Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Hackers are likely to release more than 6000 keylogging programs this year--up 65 percent from the number in 2004--according to Reston, Virginia, security vendor iDefense. Such software illegally records every keystroke pressed on a victim's PC and then transmits the data to the hacker, making it an effective way to ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Warning: Long ramble ahead.
A lengthy discussion has popped up on the Bugtraq mailing list. It began with an observation from a user that Microsoft Antispyware missed software from Claria and a whole raft of cookies. It is not surprising that it did not detect the Claria software, since Microsoft has ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
"After three unsuccessful attempts to access your account, your Online Profile has been locked. This has been done to secure your accounts and to protect your private information. You may unlock your profile by going to: ..." Sounds like a normal phishing e-mail, right? But what if the e-mail seemed ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Makers of antispyware and antivirus programs, pay attention to this article.
An ugly trend is developing in the world of antispyware. It is my belief that, very soon, all current tools and methods used to detect and remove malware will become obsolete. Very soon, malware will be able to load ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Phishing is hooking more victims as the e-mail fraud attacks become more sophisticated and prevalent.
According to market researchers at Gartner, the number of phishing e-mail recipients has grown 28 percent in 2005. Because fraudulent e-mails negatively impact consumer confidence, the research firm's recent study predicts phishing and other security breaches ...
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