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Plea deal in US ’spybot’ computer crime case
PhysOrg - A hacker from a “botnet underground” group that infected nearly a quarter-million computers with spy software is pleading guilty to criminal charges, US prosecutors said Friday. A hacker from a “botnet underground” group that infected nearly a

Phone-tapping scandal in Greece costs Vodafone new 19m fine
Times Online - The eavesdropping was conducted by an unknown individual or individuals who used high technology, the Government said. Those involved have yet to be found. According to government officials, spy software was found in Vodafone s facilities

German Anti-Terror Measures Fight for Life as Opposition Grows
Deutsche Welle - The use of spy software resurfaced as a potential anti-terror measure just days before the alleged attacks on targets in Germany were foiled. Interior Minister Wolfgang Sch uble, long a proponent of the online searches, announced his plans to send e

Trusted Learning Helps Enterprise Meet Regulatory Requirements
PRWeb - And even if they practice automatic updates and keep current their security software, they re still getting clobbered when they go to Web sites that ve been turned into keystroke logger installers and spambot relays. What they need is good

Cracking open the cybercrime economy
ZDNet - According to Trend Micro, versions of coolwebsearch co-install a mail zombie and a keystroke logger, while some peer-to-peer and file-sharing applications come with bundled adware and spyware. While standard commercial software vendors sell software

Is internet banking safe?
Sydney Morning Herald - But that’s little consolation for those who have been scammed, such as the farmer from whom $8000 was stolen in 2005 by a keystroke logger using spyware that his anti-virus could not detect. AusCERT, our national computer emergency response team, says

Gullible PC Users a Threat to Security
Top Tech News - A video started to play as soon as she entered the site, helping to install a keystroke logger on the machine — the same computer her father used for his online bank account. The account was emptied by the attackers. Although the bank later

British spooks track Chinese cybercrime attacks
TechWorld - Public websites of companies are rife with email addresses of employees who can be “spear-phished,” or sent email with a malicious software such as a keystroke logger. The hacker uses social-engineering tricks in order to get the worker to open the

Watch Out for Cyber Crooks Taking Over Your Computer
KABC - Oh, and it’s worse than just your private information, which they can gain with a keystroke logger, and all that information can go to the hacker. It’s worse, because they can use your computer, connected with lots of similarly infected computers, to

School beating the cyber-bullies
Oldham Advertiser - Now all computer activity in the school is monitored by special spy software created by Securus. Teachers are alerted to abusive messages on any of the school’s PCs and are sent a copy of the offending e-mail along with the identity of the person who

German Anti-Terror Measures Fight for Life as Opposition Grows
Deutsche Welle - The use of spy software resurfaced as a potential anti-terror measure just days before the alleged attacks on targets in Germany were foiled. Interior Minister Wolfgang Sch uble, long a proponent of the online searches, announced his plans to send e

September 2006
Out-Law - Google-owned firm Google agrees to hand data to Brazil Hewlett-Packard accused of spying on board members Vintage computer could cause problems for kidnap investigators Franchisee can’t rely on Data Protection Act to avoid sharing data Mobile spy software

Keylogger Spy Software V2.992 Is Out
pressbox.co.uk - This is invisible surveillance tool that registers every activity on your pc to encrypted logs. It allows you to secretly track all activities from all computer users and automatically receive logs to a desire e-mail, Network Folder (LAN) or FTP

Bank data seized in e-card scam
Silicon.com - The miscreants use a flaw in Microsoft’s Windows operating system to drop the spy software and a rootkit to hide it on PCs, Thompson said. Windows users who have installed the MS06-014 patch, released in May, are not vulnerable to this particular

The Many Faces of Spyware
eWeek - But pressure from outside the adware industry is the most likely agent of change in the spyware business. Two federal anti-spyware bills covering certain installation, removal and monitoring behaviors, as well as disclosure requirements, recently

Featured PRFirm
PRWeb - Spyware and Adware are annoying many Internet users, slowing down their computers and invading their privacy. Some applications such as Spyaxe may try to download automatically without consent. They are applications designed to obtain information

