploit, attacks, responsible, dead, thursday
 
 
 
 
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Protect your data: everything else is just plumbing

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2007-07-02 20:46:32 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
...notorious for bragging about bringing down large parts of the Internet in February 2000 (and his bragging became his undoing). But these days, attackers are motivated by profit: theyre out to make money. The economics of the game have changed, and along with that so have the bad guys skills and the capabilities of their tools. Let me repeat:...
 
Tags: data security, comrms data security, data, security, confidential information, information, information security, temporary data, data vanishes
 
 
 
 
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Russia's FSB vs Cybercrime

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2007-12-20 15:44:16 by HASH0x89b8758 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...notorious Pinch Trojan - two Russian virus writers called Ermishkin and Farkhutdinov. The investigation will soon be completed and taken to court. The arrest of the Pinch authors is on a level with the arrests of other well known virus writers such as the author of NetSky and Sasser, and the authors of the Chernobyl and Melissa viruses This...
 
Tags: pinch, pinch authors, diy malware pinch, authors, malware authors, malware, notorious pinch trojan, source malware, pinch-ing
 
 
 
 
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Holiday spirit helped double Storm worm

2008-01-11 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Some clever, sexy Christmas-themed spam and a long holiday season helped the criminals behind the notorious Storm Worm more than double their network of infected PCs over the past few weeks, security experts say
 
Tags: notorious storm worm, security experts, double, holiday season, network, clever, spam, criminals, past
 
 
 
 
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Show 012 - An Interview with Becky Bace

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2007-03-13 21:13:02 by rmacmich in The Silver Bullet Security Podcast
...notorious Kevin Mitnick, vicodin-induced creativity, and eclectic music Whos Who in Infosec: Rebecca Bace Trident Capital - The VC firm where Becky is an advisor The IDS Den Mother - a 2002 interview Los Alamos National Labs Intrusion Detection A Guide to Forensic Testimony: The Art and Practice of Presenting Testimony As An Expert Technical...
 
Tags: becky, becky bace, becky discuss, intrusion detection, expert technical witness, notorious kevin mitnick, beckys jimmy hoffa, forensic testimony, testimony
 
 
 
 
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What's the Snag Behind the Spyware

2007-08-01 19:28:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...notorious identity theft around 5. Spyware gets into the system by exploitations of other software vulnerability The Effects of the Spyware upon the Use of the Computer There are so many complicated effects that are induced by spyware. It may not even be detected as an obvious virus infection, but comes in, a core factor of ineffective...
 
Tags: spyware, software, reputable piece software, anti-spyware program, helpful software agents, information data, information, system, computer system
 
 
 
 
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Why the Need to Remove Adware and Spyware

2007-08-01 19:18:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...notorious. Some spyware will disable the computer's firewall system or anti-virus software thus making the computer more vulnerable to spyware, adware and other infectious attacks Microsoft Windows platform users are more susceptible from these spyware and adware attacks. Probably because of the popularity of Windows which makes them an...
 
Tags: spyware, spyware programs, spyware infects, regular spyware, spyware program infects, software crashes, software, anti-virus software, anti-spyware software
 
 
 
 
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Awareness in Installing Some Types of Software

2007-08-01 19:14:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...notorious cases of "identity theft," that'd been threatening risk on the loss of personal properties, finances, bank's credibility, financiers, and other financial institutions over the globe In the United States alone there is a rampant of identity theft to personal properties thru the process of transfer of ownership to a wrong person...
 
Tags: software, spyware software, computer owners, support adware usage, original computer owners, usage, adware, spyware, adware companies