Fools rush in to virus writers' love trap
Star-crossed lovers have been warned not to lose their heads as well as their hearts on Valentine's Day as virus writers seek to exploit romantics
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McAfee: Virus writers going local
Online-banking password thieves in Brazil, World of Warcraft hacks in China, anti-file-sharing Trojans in Japan: Malware writers are starting to craft their wares to target specific audiences and locales
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Sci-fi writers: New tech will bring more security challenges
If IT security professionals think they have challenges now, they should wait until new technologies such as quantum computing and devices embedded in skin arrive in the not-so-distant future, three science-fiction writers said Monday
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Russia's FSB vs Cybercrime
2007-12-20 15:44:16 by HASH0x89b8758 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...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 event will get cheered be many, but those...
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Younger workers and data security
Ever had to examine one problem from two completely different viewpoints? I got to do that after speaking to the Mystery Writers of America Southwest chapter in a session called "Technology goes bad" on Saturday, then on Tuesday talking to Symantec about protecting data. Saturday I told writers how to help characters steal data, then Tuesday I...
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Malware still the biggest threat
...writers are attempting to infiltrate AV vendors (as described in the aforementioned Information Week article) and that legitimate AV employees are being "approached by virus writers hoping to suppress signatures for particular - highly profitable - Trojans." What's clear is that long gone are the days when malware was mostly nuisance stuff...
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Another 'shoe' drops -- DHS cyber security breach top of news this week
...writers Ellen Nakashima and Brian Krebs reported that the "...FBI is investigating a major information technology firm with a $1.7 billion Department of Homeland Security contract after it allegedly failed to detect cyber break-ins traced to a Chinese-language Web site and then tried to cover up its deficiencies, according to congressional...
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FBI Knows Identity of Storm Worm Writers
Interesting allegation : ...federal law enforcement officials who need to know have already learned the identities of those responsible for running the Storm worm network, but that U.S. authorities have thus far been prevented from bringing those responsible to justice due to a lack of cooperation from officials in St. Petersburg, Russia, where...
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Spyware forum: Computer users cause major problems
Some estimates suggest spyware problems in the U.S. are decreasing, but writers of all kinds of malware are prevailing -- partly because of computer user behavior, antispyware experts said Thursday
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