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Twitter rofl attack is no laughing matter

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| 24/09/2009

...what appears to be their online friends and colleagues via a social networking site, making it easier to launch financially-motivated attacks, he said in a blog post. "In this case the bad guys are also able to access potentially sensitive... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/24/237845/Twitter-rofl-attack-is-no-laughing-matter.htm

Rofl Twitter attack moves into Facebook

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| 28/09/2009

...more likely to click on a link posted by what appears to be their online friends. This makes it easier to launch financially motivated attacks, he said in his blog. Rik Ferguson, senior security advisor at Trend Micro, said the server hosting... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/28/237885/Rofl-Twitter-attack-moves-into-Facebook.htm

Happy New Year

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 01/01/2008

...Gartner who predicted that "by the end of 2007, 75 percent of enterprises will be infected with undetected, financially motivated, targeted malware that evaded their traditional perimeter and host defenses." Given the state of the black... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/stuart_king/2008/01/happy-new-year.html

Gary McKinnon: UK IT pros believe he should stay in the UK

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| 31/07/2009

...inappropriate to make an example of a UFO conspiracy theorist when serious crimes are still being carried out by financially-motivated hackers, who are stealing identities, sending spam and creating botnets." McKinnon was arrested seven... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/31/237132/gary-mckinnon-uk-it-pros-believe-he-should-stay-in-the.htm

Is IT Security dead?

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 01/10/2008

...I've been sitting through presentations from speakers reciting the same old woe: lots of malware - we know; financially motivated hackers - no shit Sherlock; changing risk environment - yawn. It's like watching a weather forecast telling... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/stuart_king/2008/10/itsecurityisdead.html

Technologies for application-level security

Opinion
| www.computerweekly.com
| 15/05/2009

...Technologies for application-level security Joseph Feiman Friday 15 May 2009 12:51 As attacks become more financially motivated and as organisations get better at securing their network, desktop and server infrastructures, there has been... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/05/15/236068/technologies-for-application-level-security.htm

Peer-to-peer botnets pose fresh network threat

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 13/12/2007

...thriving underground market has developed for anyone who wants to hire one. However, they said the trend among financially motivated attackers was to use smaller botnets. "This lets them keep under the radar so attacks are harder to detect... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/12/13/228590/peer-to-peer-botnets-pose-fresh-network-threat.htm

Gartner IT Security Summit - day 1

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| www.computerweekly.com
| 18/09/2007

...top 10 predictions for 2007: By the end of 2007, 75 percent of enterprises will be infected with undetected, financially motivated, targeted malware that evaded their traditional perimeter and host defenses. Good food for thought. Bookmark... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/stuart_king/2007/09/gartner-it-security-summit-day.html

W32/SillyFD-AA worm targets removable drives

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| 04/05/2007

...Hacked by 1BYTE". Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said, “With a significant rise in financially motivated malware, this type of worm could be an obvious backdoor into a company for criminals bent on targeting a specific... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2007/05/04/223656/w32sillyfd-aa-worm-targets-removable-drives.htm

Photos: 25 years of viruses

Photo Story
| www.computerweekly.com
| 10/11/2008

...Source: Rex Features Malware for Apple Macs - 25 years of viruses In November 2007, the first example of financially-motivated malware for Apple Macs was discovered in the wild, increasing fears that the platform may be targeted more in... http://www.computerweekly.com/galleries/233216-1/The-Netsky-and-Sasser-worms-25-years-of-viruses.htm

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CA Report: Fake Security Software, Search Engines and Social Networks 2009's Top Internet Threats

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| www.prnewswire.com
| 09/12/2009

...communities, blogs and social media sites, such as YouTube, MySpace, Facebook and Twitter, are highly targeted. Financially motivated organized groups are among the aggressive attackers, creating hundreds of bogus profiles to perform various... http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/ca-report-fake-security-software-search-engines-and-social-networks-2009s-top-internet-threats-78861367.html

Sophos Security Threat Report reveals cybercriminals moving beyond Microsoft