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1. Beware Being Tricked by the Social Engineer
A pretty young woman offers a bright smile and talks about the cafeteria food as she
follows an IT worker into the computer lab. But her only job there is to steal critical
information.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,g0vz,g9h5,co7e,jjlo
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2. MasterCard: 40M Credit Card Accounts Exposed
Credit card companies say sensitive information of millions of accounts was laid bare
through third-party processor.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,3la4,4r5w,co7e,jjlo
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3. Security's Starring Role in Oracle's 10g DB
Oracle's latest database software includes fresh security, automation, management and XML
support.
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4. 6/20: Desktophijack-B Modifies Settings
Trojan.Desktophijack.B is a Trojan horse that modifies the desktop settings on a
compromised computer.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,90fk,fsq4,co7e,jjlo
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5. 6/20: Agobot-SE Worm OKs Remote Control
W32/Agobot-SE is a network worm with backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,m8vi,2kdl,co7e,jjlo
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6. 6/20: Randon-AN Worm Uses IRC Channels
W32/Randon-AN is a network worm with IRC backdoor functionality.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,24f4,gigz,co7e,jjlo
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7. 6/20: Mytob-FP Worm Uses Own Engine
W32.Mytob.FP@mm is a mass-mailing worm that uses its own SMTP engine to send an email to
addresses that it gathers from the compromised computer.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,ctqf,fcxb,co7e,jjlo
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8. 6/20: Mofei-J Worm Drops Copy of Itself
Worm_Mofei.J arrives through network shares.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,4fit,6mr0,co7e,jjlo
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9. 6/20: Mytob-GV Worm Sends Copy
Like other WORM_MYTOB variants, Worm_Mytob.GV propagates by sending a copy of itself as
an attachment to an email message, which it sends to target recipients using its own
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) engine.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,7ggq,hsly,co7e,jjlo
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10. 6/20: Maocal Trojan Steals Information
Trojan.Maocal is a Trojan horse that steals information and sends it to predetermined web
servers.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,m5v5,ew04,co7e,jjlo
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11. 6/20: Desktophijack Virus Eyes Web Traffic
W32.Desktophijack is a virus that infects wininet.dll and monitors all Web traffic.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,gw4x,kdc,co7e,jjlo
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12. 6/20: Mytob-FO Worm Lowers Security
W32.Mytob.FO@mm is a mass-mailing worm that opens a back door and lowers security
settings on the compromised computer.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,ku7y,ftgq,co7e,jjlo
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13. 6/20: Bizves-B a Downloader Trojan
Troj/Bizves-B is a downloader Trojan for the Windows platform.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,kcpk,fwk8,co7e,jjlo
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14. 6/20: Mytob-BQ Worm Runs Silently
W32/Mytob-BQ is a mass-mailing worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,eglc,dl4x,co7e,jjlo
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15. 6/20: Rbot-AFR a Worm and a Trojan
W32/Rbot-AFR is a network worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,28fy,ghk8,co7e,jjlo
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16. 6/20: Sdbot-YW Worm Has Backdoor
W32/Sdbot-YW is a worm with IRC backdoor functionality for the Windows platform.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,dzvs,aedi,co7e,jjlo
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17. 6/20: Sdbot-ZO a Worm and a Trojan
W32/Sdbot-ZO is a worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1p5x,1,adi8,cxz3,co7e,jjlo
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