Robert Lemos

Kaspersky calls for a massive effort to break the code keys used by a malicious program that encrypts its victim’s data and asks for ransom, but other experts doubt the keys can be found or that finding them will help.
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Security firm Trend Micro refuses to apply for future VB100 certifications, highlighting a debate over how to best test antivirus software.
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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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Scanning a computer infected with the bot software could bring swift retribution, warns the response center for academic networks.
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A Russian site has somehow gotten the transcript of my interview with the Dream Coders Team, the developers of MPack, and posted them. In fact, they scooped my own posting at SecurityFocus, posting apparently the day of the first interview I had on June 20 (June 21, Russian time) and then updating the following day. [...]

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One of the three Russian developers behind the MPack infection kit virtually sits down with SecurityFocus to discuss the program and making a business out of cybercrime.
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A Connecticut judge grants a new trial for substitute teacher Julie Amero, saying that forensics information discovered after her conviction has direct bearing on her case.
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Attackers compromise the hub servers of the DC++ peer-to-peer network, turning hundreds of thousands of clients into hard-to-stop distributed denial-of-service attacks.
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The misnamed Storm Worm, actually a Trojan horse, underscores the difficulties that evolving tactics pose for defenders. The second article in a two-part series.
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The misnamed Storm Worm, actually a Trojan horse, underscores the evolution of spammers’ tactics, including massive attacks on their critics and competitors. Part 1 in a two-part series on the Storm Worm.
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