Mass web infection leaves researcher scratching her head
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'I'm stumped' Security maven Mary Landesman is in the midst of piecing together a who-done-it involving the infection of hundreds of websites that are generating an enormous amount of traffic. Or maybe it's a how-done-it. Either way, she's mostly drawing blanks.â¦
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A new Eastern European Web site uses a large botnet to infect vulnerable PCs--clients are charged for each successful PC infection.
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Online portal says bugs could have let attackers alter appearance of pages and access a victim's data.
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Null hypothesis When Didier Stevens recently took a closer look at some Internet Explorer malware that he had found, something surprised him somewhat.â¦
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A 21-year-old security researcher in Sweden who collected thousands of e-mails and passwords blamed administrators for not using encryption to shield their Internet traffic.
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Researchers discover in a recent study on cyber-bullying that there may be negative consequences for users in both Second Life and the real world.
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An independent researcher finds an Internet Explorer vulnerability that could turn drag-and-drop into drag-and-infect.
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Blog: Writer is duped for the first time ever by a phishing attack; feels violated and ashamed
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Web site visitors who clicked on banner ads on a number of popular European Web sites this weekend could have infected their computers with variants of the Bofra worm, experts warn.
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Search site Google has inadvertently helped a worm hit thousands of websites.
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Hackers are likely researching victims on social networking sites such as Linked In, MySpace or Facebook.
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Infected computers can be used as &quot;zombies&quot; to send spam or launch attacks on Web sites. Spreading Trojans via chat rooms is not unusual.
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Security research, Web 2.0 style The mystery over a cluster of poisoned websites distributing a toxic malware cocktail may be better understood but it's still not solved.â¦
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Virus infection Officials at the US Centers for Disease Control were left dealing with a different kind of outbreak last week after hackers planted a virus on the agency's websiteâ¦
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A researcher says the techniques to stay anonymous online can be thwarted through flaws in the systems.
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Web security research is hampered by laws punishing researchers for even attempting to locate flaws in web software.
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Copycats are keeping busy. Security researcher says the Net threat's source code is "hot stuff."