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[News] [Rival] Malware Blamed for Another Massive, Multi-million Credit Card Breach

  • Subject: [News] [Rival] Malware Blamed for Another Massive, Multi-million Credit Card Breach
  • From: Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 05:34:15 +0100
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: Freelance
  • User-agent: KNode/0.10.4
Malware to blame in supermarket data breach

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| That mode is in contrast to attacks on databases, the method used to 
| compromise 45.7 million accounts over a two-year period in a data breach of 
| customer records at TJX Companies, the operator of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls 
| retail chains.   
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http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9905991-7.html

It's hard to secure Windows when 4 out of 10 Windows machines are zombies PCs.


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


What spooks Microsoft's chief security advisor

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| Speaking at the Boston SecureWorld conference Wednesday, the 19-year 
| Microsoft veteran whose job includes protecting enterprises, developers and 
| Microsoft itself said there actually is plenty of good news on the security 
| front. For example, his outfit scans a half million devices (with customer 
| permission) per month and in the first half of last year saw the first 
| period-over-period decline in new vulnerabilities disclosed across Microsoft 
| and non-Microsoft software since 2003.      
| 
| However, 3,400 new vulnerabilities were discovered and “it’s still a big 
| number,” Arsenault says. “So if vulnerability rates are down, where are 
| they?”  
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/032608-microsoft-security-concerns.html

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