A convicted AOL junk mailer, who tried to strike a spam business deal over instant messenger with a confidential informant, was sentenced on Friday to 27 months in prison. Todd Moeller, 28, of New Jersey was found guilty of helping to send spam to more than 1.2 million AOL subscribers. His accomplice, 26-year-old Adam Vitale of Brooklyn, pleaded guilty in June and faces up to 11 years in prison when he is sentenced next week. The two men delivere… read more »
November 7th, 2007 in
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Symantec has plunged into the data-loss protection (DLP) market via the acquisition route, announcing on Monday that it has agreed to purchase partner Vontu for $350 million. The acquisition, rumored for several weeks, further validates the hot DLP sector, where a number of large players, including EMC and Websense, already have snatched up similar companies. Symantec took a similar approach. “The big guys are gulping these companies up, ba… read more »
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UK IT professionals are more concerned about internal system failures than hacker attacks, according to new research. The study by training company Firebrand Training asked 601 UK IT workers to rank their greatest concerns. System failure ranked the highest with 63 per cent of those questioned more concerned about interrupted IT services than the 24 per cent who ranked external threats as their key worry.
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Two students have been charged with hacking into the California State University database and changing their grades. John Escalera worked at the university helpdesk and is alleged to have gained access to administrative controls in the PeopleSoft student database by setting up false accounts in the names of the registrar and academic records co-ordinator. Escalera is accused of changing his own grades and those of his friend Gustavo Razo Jr in ex… read more »
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The US Federal Trade Commission is warning businesses to be on the lookout for spam that contains a trojan-laden attachment claiming to be a legal complaint against recipient. The bogus emails appear to come from frauddep[at]ftc[dot] gov, a spoofed address, and contain the actual logo for the FTC to establish legitimacy. The text says that “a complaint has been filed against you and the company you’re affiliated with,” a social … read more »
November 5th, 2007 in
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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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Recently, Robert Graham, CEO of Errata Security, posted a blog in which he stated that “today’s CPUs can ‘crack’ passwords eight times fast than they can ‘check’ the passwords.” And we’re not even talking about dual-core machines, just your plain vanilla PC desktop. Graham, who last summer hacked someone’s Gmail account before a live Black Hat audience, is used to making provocative statements… read more »
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Hackers are vowing to unlock the iPhone from the O2 mobile network, just days before it goes on sale in Britain. The £269 touchscreen mobile phone, dubbed “revolutionary” by its maker, Apple, is already one of the most eagerly awaited of gadgets and stores are expecting a shopper frenzy as it goes on sale in the UK this week. Combining the music and video capability of the iPod, with a touch-sensitive screen and wireless internet acc… read more »
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Microsoft updated a security advisory that addressed a broad flaw in Windows and said it is working around the clock to fix the bug. But it may be too late for many. Security researchers said hackers had amped up attacks using malicious PDF files that exploit the vulnerability.. Finland-based F-Secure called the surge in spam carrying the rigged PDF documents “massive” and said the run is ongoing. Ken Dunham, director of response at i… read more »
October 29th, 2007 in
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The cat and mouse game between hackers and Apple takes another move, with news that Apple’s new Leopard operating system has already been succesfully installed on Windows PCs. The OSx86 Scene forum has released details of how Windows users can migrate to Apple’s new OS, without investing in new hardware - even though installing Leopard on an PC may be counter to Apple’s terms and conditions.
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October 29th, 2007 in
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