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May 2007
SPAMfighter News 2007/5/31
Microsoft Releases Tools To Stave Off Bad Office Files
Microsoft released two tools on April 21, 2007. The tools help safeguard computers against the malevolent software code contained by Office 2003 files.
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Muslim Hackers Accused of Shutting Down a Catholic Website
Turkey based Muslim hackers are accused of allegedly hacking a conservative Catholic web site by its editors. The scammers assaulted the website on May 10,
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/31
Security Company Executives Discuss Threats and Their Management
As threat complexities grow, simplification in management of IT security systems becomes more important. This was the primary theme in the keynote address
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/31
Small Organizations Too Can Be Hackers’ Target
Small organizations generally believe that they are at least risk of hacking assaults as large companies are the first preference of scammers. But the fact
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/31
Spam Traffic Rising Due To Image Spam
Image spam has contributed largely to the general increase in unsolicited mail traffic in the past few years, with image spam increasing from 5 percent to
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/31
Computer Worms Attack University Of Colorado Servers
Colorado University at Boulder, declares that lately a worm has hacked onto a server compromising nearly 44,998 pupil identities and SSNs (Social Security
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/30
Symantec Virus-Signature Blunder Cripples Countless PCs in China
The government media on May 20, 2007, reported that a flawed virus signature issued in the third week of May 2007, had crippled innumerable Chinese
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/30
Spyware Continue Their Malicious Behavior
While spyware vendors attempt to put up a better impression, the core designs in their programs
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/30
Downward Trend Being Observed in Identity Frauds
Identity fraud has dipped 12% as per the '2007 Identity Fraud Survey Report' of Javelin Strategy and Research.
The factors that
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/30
Hackers Devastate ‘Second Life’ – The Virtual Island of Online Game
Hackers have devastated the costly virtual island of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in the online game 'Second Life'. News.ninemsn published this
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/30
Hackers Target Federal Agencies Networks
The Department of Agriculture assaulted another government agency during the last summer (2006), without even the United States Department of Agriculture's
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/30
Columbia Bank Notifies Clients Of Security Breach
Columbia Bank, the biggest depositor in Fair Lawn, has informed its online banking clients of a security failure that could compromise them to identity
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/29
Symantec Turns Harsh on Software Pirates
On May 19, 2007, Symantec Corp. declared that it had lodged 8 civil lawsuits in a row against the distributors of duplicate Symantec software, as the firm
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/29
Users Become Scapegoats To Web Ad Malware Exploit
Didier Stevens, an IT security expert from Belgium, has performed an amazing social test after buying the Internet domain name drive-by-download.info. He
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/29
New Zealand Releases Code To Reduce Spam
InternetNZ (The Internet Society of New Zealand) released the ISP Spam Code of Practice on May 20, 2007 for public reference. InternetNZ posted the Code at
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/29
Another Worm Using Bush’s Theme Creeps Into PCs
"Check out this animation of Bush" is a message that pops up in a user's MSN Messenger. By clicking on the link that proceeds to show the
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/29
The Not-So Malicious BadBunny Attacks OpenOffice
A new worm called BadBunny aims OpenOffice in attempts to install porn JPEG images from the Internet onto the infected computers. The infection occurs when
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/29
E-Crime Reporting Format To Be Launched in July
An e-crime reporting system that will electronically report spurious activities will start operating by July this year.
According
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/28
Two Factor Security Hazard Is Still There
It's much better to have two-factors of security than one, however the additional factor doesn't assure complete safety against potential risks.
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SPAMfighter News 2007/5/28
Online Crooks Fighting To Snatch Each Other’s Botnets
A few bunches of online crooks' are contending to grab the control of largest botnets. To accomplish this, they are sending out series of ...
SPAMfighter News 2007/5/28
Web-Targeted Attacks Grew Massively in 2006
There has been an explosion in malware attacking web browsers in 2006 in comparison to 2005,
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Force 9 and TalkTalk Are the Highest Spam-Delivering ISPs
U.K Internet Service Providers, Force 9 and TalkTalk are the targets of most spam, according to a research by ClearMyMail, an ...
