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Mydoom Worm Makes a Name for Itself in a Hurry

The Mydoom worm (a.k.a. Shimgapi and Novarg) is making a fast name for itself and has been detected in 142 countries and currently accounts for 8.5% of all Internet e-mail, according to a leading security company.The worm arrives in an e-mail file attachment. The e-mail body varies from blank to highly technical jargon...all of which are designed to fool the recipient into opening the attached (infected) file which has a common extension such as ZIP, SCR, EXE, or PIF.

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Warning a New Badass Virus on the loose

Keep your eyes open to what e-mail you are getting and update your Virus definitions immediately. This one is being rated as High Risk read the details here. One thing to note it looks like it is more a Trojan…

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Todd Cochrane
Security

Citibank e-mail scam making the rounds!

Seems we are getting one of these scam messages about twice a month. Yesterday I received one of the Citibank Scam messages and hit delete about 2 seconds after it arrived but it did look pretty good minus a few…

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Todd Cochrane
Security

Carnivore in action?

A writer on Slashdot has suggested that Carnivore may have been used in thwarting a extortion on Best Buy. It is a curious notion but to be honest with you if your gonna do the crime you better be ready…

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Todd Cochrane
Security

New Worms for the New Year

Seems there are a few new nasty worms making the rounds. What else is new but if you want the skinny on how it is replicating and what to watch out for get the details at [ZDNet]

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Todd Cochrane
Security

OnStar may not be the only ones watching you

Imagine your driving down a deserted highway and your car shuts itself off. Then imagine a vehicle pulling up behind you and robs you. Seems some are worried that the features within GM OnStar could be relatively easily used by…

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Todd Cochrane