Database Trojan infests pro-Tibet websites
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| The Fribet Trojan has been planted on pro-Tibet websites, possibly using a
| Vector Markup Language flaw (MS07-004) patched by Microsoft early last year.
| When visitors to the pro-Tibet websites are infected, the Fribet Trojan
| creates a backdoor on compromised hosts.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/14/database_trojan/
(New) dirt-cheap bots attack Hotmail Captchas
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| If you think the spam epidemic is bad now, just wait until these new cracks
| go mainstream.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/14/msn_captcha_breaking/
Less relevant but new:
UK's most popular Wi-Fi router defaults to insecurity
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| GNU has written a program to automate the guessing game, but has decided not
| to release it for the time being.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04/14/bt_home_hub_encryption_weakness/
Recent:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
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