MPack It Up [Trojan]
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| We asked Microsoft to advise customers about the MPack Trojan, which is
| loose on the Web and spreading. Here it is.
|
| First, recap: Trend Micro reported that the Trojan had infected as many
| as 10,000 Websites, as of yesterday. Local PC infection can occur from
| merely visiting one of the affected Websites.
|
| However, the infection is spreading.
|
| "The majority of these [infection] reports center on Websites being
| hosted on servers in Italy but there are indications that Websites in
| Germany, Brazil and Japan may also be impacted," a Microsoft
| spokesperson explained in an e-mail responding to a Microsoft
| Watch request.
|
| Microsoft is conducing is own investigation and, when
| completed, the company "will take the appropriate action to
| address this issue."
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/security/mpack_it_up.html?kc=MWRSS02129TX1K0000535
IOW, it's all about secrecy while the world gets filled with more zombies
(never mind the poor Windows users whose PC gets hijacked when visiting a site
with IE).
Related:
Microsoft is the world's biggest cause of zombie remailers
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| In China, it would take about one and one-half years wages (for the
| average Chinese) to buy a legitimate copy of Windows Vista. If you
| could find it here.
|
| Microsoft is the biggest cause of zombie remailers in the world,
| because they make noises, but do not do anything to address the
| real digital inequities in the world.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38202
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
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