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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
- Privacy groups want Congressional action on behavioral ads
- Who's tracking users on ZDNet?Here's an example of the kind of enhanced disclosure that will help consumers be more comfortable with behavioral targeting: at this page you can see the network privacy profile for zdnet.com, including which networks are present, excerpts from their privacy policies and links to opt-out. http://www.privacychoice.net/zdnet.comThese...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Regulations, advertisement, spam, self-regulation, network
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- Is Your IT Shop Mature Enough for Cloud Computing?
- Is Your IT Shop Mature Enough for Cloud Computing?Still in the knowledge part of the curveI have been researching a lot of different cloud technologies and some of the things I have seen have started to give me some hope this tech might someday be ready for prime time.The biggest...
- Tags: SECURITY, IT-Shop Mature, information technology, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- Overall spam volume unaffected by 3FN/Pricewert's ISP shutdown
- Following last week's shutdown of 3FN/Pricewert's operations by the FTC, wishful thinkers expected a major decline in the overall spam volume, with botnet masters once again caught off guard just like it happened in November, 2008 with McColo's shutdown. However, according to numerous vendors that doesn't seem...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Malware, FTC, Spam Volume, 3FN/Pricewert, Marshal8e6, Rustock, Pricewert, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Business Security, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Business Operations, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- News to know: Storm; AMD, Intel; Tech economy reels
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing Larry Dignan: AMD unveils ‘Shanghai’; Aims to better compete with Intel AMD: Does the resurrection start...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Shanghai, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- Spam rates massively down on shutdown of rogue ISP
- Several major news outlets are reporting that the shutdown of a rogue ISP in the Bay Area has lead to a massive drop in the global amount of spam. While this is "good thing", this event is not an end of spam, nor is it even the beginning of...
- Tags: Shutdown, Spammer, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Adam O'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- HD Moore pwned with his own DNS exploit, vulnerable AT&T DNS servers to blame
- A week after |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit, HD Moore's company BreakingPoint has suffered a traffic redirection to a rogue Google site, thanks to the already poisoned cache at AT&T servers to which his company was forwarding DNS traffic : "It happened on Tuesday...
- Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., DNS, DNS Server, AT&T Corp., Server, Attack, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- FCC to vote against Comcast, which questions its authority
- FCC to vote against Comcast, which questions its authorityNet Neutralityreaction to this "Net Neutrality" decision...YES!RE: FCC to vote against Comcast, which questions its authoritySo a company can't manage their network to protect their limited bandwidth (ya it ain't free people) from the sponge known as torrent? Wow...Yes I'm a...
- Tags: Federal government, FCC, network, Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-28
- Researcher claims thousands of identities stolen during Social Engineering pentests
- Kelly Jackson Higgins of Dark Reading, reported on research conducted by Joshua Perrymon, hacking director for PacketFocus Security Solutions and CEO of RedFlag Security, who has been performing social engineering exploits for numerous clients in the past year and has apparently stolen thousands of identities with a 100 percent success rate. ...
- Tags: Social Engineering, Identity, Dark Reading Article, Identity Theft, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Design flaw in wireless VoIP handsets endanger the enterprise
- Design flaw in wireless VoIP handsets endanger the enterpriseWhen will the consumer stop...this madness? Start suing this companies that put your lively hood at risk and this would all stop!Hacked through a Headset?I don't know if I want to be embarrassed if such a thing happened. At times...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP handset, VoIP, handset, flaw, password, wireless
- Discussion threads 2008-02-21
- Wi-Fi piggybackers confess
- Wi-Fi piggybackers confessWi-Fi piggybackers confesswhere i live there are literally hundreds of unsecured wifi networks - and that includes some business networks as well. It is amazing just how careless some people are when it comes to wifi.But what your article fails to mention is that with these unsecured networks...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Unsecured WiFi, Wi-Fi, HotSpot, piggybacker, Wi-Fi piggybacker
- Discussion threads 2007-11-17
- Open letter to e-mail vendors: Your spam fix doesn't work. Time for a complete redo?
- Open letter to e-mail vendors: Your spam fix doesn't work. Time for a complete redo?Gmail is greatThe Gmail spam filter works very well even for those who don't use a Gmail address as their main email, with legit mail wrongly put in the spam box once in a blue...
- Tags: E-mail providers, Cyberthreats, e-mail, spam fix, e-mail vendor, Open Letter, spam, Google Gmail
- Discussion threads 2007-09-17
- Study: Internet censorship spreading
- Study: Internet censorship spreadingUS once again leading the way ...It surprises anyone that censorship is on the rise? Why?The US Attorney General favors broad censorship laws in the US. The usual suspects are quoted: porn, "terrorists", and online gambling. But combined with the prospect of secret investigations and unsupervised police...
- Tags: INTERNET, Monitors & displays, government, right-wing, censorship, MSN, 9/11 commission
- Discussion threads 2007-07-28
- Michael Dell: Anti-crapware poster CEO?
- Michael Dell: Anti-crapware poster CEO?I doubt it..."Well if the cost of phone support for crapware is exceeding the the savings, then the cost of the PC should remain the same"That would make sense, but I have heard nothing but complaints from Dell customers getting 0 software support on new Dells....
- Tags: Desktops, crapware, PC, Crapware
- Discussion threads 2007-07-10
- No one ready for FRCP
- FRCP? What's that? My point exactly. The vast majority of us in education, especially K-12, are woefully unprepared to deal with the new Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. These are the rules that went into effect at the end of last year requiring all of us...
- Tags: Education Technology
- Blog posts 2007-06-05
- Will Oracle's perception issues hurt SAP lawsuit?
- Will Oracle's perception issues hurt SAP lawsuit?Some assumptions are being made to fill in some unkowns.The data on the support site is not wide open nor, at least when I worked with it, as simple to get on as registering with fake credentials. How the faked accounts got...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG
- Discussion threads 2007-03-23
- Hats-off to Microsoft for finally freeing Sender ID! Spammers, take cover
- Hats-off to Microsoft for finally freeing Sender ID! Spammers, take coverDon't let the kool-aid go to your head.SenderID is already being analysed by spammers to exploit to further their profiteering.If it really was that secure, would MS have "set it free" without trying to profit for themselves?I doubt sender ID...
- Tags: Spam, Internet service providers (ISPs), Sender ID, Microsoft Corp., SenderID
- Discussion threads 2006-10-23
- Circuit City forum hacked to infect users with spam bots
- Circuit City learned today that their customer forum was recently hacked, exposing their users to malware. The forum software, Invision Power Board, had a security vulnerability that was patched on May 17. Initial reports indicated from May 13 until today, Circuit City estimated that about 200 registered users visited. A...
- Tags: Web site development, Internet service providers (ISPs), Spyware, adware & malware, Web technology, Spyware, Cyberthreats, bot, Circuit City Stores Inc.
- Blog posts 2006-06-02
- 180solutions sponsors Yapbrowser and... child porn?
- My head is swimming and I feel ill. I just read the blogs about 180solutions' latest -- Yapbrowser, installed from 180's servers no less, that directs all search requests to child porn sites. And this from a company that has made countless claims of cleaning up their act....
- Tags: Yapbrowser
- Blog posts 2006-04-17
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