SPAMfighter News 2007/5/28
Hackers React Harshly to Estonia-Russia Diplomatic Standoff
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) has deputed an expert in Estonia to help the nation combat attacks on its government websites. The Estonian
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Hacking Rising On China Cyber Space
Chinese hackers are set to grow in numbers, says Symantec in a new report. The company points out that the number of online workers has grown steeply with
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/25
TJX Suffers Declining Profit in Q1 2007
TJX Cos. has suffered a 1 percent drop in its profits in the first quarter this year. The discount retailer including T.J. Maxx and Marshalls stores said
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Symantec Update Causes Crash Down of Chinese Computers
A security update to security firm Symantec's anti-virus application collapsed a large number of PCs
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Tensions Between Nations Trigger Political Hacking
Political hacking like the attacks launched on government Web sites of Estonia during the past few weeks is not something new amidst international
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New Version of Gozi Trojan, More Stealthy
A Russian Trojan horse program dubbed Gozi, known for long, is circulating in a new and more treacherous form since April 17, 2007 and has up till now
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/25
Pirated Software Can Have Harmful Consequences on Company Networks
Computer security and malware control firm Sophos has sent out warnings to businesses regarding
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/25
Websites – The Latest Weapon in The Hands of Phishers
Despite arming their PCs against malware, users are still not completely safe. The reason is that hackers are now aiming at infecting the websites to carry
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/24
Zango Sues PC Tools for Removing Its Software from Users’ PCs
Zango, maker of adware, has filed a lawsuit against PC Tools because the anti-spyware vendor publicized Zango technology and tried to remove it.
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SPAMfighter News 2007/5/24
Wireless Network Cards, Tool of Choice for Hackers
While prepaid wireless network cards are convenient for users to access Internet anywhere, it can result in fraudulent activity when in wrong hands. In this
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/24
Adware In Legitimate Application’s Disguise Tricks Users
A piece of adware pretending to be a legitimate program for playing online games is circulating on the Internet. The application tricks users into
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/24
Barracuda.A Bot Infects A Large Network of PCs To Initiate DDoS Attacks
PandaLabs has found a new Barracuda.A bot that has infected nearly 15,000 PCs. The malicious code enables its developers to initiate a DDoS (Distributed
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/24
Malware Infection Spread through 5,000 Sites Every Day
Instead of improving, malware is getting even worse. It appears that despite the best efforts of
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/24
Yahoo and Google Watch Out! Here Comes the Month-of-Search-Engine-Bugs
Mustlive - an anonymous hacker - announced during the third week of May 2007 that the coming June would be featuring the next "month long" flaw
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UAC of Windows Vista is No More Impregnable
Robert Paveza, an Internet application developer, has come across a fairly interesting and possibly perturbing 2-step process, which could let ...
SPAMfighter News 2007/5/23
Top Law Enforcement Office Fails to Recognize A Phishing E-Mail
Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna is focusing his attention on Internet scam perpetrators and identity thieves. But quite unknowingly, McKenna,
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/23
Spam Volumes Spike According to Security Vendors
Spam levels all over the world reached a record high in April 2007. The significant number of e-mail viruses that helped to build botnets was partially
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/23
Symantec Fixes Buffer Overflow Error
Security Company Symantec has developed a product update to repair buffer overflow vulnerability, which could allow a remote hacker to gain control of the
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/23
E-Mail Hoaxing Dell Online Store Installs Malicious Code
A fraudulent e-mail campaign has started in Australia, according to reports coming to Websense Security Labs. The Australia-CERT has reported that the
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/23
Online Retailers Incur Heavy Costs Due to Cyber Fraud
Online retailers are incurring expenses worth $1,146 million per annum due to cyber crime. And within next three years, it is possible for this figure to go
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/22
Spammers Join in Mother’s Day Celebrations
When Mother's Day was being celebrated in the US, email spammers too joined in.
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Phishing Attacks Continue to Hit Banks
Scam attacks continue to strike banks repeatedly as criminals attempt to extort account information from customers.
Australia is
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Indian CIOs Consider Fighting Security Threats Challenging
Websense, provider of web/desktop security and web filtering software for global IT companies, conducted a survey, which included 450 CIOs in India. The
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/22
ISS Criticizes TippingPoint For Sponsoring Hacking Competition
IBM's ISS unit has severely reprimanded TippingPoint for patronizing the hacking contest where the QuickTime vulnerability in Apple's browser - Safari -
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A NATO Cyber-Defense Center in Estonia To Thwart Russian Hackers
Estonia Defense Minister Joak Aaviksoo has presented a proposal that equates hackers' attacks on the servers of the state with military attacks. Experts at
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Chinese Hackers Steal and Produce Replicas of Glam Brands’ Latest Designs
Various organized gangs of online crooks from China, which are intruding into their computers, are threatening western companies. The intention of these
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/21
US Department of Defense Bans MySpace & YouTube
The U.S. Army declared it would prevent global entrée to 13 sites as they overwork network capacities and pose functional hazards. The US Defense Department
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/21
IT Security Brings Down Vulnerabilities in U.K. Companies
With improvement in their IT security, U.K. organizations have brought down critical vulnerabilities in 2006, according to a research publication on May 14,
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PlusNet E-Mailers Suffer Spammers’ Assaults
Spammers stole e-mail database of ISP PlusNet and bombarded the accounts of its users with spam mails.
