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Rogue RBN Software Pushed Through Blackhat SEO

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2008-03-05 08:19:46 by HASH0x8b39d2c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Suspicious Microsoft - Trojan:Win32/Vxidl.gen!B(Suspicious Panda - Suspicious file Prevx - TROJAN.DOWNLOADER.GEN Sophos - Mal/HckPk-A Smells like RBN's used InterCage and ATRIVO netblocks from routers away Related RBN coverage RBN's Phishing Activities RBN's Puppets Need Their Master RBN's Fake Account Suspended Notices A Diverse Portfolio...
 
Tags: rbn, huge iframe campaign, iframe campaign, iframe, rbn coverage, single rbn, russian business network, campaign, antivirus
 
 
 
 
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Introducing Google's online security efforts

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2007-05-21 09:43:00 by A Googler in Google Online Security Blog
...suspicious for in-depth investigation. So far, we have investigated about 12 million suspicious URLs and found about 1 million that engage in drive-by downloads. In most cases, the web sites that infect your system with malware are not intentionally doing so and are often unaware that their web servers have been compromised To get a better...
 
Tags: activity, malware activity, web servers, servers, malware, anti- malware effort, malware distribution servers, sites, web sites
 
 
 
 
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S&K Menswear two-phased attack

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2008-01-03 10:40:36 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...suspicious e-mail addressed to its customers on Wednesday, October 24th at approximately 3:00 p.m. The e-mail was sent from a fictitious S&K e-mail address. The body of the e-mail appeared to contain an S&K order number and the last four digits of the credit card number used by the customer to whom it was addressed. The e-mail requested that...
 
Tags: information, personal information, information security practices, notification, information security, breach notification letter, sample customer letter, credit card, credit card data
 
 
 
 
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DHS notified the Greenville County School District of compromise

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2008-01-07 09:08:03 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...suspicious activity involving Greenville County School District data. A malicious program had been installed on a computer used by the school district's benefits department that captured sensitive personal information belonging to certain school district employees Reference URL News Channel 7 Story WYFF Channel 4 News Story Report Credit...
 
Tags: computer, benefits department computer, benefits department, benefits department accesses, department, school district, school district employees, employees, homeland security
 
 
 
 
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How Well "See Something, Say Something" Actually Works

2008-01-08 07:53:50 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...suspicious packages, many in the transit system. Most involved backpacks, briefcases or other items accidentally left behind by their owners. None of them, Mr. Browne said, were bombs There were, however, 816 calls to the hot line in 2006 that were deemed serious enough to require investigation by the department's intelligence division or its...
 
Tags: line, front-line security personnel, calls, hot line, calls led, people, suspicious people, browne, normal people
 
 
 
 
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Disable Your Computer's Parasites

2007-08-01 19:23:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...suspicious attachment usually from an unknown source. By now, most Internet users know better than to open suspicious attachments. Also, rigorous anti virus programs can scan attachments before you can open them so that your risk against viruses and worms are properly managed However, as an Internet user, you have more to worry about than...
 
Tags: computer, adware, adware continues, internet, internet connection pretty, spyware, anti virus programs, unwittingly install adware, regular computer
 
 
 
 
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Covert Online Spies

2007-08-01 19:20:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...suspicious of adware and spyware downloaded into your system when you begin to have uncontrolled pop-ups from unsolicited sources. Sometimes, even without the telltale pop up ads you may notice a suspicious slow down in your computer's processing without any apparent reason. Your system slows down because these adware and spyware...
 
Tags: anti spyware program, anti spyware, free anti spyware, proper anti spyware, anti spyware system, spyware, spyware downloads, spyware programs, anti-spyware system
 
 
 
 
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Fraud on the Target Visa call center

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2008-02-08 15:32:45 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...suspicious activity on some Target Visa accounts The suspicious activity was tied back to employees of a company that provides call center support services to Target National Bank, the issuer of the Target Visa credit card Evan] If you read the breach notification too fast you may miss the "employees of a company" remark. To me this means...
 
Tags: call, target, call center employees, accounts, target visa accounts, call center, call center assistance, employees, target national bank
 
 
 
 
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Supporting your family, friends, and neighbors

2008-02-13 17:45:40 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...suspicious e-mail message into the sites search box and see what the results are Web sites often require you to log on. This means you need to create a user ID and password for every site you might visit. Theres a lot of discussion about what constitutes a good password; personally, Im a fan of length rather than complexity. A simple...
 
Tags: suspicious e-mail message, mail, home computers defense, home computers, e-mail, home, web mail, windows live mail, site
 
 
 
 
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Killing spree at Omaha mall

2007-12-08 18:03:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog