Security News

VM Rootkits: The Next Big Threat?
eWeek - The group used the prototype rootkits to develop four malicious services a phishing Web server, a keystroke logger, a service that scans the target file system for sensitive information and a defense countermeasure to defeat existing VM-detection

March 2004
Out-Law - fines Microsoft 497.2 million and sets remedies Contact lens seller sues over pop-up ads Any new web laws will be notified worldwide Screenshot defamation win but zero damages RIAA targets students in new batch of lawsuits Keystroke logger hit with

New virus comes disguised as IE 7 download
Network World Fusion - Other specifics were unknown yet, but such viruses often install a keystroke logger to steal personal information, and establish a network of infected computers to launch a denial of service attack, Cluley said

Exploit Prevention Labs targets zero day exploits
Network World Fusion - It could be a keystroke logger, or software that turns the PC into a spam-spewing zombie, or software that repeatedly sends pop-up ads to the PC. Regardless, the objective is to somehow make money

Check Point and Sygate corral end points
Computerworld Australia - A Java applet that is downloaded to the client upon connection, ODA creates an encrypted virtual desktop with updated anti-virus software, anti-virus definitions, an anti-keystroke logger, and a personal firewall. After the session, ODA deletes all

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News: Cross-Site Scripting Worm Hits MySpace
Cross-Site Scripting Worm Hits MySpace

Top executives face personalized e-mail attacks
MessageLabs reports a surge in malicious spam aimed at individuals in senior management positions–and their family members.

OpenOffice worm Badbunny hops across operating systems
Malicious software, spreading through OpenOffice documents, “can infect Windows, Linux and Mac OS X systems,” Symantec says.

Setting a Realistic Web-Use Policy
BusinessWeek - The Philadelphia-based small business sells computer monitoring software originally designed for parents to check up on their kids’ activity online. Increasingly, it is finding a market selling a similar product to employers anxious to find out what

F-Secure Corporation’s Data Security Summary for 2003
F-Secure - The virus even managed to enter the internal network of the Davis-Besse nuclear power plant in Ohio, taking down the computer monitoring the state of the nuclear reactor. The RPC traffic created by Blaster caused big problems worldwide. Problems were

NBC Wants FCC To Force ISPs To Police Their Networks For Copyright
Tech Dirt - The US has spent billions of dollars building this super computer monitoring building to track and record internet activity so if a file is to be uploaded to the net for P2P or whatever then make use of the

Keep Power Users Under Control
MCPmag.com - It acts as a driver on the local computer, monitoring the Resultant Set of Policies (RSoP), listening to process launches and checking them against any PolicyMaker privilege rules. The client makes this happen by managing the security token

Jail buys new inmate monitoring system
Grant County News - Just two days before a new computer monitoring system became fully operational, a federal prisoner managed to escape from the Grant County Detention Center. Jailer Steve Kellam still believes the $130,000 annual price tag for the system is worth it

Alfonzo gets the call
San Francisco Gate - I’ll put my key logger to work for you JUST KIDDING, Internet Police . Jenkins actually had a “pernt” the other day: this team needs to get out of the gate. Opening with the Pads and Dodgers, a good homestand would be a very good thing

Senior execs targeted in ‘precision’ malware attacks
The Register - The infected email contained a Trojan payload within a Microsoft Word document. If opened, the executable code would activate a Trojan component that would then compromise victims’ Windows PCs. The tactic represents a further refinement of targeted

Independance Day spam arrives
ITnews - so, they expose themselves to vulnerability exploits and an executable file named ecard.exe , according to Marshal. Furthermore, the vendor warned that the campaign compromises the user s PC and merges it into a botnet using the Storm Trojan.

Chamber Draws Fire For Growth Initiative
Tampa Bay Online - Their No. 1 goal was to stop citizens from petitioning to change the Florida Constitution; now they’re using this Trojan horse,” Blackner said. Babington said the chamber is not opposed to initiatives, but rather “it’s opposed to bad ideas in our

Durden surrenders to lure of Big Brother
Brand Republic - LONDON - Should he stay or should he go? Jonathan Durden cannot make up his mind. The PHD co-founder has made an about-turn after initially deciding to leave the ‘Big Brother’ house, and is to stay on and mount a ‘dirty protest’ with Carole. It had

Chanelle fumes at Big Brother
Digital Spy - Chanelle hurled a volley of abuse at Big Brother last night, for providing alcohol to housemates while she is unable to drink anything. After being placed on temporary medication, Chanelle wasn’t pleased when Big Brother gave the housemates a