The first attack occurred
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Thai Hacker Arrested for Tampering a Telecom Network
A Thai citizen faces accusation of causing harm to two regional telecom firms worth Bt100 million. Taweesap, alias Phumipat, Lalitsasiwimol, 34, has his
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/21
Hacker Compromises Goshen College Computer
Goshen College is the latest victim of hackers' assault on its computer security. It therefore joins other renowned colleges and universities in having
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/21
Hampton Residents Latest Target Of Scammers
An inhabitant of Hampton duped of $3,500, is the current target in the continuing series of "earn a fast buck" frauds being committed both online
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/19
Google Analyzes Millions of Web Pages To Study Malicious Sites
Google researchers presented a paper entitled "The Ghost in the Browser" at the Usenix HotBots '07 conference in April this year. The paper
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/19
April Malware List Has New Detections
April 2007 again demonstrated waves of virulent threats on the Internet, warned Security Company ESET.
The statistics from
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New Phishing E-Mail Purports eBay
There is a warning for eBay users that new phishing e-mail is making rounds on the
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/19
Mpack Malware Exploit Creates Downloader Trojans
NanoScan detected an exploit that prompted PandaLabs to track and uncover Mpack, an application that helps download malicious programs onto others'
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House Committee Approves Bills Against Identity Theft & Spyware
The American House Energy and Commerce Committee collectively passed two bills on May 10 that aspire to strengthen users' security against exploitation of
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Hackers Purloin User Names And Passwords From PirateBay
Cyber-terrorists have violated the PirateBay's database and purloined data on the listed clients of data-sharing Internet sites, as per a communiqué placed
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/18
Alanchum.VL Trojan-Laden Spam Downloads Yet Another Trojan Cimuz.BE
PandaLabs has identified a new surge of spam that carries Alanchum.VL Trojan. This new malicious code works to download various kinds of malware onto
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/18
Virus Affects More Than 1.4 Million China PCs During May Day
Viruses affected 1.4 million or more computers across China during the May Day holiday over the week, according to statistics from Kingsoft, a major Chinese
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Exploiting BITS To Compromise Windows Update
Hackers are injecting malware onto systems while bypassing firewalls, as they use the file transfer
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Maximum Trojans in Q1 2007 Were Created to Grab Money
Trojans designed to make monetary gains comprised 66% of the total during the first three months of 2007. Authors write ...
SPAMfighter News 2007/5/18
Mutation Of Old Phishing Scam Resurfaces
Another variant of the previous phishing scam has just re-emerged. Similar to infinite
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Microsoft Patches DNS Zero-Day Vulnerability
On May 8, 2007, Microsoft patched 19 flaws alongside seven vital updates, tackling a zero-day DNS server bug, and glitches in Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/17
U.S. Critical Infrastructure Vulnerable To Cyber Attacks
The U.S. cyber security community has been warning since long that the country's critical infrastructure including transportation, electric, banking and oil
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/17
Spam Scam Offers ‘Prostitute’ Finder, Warns Sophos
A recent spam scam is offering an online system to find prostitutes, warn security researchers.
The spam mail does not contain any
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/17
Trojan Hoaxes Windows Activation, Requests Financial Info
A new Trojan is in circulation that has a dishonest feature, alerts Symantec. The Trojan called Kardfisher tricks the user by displaying a warning on
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/17
Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange, Now With Security Update
Microsoft Exchange has some vulnerability that miscreants can exploit to insert malicious script, launch a DoS (Denial of Service) attack, or assume control
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StopBadware Identifies Five Companies Hosting Malware-Brokering Sites
The consumer protection campaign of StopBadware.org has published a report in which it has identified the first five ISPs that host websites most prolific
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Hackers Strike University of Missouri’s Computer System
On May 8, 2007, University of Missouri's help line was flooded with phone calls from anxious callers following the University's announcement that its
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/16
Websites That Pose Security Threat To Visitors
As per the latest probe by cyber intelligence company Cyveillance, over 16.5 per cent recorded domains connected to active internet sites hold potential
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Xin Net DNS Server Malfunctions, Websites Collapse
Hackers attacked the server of Beijing Xin Net Digital Information Technology Co. Ltd. on April 27, 2007 at 9:00 am. Xin Net is the biggest provider of DNS
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Spam Spiked in Q1 2007; SonicWALL
SonicWALL, Inc. compiled statistics for e-mail security to show that spam volumes spiked by 44.29% in the first quarter of 2007 from the last quarter of
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/16
Spam Volumes Peaked in April; Ipswitch
Ipswitch Inc., a company leading in development of network management, secure file transfer and messaging solutions declared the findings of its seventh
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Spyware Being Used to Create Artificial Web Traffic
The spyware hunter has re-entered the Internet to chase sites that purchase traffic originating
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Postini Alleges Major Virus Attacks Promotes Global Spam Growth
Following a month's respite, unsolicited emails resurfaced with vengeance in April 2007. Spam emails rose by 135 percent and 36 percent since September 2006
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Turkish Hackers Target Kiwi Websites
"Turkish cyberpunks have afresh attacked New Zealand sites. A hacker named "crackers_child" struck about twenty websites hosted by Digital
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/15
Trojan Demands Credit Card Number, Else Shuts Down Windows
Symantec has detected a Trojan program that appears as a real message from "Microsoft piracy control". It shuts down computers if users fail to
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More Phishing, Less Viruses
Fortinet revealed in its report for April 2007 that BankFraud.E and Phishbank.BGU comprised of 16 percent of total ...
