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- Cutwail botnet spamming 'IRS unreported income' themed malware
- Researchers from MX Logic -- now part of McAfee -- have intercepted a new malware campaign spammed by the Pushdo/Cutwail botnet, that's using an 'IRS unreported income' notices in an attempt to trick the recipients into downloading a tax-statement.exe executable. The Pushdo/Cutwail botnet remains among the most...
- Tags: Income, Malware, Internal Revenue Service, Spamming, Spam, E-mail, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-10
- Spammers go multilingual, use automatic translation services
- For years spammers relied on basic mass marketing concepts in an attempt to target everyone, everywhere, thereby sacrificing quality for quantity. Things changed, at least for some of them. Realizing the advantages of market segmentation, certain spammers started segmenting the databases of harvested or emails based on...
- Tags: Spammer, Translation Service, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Cybercrime doesn't pay: well it does, and very well
- Cybercrime doesn't pay: well it does, and very wellNot all of them paid.The cyber-crimes with country support doesnt have to pay. BTW, is there a law in UK to permit such "fighting-back against cyber-crimes"? Otherwise, they r cybercrime too. stupid, stereotypical articleone step up from copy-paste reporting..Funny you mention Obama...[i]...government...
- Tags: cybercrime, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-06-26
- Legal concerns stop researchers from disrupting the Storm Worm botnet
- Legal concerns stop researchers from disrupting the Storm Worm botnetBad Legal Advice was the Cause of the Present QuandaryThat is, both ISPs and legislators in the various countries have fallen victim to the same bad source of worse legal advice: lawyers!After all: if they had been thinking when they came...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, Storm Worm Botnet
- Discussion threads 2009-01-16
- Legal concerns stop researchers from disrupting the Storm Worm botnet
- What if security researchers were able to disrupt the leftovers of the Storm Worm botnet thanks to a flaw in its communication model allowing them to redirect infected hosts and eventually disinfect them, but fearing legal action have their hands tied? At the 25th Chaos Communication Congress,...
- Tags: Node, Malware, Worm, Stormfucker, Waledac, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-01-16
- Host suspected of serving spam, child porn cut off from Net
- The Internet has at least partially disconnected itself from McColo, an ISP suspected of providing hosting services to criminals serving kiddie porn and selling Viagra and fake security software. According to PC World, Hurricane Electric, which had been peering with McColo disconnected Tuesday night. Global Crossing also peered McColo and...
- Tags: Trend Micro Inc., Child Pornography, McColo, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spam, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- News to know: Limelight's Olympics; Software prices; Wordcamp 2008; Windows 7 Server
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: Limelight Networks: Why the Olympics didn't 'Melt' the Internet Larry Dignan: Limelight by the numbers: Akamai’s thorn? Podcast: CIO tells how he reduced impact...
- Tags: Olympic Games, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Server, Microsoft Corp., Internet, Semantic Web, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- DNS cache poisoning attacks exploited in the wild
- UPDATE: Arbor Networks have provided more details in their "30 Days of DNS Attack Activity" analysis, SANS confirmed HD Moore's statement on DNS cache poisoned AT&T DNS servers. Numerous independent sources are starting to see evidence of DNS cache poisoning attempts on their local networks, in what appears to be...
- Tags: Query, DNS, Vulnerability, Server, Attack, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- How MySpace brought down a spammer
- How MySpace brought down a spammerWhere's the prison time?Such an abuse deserves much more than a slap on the wrist... It's truly unbelievable that there are not strict laws punishing such low lifes and preventing them from other abuses at say other sites???Where is the win?I know several people that...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, MySpace, spam, Internet Service Provider, server, spammer
- Discussion threads 2007-08-22
- Bill would require ISPs to retain all data
- A Democratic congresswoman is "horrified" that ISPs aren't backing her proposal PDF to require routine data retention, News.com reports. According to Rep. Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) as well as law enforcement officials, investigations into child porn may be hampered because ISPs have deleted user data. Meanwhile Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.),...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider
- Blog posts 2006-05-05
- Panel paints grim picture of cybercrime battle
- Panel paints grim picture of cybercrime battleInvolve the ISPsOne obvious channel of discipline is via ISPs. They are in a position to shut down users malicious or zombie speedily.ISPs should be required and obliged to publish, maintain and operate an abuse e-mail account - not all do. They could also...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Internet service providers (ISPs), Operating systems, stupidity, computer, finance, Internet Service Provider, security, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2005-06-01
- Federal agent raps ISPs over cybercrime
- Federal agent raps ISPs over cybercrimeFBI doesn't want to follow the law?"The businesses can insist on due judicial process--the equivalent of an online search warrant..."Oh no, not due process....It's clear that the FBI and law enforcement in general do not like the Constitutional protections of our rights. If they had...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Federal government, identity theft, agent, FBI, Internet Service Provider, spam
- Discussion threads 2005-01-25
- 'Evil twin' could pose Wi-Fi threat
- 'Evil twin' could pose Wi-Fi threatNo one shouldsend sensitive information over a wireless link - unless encrypted. If you are browsing on a secure site (https://), then a wireless link should be ok. Encrypt and digitally sign your email also.Another shining exampleof why I still refuse to promote wireless technology....
- Tags: Wireless LANs, access point, wireless, Wi-Fi, security
- Discussion threads 2005-01-21
- Trojan horse exploits image flaw
- Trojan horse exploits image flawAt least..The criminals should be easily traceable.. considering they posted their malware on newsgroups.. And apparently the lowlife who wrote the sample exploit code left his name in the comments! Talk about a dumb criminal!Use Agent as your por... umm... I mean Usenet readerOutlook Express,...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, SECURITY, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, exploit, trojan horse, flaw, Usenet, Bill Gates, vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2004-09-28
- The new face of cybercrime
- The new face of cybercrimeNew Face of CybercrimeThe major software companies have to get together long enough and drop their posturing long enough to act in responsible ways. That's the crux of the issue, responsible behavior by corporations who own market share. Same thing as making safe cars...
- Tags: Investment, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, new face, stock, cybercrime, PGP Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-07-20
- MSBlast epidemic far larger than believed
- MSBlast epidemic far larger than believedAll the more reasonwhy a computer mono-culture is BAD. Mix it up! Use Windows for some things, Linux for others, FreeBSD, OpenBSD.... get the point. A mono-culture is bad in any society. Linux user: 147560Millions still infectedBrought my new work laptop home a month...
- Tags: Linux, Viruses and worms, Operating systems, help desk, Microsoft Corp., security, MSBlast worm, Microsoft Windows, mono-culture
- Discussion threads 2004-04-02
- Zombie machines fuel cybercrime wave
- Zombie machines fuel cybercrime waveRun!The sky is falling!Supported ?M$ has discontinued support for several of their OS's. It would be interesting to see if these "zombie machines" are Win3.x, Win95, Win98, WinNT WS. The trend lately seems to be that mostly newer NT-based systems being compromised.I just have a really...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., operating system, zombie machine, Microsoft Windows NT, software
- Discussion threads 2003-11-12
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