Dell, Symantec team on e-mail security
Joint offering aims to deliver Dell hardware with Symantec software to protect Microsoft Exchange-based systems.
EU data guru: Privacy advocates not a problem
He says effective antiterror measures can't exist without data protection controls.
Gonzales: ISPs must keep records on users
Attorney general, other witnesses ask Congress to force Internet service providers to follow customers' activities.
U.S. urged to keep lid on Social Security numbers
Risk of ID theft means the government should limit the use of Social Security numbers in employee records, a panel advises.
Microsoft nabs another McAfee virus expert
Jimmy Kuo, a former McAfee fellow, will join the security industry newcomer as senior security researcher.
Porn sites exploit new IE flaw
Unpatched IE security flaw can install malicious software via rigged Web sites, including porn sites.
AOL IM worm on the loose
Worm first appears as an instant message from a familiar contact, asking users to upload a picture.
Rivals skirmish with Microsoft over Vista security
Competitors say they should be able replace a Windows feature that tells people about the security status of their PC.
Experts: Take computer forensics seriously
Businesses warned that "dusting for prints" after a security crisis is a must if threats are to be contained.
Homeland Security fills top cybersecurity post
More than 14 months after announcing a top cybersecurity job, the department finally picks someone to fill it.
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Spyware News
Spyware pushers cash in big on zero day exploit Should anti-spyware programs remove cookies? DollarRevenue adware pushed through bot net for huge profits FTC settles with Enternet Media for million The state of spyware according to Webroot More disturbing long-tail content from Zango Movieland.com sued for spyware Zango caught in lies about their software on MySpace? Vonage and spyware Pushing Zango - out of MySpace
Nearly 50 malware threats being installed though the VML zero day exploit, including familiar names like Virtumonde, BookedSpace, webHancer, SurfSideKick, Qoologic (also known as Qoolaid), Zenotecnico, TagAsaurus, with some trojan downloaders and a backdoor thrown in the mix. Many of these use affiliate programs where the affiliate gets paid per install, so somewhere affiliates of these adware/spyware companies are making a killing off this zero day exploit, trashing computers with their crapware.
Spyware expert Ben Edelman has written a great piece on anti-spyware programs and cookies. He tested eleven different anti-spyware programs against cookies from 50 advertising systems and posted detailed results including which anti-spyware programs detected which cookies and which programs detected the most cookies.
German Honeynet Project researchers report that adware company DollarRevenue is directly linked to a bot net attack exploiting the MS06-040 server service vulnerability reported last month. Bot net trackers estimate that one malicious hacker alone earned 0 in one day by installing malware/adware programs on infected machines.
The Federal Trade Commission announced today their settlement with Enternet Media for million for putting spyware on users' computers.Under a stipulated final judgment and order, the defendants are permanently prohibited from interfering with a consumer’s computer use, including but not limited to distributing software code that tracks consumers’ Internet activity or collects other personal [...]
Webroot released its quarterly report on spyware today, claiming spyware infection rates are at their highest since 2004. During the second quarter of 2006, Webroot researchers found that 89 percent of consumer PCs were infected with an average of 30 pieces of spyware – a slight increase from the first quarter of 2006 when infection [...]
SunbeltBLOG asks "Is Zango partnering with a bunch of sickos? " I won’t repeat much what’s posted there because it’s too disgusting, but here’s the first part.
Washington State Attorney General McKenna filed a suit against Movieland.com and 3 associates, all California based companies, for "installing software that takes control of a consumer’s computer by launching aggressive and persistent pop-ups that demand payment for a movie download service."
Spyware researcher extraordinaire Chris Boyd, aka Paperghost of Vitalsecurity, has been pursuing Zango’s entanglement with MySpace like a trusty hound dog on a trail. Now Boyd claims to have proof that Zango was, indeed, targeting MySpace.
Ben Edelman has documented with screenshots, packet logs and diagrams the relationship between Vonage and spyware. Vonage is caught being advertised by pop-ups from Direct Revenue, Targetsaver and others, sometimes not in the appropriate circumstances.
Last week I blogged about Pushing Zango on MySpace and linked to Paperghost’s blog asking if teenagers are being unwittingly used to push Zango on my space. It looks like Paperghost (aka Chris Boyd) managed to create a bit of a stir on the subject and now it looks like Zango is on its way out.