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| Posted by Avatar Staff 203 days ago
Via: http://uninformed.org | Tags: social zombies aspects of trojan networks comments Discuss  
Malicious code is so common in today's Internet that it seems impossible for an average user to keep his or her system clean. It's estimated that several hundred thousand machines are infected by trojans to be abused in a variety of ways, including the theft ... read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 178 days ago
Via: http://www.symantec.com | Tags: monaronadona pure social engineering scam comments Discuss  
We have analysed samples of malware that is calling itself 'MonaRonaDona', and is creating a buzz on Internet forums. In a nutshell, it seems the sole purpose of the malware is to prompt the user to enter the term "MonaRonaDona" into a search engine. This is an attempt to lead them to an application that can remove the unwelcome threat - a fix that has obviously been conveniently provided by the very people who created the virus in the first place. When the Trojan executes, it creates the file SRVSPOOL. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 149 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: link spammers social networking rampage comments Discuss  
MySpamBookSpammers have found a fertile new marketplace on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.… read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 143 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: social networking accounts prized cybercrooks comments Discuss  
Cyber criminals increasingly are moving away from trying to break into computers directly, choosing instead to target Internet users where they spend much of their time online -- at social networking Web sites, new data suggests. In an analysis of cyber crime activity in the 2nd half of 2007, security vendor Symantec Corp. found that two social networking sites together were the target of 91 percent of U.S.-based phishing Web sites. Social networking sites also...Please click on the title to continue readi read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 140 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn stolen nih laptop held social security numbers comments Discuss  
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/09/AR2008040903680.htmlBy Rick Weiss and Ellen NakashimaWashington Post Staff WritersApril 10, 2008Social Security numbers for more than 1,200 participants in a National Institutes of Health study were stored on a stolen laptop containing their medical records, putting those patients at risk of identity theft, agency officials said yesterday.NIH officials had initially assured the more than 3,000 patients whose records were on the laptop that the read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 135 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn fbi cyber crime chief botnets web terror social network threat comments Discuss  
http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39188638,00.htmBy Nick Heathsilicon.com15 April 2008Q&A: Scott O'Neal, computer intrusion head, FBI cyber divisionScott O'Neal oversees the FBI's response to computer hacking and botnet attacks by criminals, terrorists and foreign powers.The cyber division is one of the faster growing operational departments within the FBI. The growth of international cyber crime and terrorism over the past five years has spurred the FBI to establish dedicated cyber s read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 113 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn hackers join social network craze house hackers comments Discuss  
http://www.informationweek.com/news/internet/social_network/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207600657By Thomas ClaburnInformationWeekMay 7, 2008Hackers now have their own social network. GnuCitizen, a computer security consultancy, has set up a social network for hackers called House of Hackers on Ning.com"House of Hackers is a social network for hackers," wrote Petko D. Petkov, founder of GnuCitizen, in a blog post on Tuesday. "From our perspective, a hacker is a person people express admiratio read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 109 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: hackers create social network comments Discuss  
Hackers now have their own social network, backed by GnuCitizen, a high-profile "ethical hacking" group. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 107 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: spammers open social networking sites comments Discuss  
Poked full of ViagraSocial networking sites have become the new front in the war against spam, according to security watchers.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 94 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: top eu security agency calls policing social network comments Discuss  
Europe's top Internet security agency, ENISA, called Tuesday for new legislation to police social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 88 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: social site generator multiple vulnerabilities comments Discuss  
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Social Site Generator, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information, conduct SQL injection attacks, and compromise a vulnerable system.Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assist read more »
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