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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 261 days ago
Via: http://www.symantec.com | Tags: symantec state spam report march comments Discuss  
Social engineering was the driving force behind spammers during the month of February. While overall spam volume hovered steadily at 78.5% of email and tactics remained relatively the same, the use of events, big brands, and public figures drove spam campaigns during the month. The March State of Spam report highlights several of these. With the U.S. presidential elections just around the corner the candidates have turned their focus on each other, just as spammers have focused their campaigns on the cand read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 261 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: the fdic intrusion report comments Discuss  
Last week, Security Fix featured the highlights from a non-public report by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC) that examined a huge recent spike in the cost of computer intrusions for banks and consumers. I chose not to publish the report itself at the time, but due in part to the large number of requests I've received from people inside the financial sector who claim to have never seen such figures from the government before,...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 255 days ago
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http://www.china.org.cn/china/national/2008-03/11/content_12264393.htmShanghai DailyMarch 11, 2008The founder of a domestic hacker website has criticized a CNN report that claimed he was employed by the Chinese government to attack a United States government website, a Beijing newspaper reported today.CNN claimed the central government has employed and paid several young operators of a website to "attack the world's most sensitive sites, including the Pentagon" in a report named "Chinese hac read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 240 days ago
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Some 70 percent of sites suffer from XSS vulnerabilities, while two out of five are leaking sensitive data. ...Automate Software Builds with Visual Build Pro Easily create an automated, repeatable process for building and deploying software. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 238 days ago
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http://www.ocregister.com/articles/ellis-call-caller-2006151-calls-teamBy ERIKA I. RITCHIEThe Orange County RegisterMarch 26, 2008A Washington state computer hacker – who misled police with a wild tale of threats and a possible murder scenario – pleaded guilty Wednesday in Orange County Superior Court.Randal T. Ellis, 19, of Mulkiteo, Wash., was charged with computer access fraud, false imprisonment by violence, falsely reporting a crime and assault with a firearm.Ellis was sentenced to three years in pris read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 232 days ago
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/04/ddos-packets-ar.htmlBy Ryan Singel Threat LevelWired.comApril 02, 2008 One out of every 50 packets on the internet is malicious junk intended simply to clog the tubes, according to a high level traffic analysis by Arbor Networks.Distributed Denial of Service attacks or DDoSes aim to bring a site down by bombarding it with fake requests for a web page or image. It's like having 1,000 people continually crank calling a company -- the real customers can't get through.A read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 232 days ago
Via: http://www.symantec.com | Tags: april state spam report comments Discuss  
The April State of Spam Report is out today and its findings show that spam levels bounced even higher, averaging 81 percent of all email in March and peaking at all-time highs of nearly 88 percent. “Bounce” being the operative word, because the new report highlights a marked increase in bounced message spam observed by Symantec. With these particular attacks in March, spammers took advantage of mail transfer agent (MTA) programs by utilizing the practice of backscatter to bounce massive volumes of emails read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 231 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: consumers report million lost cyber fraud comments Discuss  
U.S. consumers reported losing more than $239 million from online fraud last year, up from $198 million in 2006, according to data released today by the FBI. Internet auction fraud (35.7 percent) and merchandise non-delivery (24.9 percent) were the most frequently reported types of cyber fraud. The median loss amount per fraud incident last year was approximately $680, the report said. The most costly scams involved investment fraud, which cost consumers about $3,500 per incident...Please click on the titl read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 227 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: yankee group pulls inaccurate virtualization report comments Discuss  
Yankee Group has been forced to retract a report on virtualization after several inaccuracies were reported. The research company has already withdrawn the report from its website. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 210 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: report antitrust regulators eye googleyahoo ad sharing comments Discuss  
The U.S. Department of Justice is trying to determine whether Yahoo's two-week test to deliver relevant Web advertising from Google alongside its own search results violates any antitrust laws, according to a Reuters news service report. read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 185 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: govt earns c security report card comments Discuss  
The federal government earned an overall grade of "C" for securing its computer systems and networks from cyber attack last year, a slight improvement from the "C-minus" mark the government was given in 2006. The report cards were issued today by Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Nine agencies earned failing grades for 2007, including the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Interior, Labor, Transportation,...Please click read more »
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