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  1. Full article at: http://www.betanews.com/article/New_Micros..._Ads/1149533952
  2. There is currently no official place for ZoneAlarm users to turn in feature requests. Under popular demand, I have created a (unofficial) place in my forum to collect feature requests for all ZoneAlarm products. Do note that this place is not for support issues, or for pure complaining! I will submit all reasonable requests to the ZoneAlarm team directly. http://chiawaikian.proboards78.com/index.cgi?board=zarequest
  3. Read more at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/16/poker_site_trojan/
  4. Read the whole report at: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/16/mc...h_risks_survey/
  5. http://news.com.com/Keylogger+spying+at+wo...tml?tag=cd.lede
  6. Analysis: A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime Is it as simple as pointing the finger at China, Russia and the US? Silicon.com
  7. http://software.silicon.com/malware/0,3800...39158763,00.htm
  8. TheRegister.co.uk Download Panda Quarterly Report here
  9. Bloated means that the program has too many bells and whistles that are not required by normal users. As a result, the program uses a lot of resources and subsequently slow the whole system now. Norton is a good example.
  10. AOL has cut off access to certain IP addresses from its instant messenger network in order to slow down the possible impact of a bot spreading over AIM. "I will note that this started with a click happy user on AIM to the best of our knowledge," SANS diarist Scott Fendley wrote in the opening of the report. The SANS Internet Storm Center posted about a submitted report on a bot making the rounds via AIM. The bot attempts to contact other bots and sites by using an encrypted P2P connection to port 8/TCP on machines. "Flow analysis and/or tcpdump looking for mysterious port 8/TCP traffic seems to be the best way to detect these infections on your network," the report said, noting that the bot does not use DNS to find other Command & Control sites. By using a test computer to observe the bot's behavior, the submitter noted its behavior. The bot tried to connect to 22 hardcoded IP addresses over port 8/TCP. "Since it tried to contact each of these many times, and not any other IP addresses, I feel it is fairly safe to guess it was not randomly selecting IPs to obscure "the real C&Cs"." Symantec reported on its Security Response Site that the bot can propagate through email and over network shares. Users and corporate admins should ensure their antivirus signatures are up to date. They can avoid potential exploits by verifying their systems have been updated with available patches to shut down any holes the bot could use to enter a system or a network. http://www.securitypronews.com/news/securi...ariousBots.html
  11. Microsoft has launched AdCenter in an effort to attract more pay-per-click advertisements. The service allows the display of more relevant online ads, which should lead to increased revenues for Microsoft and higher conversion rates for advertisers. AdCenter lets advertisers bid on search keywords around which an ad appears, and offers additional targeting features that control the geographic location of the target audience, for instance, or the time of day when the ads are displayed. The service goes beyond online search advertising. Microsoft unfolded its Live Software strategy last year in which it plans to introduce a series of free, ad-supported online applications such as email, blogging tools and security products. "Ad-supported software services are an integral part of Microsoft's plans to give consumers access to a broader variety of digital media, whenever they want and on whatever device they prefer," said Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer. "Our close partnership with the ad community is extremely important to us as we evolve Microsoft from a software company into the world's largest, most attractive provider of online media through MSN, Windows Live and AdCenter." The service is a response to Google's AdSense programme and Yahoo's Search Marketing solutions, formerly known as Overture. These services have been instrumental in increasing revenue from online search for their respective owners. Although the Microsoft AdCenter bidding process is similar to Google's Adsense, Microsoft offers finer targeting mechanisms. The service was announced in March 2005 and Microsoft is already using AdCenter in Singapore and France. Staring this week AdCenter will become the exclusive online advertising platform for Microsoft's English websites in the US. A test in the UK is scheduled for June. http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2155366/...-unwraps-online
  12. May the FTC prosecute more of these rogue product vendors!
  13. Court Halts Spyware Operations One Operator to Pay More Than $4 Million; Another Ordered to Stop Collecting Consumers Personal Information An operation that deceptively downloaded spyware onto unsuspecting consumers? computers, changing their settings and hijacking their search engines, has been halted by a federal court at the request of the Federal Trade Commission. The judge has ordered the operators to give up to more than $4 million in ill-gotten gains. The court also ordered a halt to another spyware operator?s stealthy downloads and barred the collection of consumers? personal information, pending trial. The FTC sued both operations charging that the stealthy downloads of spyware were unfair and deceptive and violated federal law. Although the companies used different techniques to direct consumers to their Web sites and implement the downloads, the FTC alleged that both operations hijacked consumers? computers without the consumers? knowledge or approval, secretly changed their settings, and barraged consumers with pop-up ads. The spyware and other software the defendants installed caused many computers to malfunction, slow down, or crash, causing consumers to lose data stored on their computers. The FTC alleged that Sanford Wallace and his company, Smartbot.Net, exploited a security vulnerability in Microsoft?s Internet Explorer?s Web browser in order to distribute spyware. The spyware caused the CD-ROM tray on computers to open and then issued a ?FINAL WARNING!!? to computer screens with a message that said, ?If your cd-rom drive?s open . . .You DESPERATELY NEED to rid your system of spyware pop-ups IMMEDIATELY! Spyware programmers can control your computer hardware if you failed to protect your computer right at this moment! Download Spy Wiper NOW!? Spy Wiper and Spy Deleter, purported anti-spyware products the defendants promoted, sold for $30. In a second case, the FTC charged that Odysseus Marketing and its principal, Walter Rines, lured consumers to their Web site by advertising bogus software they claimed would allow consumers to engage in anonymous peer-to-peer file sharing. According to the FTC, the spyware and other software bundled with it hijacked search engines and reformatted search engine results, placing Rines? clients first. The FTC recently amended its complaint, charging that the defendants also distributed their spyware by exploiting security vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer and other applications, and that the defendants? spyware captured consumers? personal information, including their names, addresses, e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, Internet browsing and shopping history, and information about their online transactions. Once captured, the amended complaint alleges, the information was transmitted to defendants? Internet servers, where they compiled the information into a database in order to sell access to the data. Read more at FTC.
  14. German court rules moderators liable for forum comments A Hamburg court has ruled that moderators of online forums may be held liable for forum content. A forum participant on the Heise Online website posted a script intended to disrupt business at Universal Boards, a Munich company criticized for distributing dialers for premium rate phone numbers and buying up expired domain names to advertise pornography. A moderator for Heise Online took down the script at Universal Boards' request, but Universal sued for a temporary restraining when Heise Online refused to sign a formal obligation. The judge ruled that businesses should "reduce the scope of their business operations" if they do not have the resources to properly monitor their web forums. Heise plans to appeal the ruling. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/04/21/mo...e_for_comments/
  15. It takes too long to patch by Konstantin Kornakov | Apr 18 2006 18:05 GMT Source : Kaspersky News?
  16. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0%2C1759%2C1...3119TX1K0000594
  17. More details at http://www.cioupdate.com/article.php/3598621
  18. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1947645,00.asp
  19. Have the time of your life.
  20. SMB is launching a beginner course for computer users. Please read the full post: http://chiawaikian.proboards78.com/index.c...ge=1#1144479259 If you are not already a registered member of SMB, you will need to register before you can participate in this free course. If you would like to join in in facilitating this course, please drop me a note.
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