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Symantec Security Response Weblog: It’s Not a Wonderful Second Life

It’s Not a Wonderful Second Life It’s not very far into 2008 and sadly we are already seeing some of our predictions on the security trends of 2008 come true. I blogged earlier that our security analyses expected to see old style cybercrimes turn up in virtual worlds. While it’s not clear if any crime...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-28-2008
Filed under: In the News, Internet Hacks, Spam\Phishing, Security
Symantec Security Response Weblog: Bot Roast II completed

Bot Roast II completed On November 29 the FBI announced the results of its second Bot Roast ( see the FBI release ). This is the FBI operation responsible for hunting out and attempting to bring to justice cyber criminals involved in cultivating botnets. These botnets, which can call home to millions...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 12-03-2007
Filed under: In the News, Internet News, Internet Hacks, Security
McAfee Avert Labs Blog - Juvenile Hacker Infiltrates U.S. Emergency System

Juvenile Hacker Infiltrates U.S. Emergency System Thursday October 18, 2007 at 7:37 am CST Posted by Hiep Dang Trackback A few weeks ago, in my colleague Lysa Myers’ blog Hacking Vital Infrastructure, she mentioned how some in the general public seem to believe that situations (like the one demonstrated...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 10-22-2007
Filed under: In the News, Internet Hacks, Security
McAfee Avert Labs Blog - The corridors of the Rugby World Cup

The corridors of the Rugby World Cup Friday September 7, 2007 at 5:12 am CST Posted by Francois Paget Trackback The Rugby World Cup is a premier international rugby union competition. It is a major event in France where we support our blue shirts of the national team. Today, will be the first match!...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 09-11-2007
Filed under: In the News, Internet Hacks, Security
McAfee Avert Labs Blog - Digital Reality Misunderstanding

That made up my mind, I am not buying this game... Digital Reality Misunderstanding Friday August 24, 2007 at 10:36 am CST Posted by Seth Purdy Trackback The Tuesday release of the much anticipated computer game BioShock has quickly turned up another clash between enthusiastic customers and the interests...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 08-27-2007
Filed under: In the News, Internet Hacks, Security
Hannaford Card Theft Captors’ Patience Paid Off | TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

Hannaford Card Theft Captors’ Patience Paid Off March 18th, 2008 by Jovi Umawing The Associated Press and CNet News reported earlier this week of a data intrusion to Hannaford Bros. , a supermarket chain based in Portland, Maine, wherein 4.2 million accounts had been stolen. The company had already issued...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 03-19-2008
Filed under: In the News, Internet Hacks, Security, Cybercrime
How was Comcast.net hijacked? - Zero Day - ZDNet.com

May 30th, 2008 How was Comcast.net hijacked? Posted by Dancho Danchev @ 9:43 am It’s official, even a pothead can social engineer Network Solutions. In an in-depth interview with the hijackers , featuring some screenshots showing they had access to the complete portfolio of over 200 domain names controlled...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 06-04-2008
Filed under: In the News, Internet Hacks, Security, Cybercrime
The ICANN Responds to the DNS Hijacking, Its Blog Under Attack - Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge

Monday, July 07, 2008 The ICANN Responds to the DNS Hijacking, Its Blog Under Attack Last week, the ICANN has issued an official statement regarding last month's DNS hijackings of some of their domains : " The DNS redirect was a result of an attack on ICANN's registrar's systems . A...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 07-10-2008
Filed under: In the News, Internet Hacks, Security, Cybercrime, Software Vulnerabilites
Sarah Palin’s Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted online - Ryan Naraine - ZDNet Blogs

Sarah Palin’s Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted online Posted by Ryan Naraine @ 10:40 am Categories: Patch Watch , Hackers , Browsers , Exploit code , Data theft , Pen testing , Privacy , Symantec , Passwords , Web 2.0 Tags: e-Mail Account , Yahoo! Inc. , Activist , Sarah Palin , E-mail , Online...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 09-17-2008
Filed under: In the News, Internet Hacks, Security
World Bank Cyber Intrusions - SANS Internet Storm Center

Fox News got a story wrong?!?!?! I am just plain shocked! ;-) World Bank Cyber Intrusions Published: 2008-10-10, Last Updated: 2008-10-10 20:27:54 UTC by Marcus Sachs (Version: 1) 0 comment(s) digg_url = 'http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=5161&rss'; digg_title = 'World Bank Cyber...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 10-14-2008
Filed under: In the News, Internet News, Internet Hacks, Security, Cybercrime

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