Ad-Aware SE Professional
PC World - Many of us are familiar with the free version of Ad-Aware , which removes unwanted adware and spyware after they land on your PC. For $39.95, the professional version offers “Ad-Watch,” which gives you real-time protection for malware/parasites that

Ransomware fun: Pay by phone extortion (these guys can t spell
ZDNet Blogs - Also note that this screen says the adware etc. is dangerows. Note: If your spelling is so bad you fall for this ransomware you should have to pay $35. Unless Elmer Fudd ( image courtesy of Warner Bros ) takes over Symantec in a hostile takeover

PC Tools Internet Security 2008
VNUnet - PC Tools Internet Security Suite 2008 is a complete Internet security suite that offers powerful Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, Firewall and Spam protection in one application. It detects, removes and blocks all types of Spyware, Adware, Viruses, Trojans

Malware Evolving Too Fast for Antivirus Apps (PC World)
PC World - Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade even the best security programs.

Android contest officially open
Google s Dan Morrill has officially pressed the big red button the Android development contest is now underway. As we found out a while back, there is $30 million in prizes to be had. Unfortunately (or fortunately if you are a great programmer) the documentation for Android isn t that good yet, and examples are a bit hard to come by due to the big pile of money sitting on the table. That said, there is no shortage of developers willing to take up the challenge. The official group on Google Groups has close to 7000 members and the Android IRC room on freenode is always packed (though can be a bit quiet at times). I m looking forward to seeing what kind of neat stuff developers will do with this new platform and I m sure we won t be disappointed! March 3rd is the cut-off date entries must be submitted using this form. Though you can submit as an individual, group or a business entity, it s going to be difficult for any open project that may gain or lose developers to make an application that qualifies.

Intuit bug resurfaces at public Wi-Fi hot spots
A bug in a flawed QuickBooks update that deleted users’ files could strike again if the software is used at public Wi-Fi hot spots.

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Kaspersky inadvertently quarantines Windows Explorer
A false positive in company’s antivirus products leads to quarantine or deletion of some Windows users’ copies of explorer.exe.

NASCAR on FOX ‘08 preview: Nationwide predictions
FOXSports.com - And oh, by the way, he also gained quite a bit of confidence last season with his Cup exploits. How can you not pick him as the title favorite? Excited about the 2008 season? Don’t forget to tune in to FOX on February 9 for LIVE coverage of the first

Is internet banking safe?
Sydney Morning Herald - But that’s little consolation for those who have been scammed, such as the farmer from whom $8000 was stolen in 2005 by a keystroke logger using spyware that his anti-virus could not detect. AusCERT, our national computer emergency response team, says

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

Symantec Endpoint Protection 11
PC Magazine - Businesses face myriad Internet threats rootkits to the left, bots to the right, spyware behind yet, despite all opposition, they must charge onto an e-commerce and technology battlefield. Fortunately, the new Symantec Endpoint Protection 11 (EP

Truthfulness Over Perfection Valued In Marketing
WebProNews - The scandal over their DRM rootkits on CDs remains a prime example of why any business, whether a Factiva client or not, needs to understand people want transparency from the businesses they deal with regularly. Imperfection can be fixed

TrustDefender Gold Edition 1.9.8
CNET Asia - It will scan your computer in real time and alert you when there is unknown software, applications or hidden Rootkits identified. TrustDefender allows you to close those untrusted applications thus securing your computer prior to committing a

Report: One In Six Computers Has Spyware Infection
InternetNews.com - The threat of rootkits ( define ) seems to have faded from public consciousness in recent months, with key loggers and Trojans getting most of the attention. However, a survey by Internet security vendor Prevx finds that quite a few PCs are infected

Spybot Search & Destroy
PC World - It also offers no protection against actively running rootkits. On the other hand, Spybot’s Tea Timer real-time protection performed well in behavior-based detection tests. Spybot also successfully detected additions to HKCU and HKLM Run keys

Symantec: Vista Blocks Almost All Malware, for Now
PC Magazine - They found that kernel-level rootkits simply couldn’t install without getting permission through UAC. (If the user mindlessly clicks “Allow,” that protection vanishes.) In other malware categories, like backdoors, Trojans, and spyware, they found

News: Bot master owns up to 250,000 zombie PCs
Bot master owns up to 250,000 zombie PCs