SPAMfighter News 2007/5/15
Microsoft’s ‘Forefront’ Receives Competitors’ Criticisms
Forefront, the new business security product of Microsoft doesn't feature technology covering down to the scratch, rival companies have warned. Microsoft
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Hackers Employ Ingenious Techniques To Evade Vista's Defenses
Is malicious software going to disappear with Microsoft's Vista? That's quite impossible. The prospects are as remote as flourishing multitudes of hackers
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/15
Car SatNav Gives Another Opportunity to Hackers
There has emerged another flaw in the 'satellite-based navigation systems', which British motorists use to read directions. Hackers could exploit this flaw
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/14
Wi-Fi Hotspots, The Latest Targets Of Phishers
Cybernauts have been alerted about the risks of utilizing Wi-Fi access points after it was noticed that hackers are aiming the networks in coffee shops,
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/14
Virus Infects Through USB Drives
The warning that free memory sticks could be dangerous for a computer was a frightening cry of security company Sophos. A group of worms replicates itself
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/14
Spammers Remained Aggressive In April
The total spam that Irish inboxes received reached an astounding 60pc mark in April 2007. About 6pc of all e-mails carried viruses in the same month, as is
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/14
Internet Threat Volumes Overwhelm Security Companies
A dramatically high amount of malware is being pushed onto the Internet. The sheer volume has overwhelmed computer security companies to the extent that
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/14
Phishers Target F-M Credit Union Customers
Online scammers have hooked on Fargo Moorhead region once again to capture account information of the Federal Credit Union customers of Fargo Public
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/14
Hackers Purloin Credit-Card Data From Wireless Networks
The most notorious thievery of bankcard PIN started a couple of years back before a Marshalls discount outlet close to St. Paul, Minn.
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SPAMfighter News 2007/5/11
Social Engineering Techniques Used For Spreading Malware Online
Unsolicited e-mail senders are progressively utilizing social-engineering methods to tempt e-mail receivers to open messages affected with malicious
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/11
Google Rewards Student For Finding Problem in its Software
A student of Iowa's St. Ambrose University discovered a security problem in Google's new Web-based software. Google credited the student for his help and
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/11
U.K. Government Indecisive About Internet Voting Project
The emergence of security concerns associated with several pilot Internet voting projects has prompted the U.K. government to cancel them, as per reports of
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/11
Australians Expend Billions on Scam Schemes
The Australian attitude of considering everything fair is perhaps what makes them spend uncountable dollars into online scams, according to a senior fraud
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/11
Adware and Trojans Remained Major Threats in April
Adware was the most active item of malware accounting for 27% of the infections in April 2007. The other category, ...
SPAMfighter News 2007/5/11
Blended Malware Attacks On The rise
"There's a proliferation of malicious software and malware Research Center of PC Tools has
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/10
Spam Poised For Shift In Overall Make-up
Spam e-mail continues to keep choking IT systems worldwide, but the junk e-mails
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/10
With Sufficient Anti-Spyware Laws Europe Not Under U.S.’ Influence
Legal experts in U.K. have said that U.S.' efforts to control expansion of spyware may not
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/10
Spammers Encrypt Attachments in E-Mails to Beat Filters
Spammers have sharpened their techniques by encrypting attachments in e-mails to be able to beat filtering systems, reported service provider E-mail
...SPAMfighter News 2007/5/10
PIRT Brings Down Phishing Sites To Help Limit Damage
Security researchers can progressively minimize phishing damage.
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