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Hackers spoof MSNBC alerts in new twist on massive malware ruse

2008-08-13 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
A group of hackers that last week was touting CNN to distribute malware this week changed its message to push stories said to be from rival network MSNBC
 
Tags: rival network msnbc, push stories, distribute malware, week, hackers, cnn, message
 
 
 
 
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Hackers spoof MSNBC alerts in new twist on malware ruse

2008-08-13 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b0fa5c in Network World on Security
 
Hackers trying to plant malware on PCs have switched from touting CNN news in come-on messages to pushing breaking stories said to be from rival network MSNBC, security experts said today
 
Tags: rival network msnbc, cnn news, come-on messages, security experts, plant malware, hackers, stories, pcs
 
 
 
 
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CNN, MSNBC Spammers Downgrading Their EMails

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2008-08-17 16:00:10 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...MSNBC spam (both of which allude to "breaking news stories" in order to get peoples attention), it seems the people behind those attacks are now sending out plain emails (with none of the allusions to being from major news networks) that simply say "BREAKING news" in the title field If you visit the link in the email, you'll see this ...
 
Tags: news stories, news, major news networks, plain emails, title field, msnbc spam, cnn spam, peoples attention, spellchecker
 
 
 
 
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A Change of Plan For Your Spam

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2008-08-13 15:42:23 by Christopher Boyd in SpywareGuide Greynets Blog
...Msnbc.com instead. The titles of the emails are still as insane as ever uh, wow. The email will take you to a fake Flash download, just like the previous efforts Click to Enlarge Obviously, they haven't gotten around to making fake Msnbc pages so for now we're still stuck with the fake CNN pages An odd side-effect of these emails...
 
Tags: cnn spam mails, mails, cnn, fake cnn pages, msnbc, fake msnbc pages, scam mails, genuine unsubscribe links, fake flash download
 
 
 
 
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Pentagon May Issue Pocket Lie Detectors to Afghan Soldiers

2008-04-14 12:57:47 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...msnbc.com through a Freedom of Information Act request, says the PCASS is 82 to 90 percent accurate. Those are the only accuracy numbers that were sent up the chain of command at the Pentagon before the device was approved But Pentagon studies obtained by msnbc.com show a more complicated picture: In calculating its accuracy, the scientists...
 
Tags: pentagon, measure accuracy, accuracy, pcass accuracy, pentagon studies, lie detectors, yellow screens, tests drops, pcass
 
 
 
 
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A breach that hits home with 2008 presidential candidates

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2008-03-22 13:16:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...MSNBC News Story Associated Press Story Stanley, Inc. Official Company Statement Statement from The Analysis Corporation Report Credit Associated Press, posted to The Breach Blog through the kind urging of an informed reader Response From the online sources cited above State Department employees snooped through the passport files of three...
 
Tags: stanley subcontractor employees, subcontractor employees, subcontractor, confidential information, information, information security, stanley, personal information, employees
 
 
 
 
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Former LendingTree employees sold access to customer information

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2008-04-23 13:08:37 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...MSNBC Red Tape Chronicles NetworkWorld Report Credit LendingTree Response From the online sources cited above LendingTree has told its customers that former employees helped unauthorized mortgage lenders hack into its systems and steal customer information from 2006 to 2008 Evan] From Rob Douglas, editor of InsideIDTheft.info "Given that...
 
Tags: information, lendingtree, necessarily fault lendingtree, fault lendingtree, employment information, credit card information, lendingtree faqs, information security personnel, security
 
 
 
 
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Survey: One In Three IT Staff Snoops

2008-06-20 12:29:48 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...MSNBC One in three information technology professionals abuses administrative passwords to access confidential data such as colleagues salary details, personal e-mails or board-meeting minutes, according to a survey U.S. information security company Cyber-Ark surveyed 300 senior IT professionals, and found that one-third admitted to secretly...
 
Tags: electric cattle prod, colleagues salary details, access confidential data, article link, survey, one-third, personal e-mails, thumb screws, msnbc
 
 
 
 
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Malware Served Through Flash Exploits By MSN Norway

2008-08-28 17:02:18 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Morten Krakvik from the Norwegian Honeynet Project is reporting that MSN Norway is among the latest victims of malvertising, a practice where a bogus advertising provider tricks leading portals into accepting advertisements from its network, which often end up redirecting to live exploit URLs. The recent wave of malvertising that also targeted...
 
Tags: msn norway, norwegian honeynet project, live exploit urls, recent wave, provider tricks, network, victims, msnbc, portals
 
 
 
 
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Fear not, no wait, you should fear.

2008-09-18 13:23:51 by Doug Woodall in The Spyware Biz Blog
 
...msnbc.msn.com U.S. Cybersecurity Is Weak, GAO Says Five years after the Homeland Security Dept. took charge of the team as a critical safeguard against threats to national security, US-CERT still does not exhibit aspects of the attributes essential to having a truly national capability, according to the draft report Vulnerable to...