FBI remotely installs spyware to trace bomb threat
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Blog: In what appears to be the first case of its kind, federal agents sent spyware called "CIPAV" to the owner of a MySpace account tied to e-mail bomb threats against a high school.
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The sophisticated worm, known as W32.pipeline, is setting up a botnet and propagates when an AIM user clicks on a Web link apparently sent from someone in their buddy list.
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Watching the detectives Snort and Sourcefire users are urged to update their intrusion detection software following the discovery of a potentially serious security vulnerability.â¦
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Mozilla has confirmed a vulnerability in its Firefox browser that could be used by attackers to scout out a system before they undertake a more aggressive assault.
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Malware was being deployed as a Trojan Horse that attempts to disable anti-virus programs, modify registry keys, download additional files, and log keystrokes when connecting to banking websites.
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In a report to Congress this week, the Department of Justice said the FBI is using data mining programs to track everyone from potential terrorists to people who file fraudulent auto insurance claims.
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A new, stealthy attack serves up malicious code only once, making it harder to spot and track.
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A security researcher demonstrates a way to use cross site scripting to remotely spam an internal network printer.
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By KATHERINE SHRADER WASHINGTON - Using a new laptop and a satellite link, FBI agents can find out within two minutes whether the fingerprint from a newly captured suspect overseas matches a terrorist database in Virginia.
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Have adware and spyware commandeered your computer? An extreme solution: erasing your hard drive and starting over.
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Homes computers, lacking firewalls and up-to-date virus protection, are crawling with spyware.
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WASHINGTON - The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized computers, software and equipment as part of a probe into the illegal sharing of copyrighted movies, music and games over an Internet &#39;peer-to-peer&#39; (P2P) network, Attorney-General John
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Hole could allow remote attackers to access your local search results.
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The bureau isn't rushing to fill in the blanks regarding its use of the "computer and internet protocol address verifier" spyware tool.
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Plan to target websites that 'groom' terrorists
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The tool was developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory in response to requests from the FBI to provide detail on network activity based on a list of IP addresses related to possible security problems.
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Looks to commercial surveillance tools