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Legitimate sites serving up stealthy attacks
The Random JS infection kit serves up malicious code that hides itself by attempting to compromise each visitor only once and using a different file name each time. 2008-01-14 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11501 Xbox Live account theft puts users at risk Hackers take over the Xbox Live account of a celebrity gamer and make off with a prized piece of virtual armor. Does the Microsoft online service put the security of its users at risk? 2008-01-10 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11500 Malware hitches a ride on digital devices Some consumers reported that their holiday gifts came with an unwelcome passenger, a Trojan horse. Infections at the factory and in retail stores will likely become more common. 2008-01-09 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11499 Senate delays vote on spy bill A bill that would modernize the United States' legal framework for eavesdropping and grant telecommunications companies retroactive immunity for wiretapping customers will have to wait until January. 2007-12-18 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11498 Researchers reverse Netflix anonymization Two computer scientists show that a large set of transactional data poses privacy risks by finding a way to link movie ratings from the Netflix Prize dataset to publicly available information. 2007-12-04 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11497 Group drafts rules to nix credit-card storage The organization responsible for technical and best-practice standards in the payment industry plans to require the makers of merchant software to certify that their programs do not store sensitive data. 2007-11-19 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11496 Bot master owns up to 250,000 zombie PCs A computer security consultant pleads guilt to using massive botnets to illegally install software on at least 250,000 machines and to steal online banking identities. 2007-11-11 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11495 Task force aims to improve U.S. cybersecurity A blue-ribbon panel of three dozen security experts hopes to craft a strategy to improve cybersecurity by the time the next president takes office. 2007-11-01 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11494 Court filings double estimate of TJX breach Online attackers stole information on more than 94 million credit- and debit-card accounts, more than double the original estimates, according to court documents. 2007-10-26 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11493 Identity thieves likely to be first-timers, strangers Six years of U.S. Secret Service cases reveal that the majority of identity thieves do not know their victims and do not have a prior criminal record. 2007-10-22 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11492 |
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