A Trojan horse mines Monster.com for personal details that could make fraudulent e-mail schemes more convincing, while evidence mounts that other job sites are also being attacked.
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Entries from August 2007
Fraudsters focus on job sites
August 22nd, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Consumer Tech · Privacy · Security · SecurityFocus · Viruses and worms
Universities warned of Storm Worm attacks
August 15th, 2007 · No Comments
Scanning a computer infected with the bot software could bring swift retribution, warns the response center for academic networks.
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Tags: Critical infrastructure · Cybercrime · Flaws and vulnerabilities · SecurityFocus · Viruses and worms
Retro attack gets new life, worries browser makers
August 6th, 2007 · No Comments
Researchers find that browsers and plug-ins could be exploited to turn a victim’s computer into a door to the internal network. One study finds an attack could claim 100,000 IP addresses in three days.
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Tags: Consumer Tech · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Research · Security · SecurityFocus · Software
Teaching hacking helps students, professors say
August 5th, 2007 · No Comments
Universities and colleges could find more students interested in computer-science courses, if the teachers taught practical hacking, educators say.
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Will the iPhone be iPwned?
August 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Security experts’ predictions for the sleek high-end device vary, but they agree that Apple’s first phone will be scrutinized closely.
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