The Chinese state is behind almost daily internet espionage attacks on German companies and government bodies, a top German intelligence official said on Monday. “In our view, state Chinese interests stand behind these digital attacks,” said Hans Elmar Remberg, vice president of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, the country’s domestic intelligence agency.
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November 20th, 2007 in
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Microsoft has made the second generation of its desktop anti-virus suite available for download today; CD-issued copies of the program will be available next week. Windows Live OneCare 2.0 will feature improved anti-virus, backup and management capabilities, Larry Brennan, lead product manager for Windows Live OneCare, told SCMagazineUS.com on Wednesday. Amidst internet speculation as to the official release date, web retailer Amazon.com set the … read more »
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Legitimate sites and their users have been dealing with a rash of malware being spread by banner ads, from Monster to MLB (Major League Baseball) NHL (National Hockey League) and other sites that are delivering malware. While the Monster dot com exploit is well known news, the MLB and NHL sites are not well known, but used a similar way of purchasing advertising on a web site, and then using that advertising to deliver malware to customers as sho… read more »
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October was a scary month for IT administrators in charge of filtering spam, according to a pair of reports from messaging security firms. Research from St. Bernard Software showed a 33 percent hike in spam and virus activity compared to September. The San Diego-based company, citing its October Threat Center results, attributed the rise to the beginning of the school year and an increase in the victimization of college students’ computers…. read more »
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Google’s long-anticipated mobile plans finally emerged this week in the form of Android, the company’s mobile Linux platform. However, despite the short time that has elapsed since the platform’s announcement, a debate has already been sparked around the security of its development. Can the open-source model produce secure code? Will phones based on Android, dubbed “Gphones” by many, be more or less secure than Apple… read more »
November 12th, 2007 in
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A hacker has pleaded guilty to infecting hundreds of thousands of computers with malware in order to steal money from Paypal accounts. He could spend 60 years in prison and face a US$1.75 million fine. John Schiefer, 26, admitted that he and some associates developed malware that allowed them to create botnet armies of as many as 250,000 computers. Schiefer was able to collect information sent from the infected computers, including usernames and … read more »
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It seems unlikely to think about a prowler trying to sneak into Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. But every day, people try to gain unseen entrance to the base by remotely probing its computer network, sometimes by accident and others times with nefarious intent. It happens 2.8 million times a day, the near equivalent of every Chicago resident trying once daily.
The number of probes has catapulted compared to just three years ago, said Ben Striks,… read more »
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New York (NY) - Myspace appears to be a popular new vehicle for spreading malware, as professional artists find their profile pages being hacked. Exploit Prevention Labs has released a report, claiming that hackers have gained access to the Myspace pages of French funk band Freements of Fortune, Irish rock band Dykeenies, and US R&B singer Alicia Keys.
In all of these cases, hackers added external links disguised as video clips that would se… read more »
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A Los Angeles man is facing up to 60 years in prison and fines of up to $1.75m (£839,000) after admitting to infecting at least 250,000 PCs with information-stealing malware. By day, 26-year-old John Kenneth Schiefer worked as a security consultant for the company 3G Communications. By night he operated a 250,000 PC botnet, which US federal prosecutors are claiming he used to steal information and money from users of eBay’s online banking … read more »
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A strain of malware disguised as anti-spyware has become the latest double-agent in multi-step “convergence” crime online. The scam, which prompts users to download malware by posing as an anti-spyware demo, has proliferated dramatically. Reported incidences of its distribution have increased by 1,000 percent in the last month, according to Don Jackson, senior analyst at SecureWorks.
Jackson believes the scam is being hosted by hacker… read more »
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