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Feeling secure?

2008-04-04 21:18:18 by Editor in Security x.0
 
I certainly cant claim to suffer from the early adopter syndrome, however, for the online banking experiment I was probably among the earliest adopters. Everything felt right: no more may I please leave earlier today, I need to pop into the bank, no queues, no closed doors and late payments everything at a touch of a button, quick, effective,...
 
Tags: secure, transfer, urgently transfer, month regular transfer, valuable personal information, security, security questions, funds, local branch
 
 
 
 
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The Cybercrime Economy

2008-01-02 07:21:53 by Editor in Schneier on Security
 
Interesting article: While standard commercial software vendors sell software as a service, malware vendors sell malware as a service, which is advertised and distributed like standard software. Communicating via internet relay chat (IRC) and forums, hackers advertise Iframe exploits, pop-unders
 
Tags: malware, internet relay chat, malware vendors, software, standard software, service, pop-unders, forums, irc
 
 
 
 
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Disable Your Computer's Parasites

2007-08-01 19:23:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
Disable Your Computer's Parasites An individual who uses a computer with an Internet connection pretty much practices caution when downloading programs from the Internet and email because of the threat of viruses and worms. These malicious program codes and programs can cause your system to become unstable and worse yet, after it has spread...
 
Tags: computer, adware, adware continues, internet, internet connection pretty, spyware, anti virus programs, unwittingly install adware, regular computer
 
 
 
 
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U.K's FETA Serving Malware

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2008-02-12 09:13:31 by HASH0x8b1c460 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...pop-ups The deobfuscated javascript attempts to load the currently live 88.255.90.130/cgi-bin/in.cgi?p=admin (MDAC ActiveX code execution (CVE-2006-0003), also responding to Silentwork.ws and Tide.ws which is deceptively forwarding to BBC's web site, deceptively in the sense that were I to use a U.K based IP to access it for instance it will...
 
Tags: malware, domains, malware domains, malware attacks, attacks, malware campaigners, serve malware, high-profile malware, serve
 
 
 
 
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Wily ways to get you to install Spyware

2008-04-20 14:39:45 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...pop-ups on your computer you can be certain you have spyware installed on your computer
 
Tags: spyware, spyware removal, remove spyware, install, virus, computer, symptoms, reap, net
 
 
 
 
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Hacking ISP Error Pages

2008-04-24 06:43:52 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
This is a big deal: At issue is a growing trend in which ISPs subvert the Domain Name System, or DNS, which translates website names into numeric addresses When users visit a website like Wired.com, the DNS system maps the domain name into an IP address such as 72.246.49.48. But if a particular site does not exist, the DNS server tells the...
 
Tags: server, dns server tells, official google site, site, dns, real paypal page, paypal, google, logged-in user
 
 
 
 
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The Rising Trend of Internet Counter-Intelligence

2008-05-13 16:23:20 by Editor in Help Net Security - Articles
 
All types of organizations from Fortune 500 to "mom-and-pop" operations have mandated the use of anti-virus, anti-adware, anti-spam, firewall and cookie removal solutions for every employee workst
 
Tags: cookie removal solutions, employee workst, anti-spam, anti-virus, types, anti-adware, mom-and-pop, operations, fortune
 
 
 
 
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The Rising Trend of Internet Counterintelligence

2008-04-08 12:10:08 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
All types of organizations from Fortune 500 companies to mom-and-pop operations have mandated the use of anti-virus, anti-malware, anti-spam, firewall and cookie-removal solutions for
 
Tags: cookie-removal solutions, mom-and-pop operations, anti-malware, anti-spam, anti-virus, types, companies, fortune, organizations
 
 
 
 
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Is this a case of; "Do as I say, not as I do"?

2008-06-26 03:23:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
I think it is a shame when a Police Officer acts like a Politician. It seems like this might be what happened to the Police Chief in San Francisco It has leaked out that Chief Heather Fong has not qualified with her service weapon in years. She actually admits to it but blames the lapse on her busy schedule. This poses two really pressing...
 
Tags: chief fong, chief, police chief, chief heather fong, police officer, police officer acts, busy schedule chief, busy schedule, weapon
 
 
 
 
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Fake Porn Sites Serving Malware - Part Two

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2008-07-08 03:24:00 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
What we've go here is the same malware gang using the very same malicious ISP among the ones you rarely see in any report , continuing to crunch out domain redirectors using the same templates for fake porn sites. And since some of the fake sites are actual redirectors, periodically revisting them leads to more fake codecs and even more...
 
Tags: net, malware, porn-party, porn-contact, fake porn sites, porn-play, porn-plus, porndrive, pornhelp