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Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Few Browsers Safe From Latest Spoofing Flaw



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1. Few Browsers Safe From Latest Spoofing Flaw
Newly reported flaw could lead to phishing attacks against almost all major browsers.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1pga,1,2ywz,lsig,co7e,jjlo
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2. Fronting The Fix on Data Breaches
Industry pointing fingers, looking for answers as investigation into recent leak of
credit card accounts unfolds.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1pga,1,k4r1,eto0,co7e,jjlo
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3. 6/22: Psyme-BY Trojan Exploits Flaw
Troj/Psyme-BY is a Trojan for the Windows platform.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1pga,1,das0,i8ay,co7e,jjlo
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4. 6/22: Backdoor.Nibu-L Trojan Opens Back Door
Backdoor.Nibu.L opens a back door Trojan horse on a compromised computer and blocks
access to security-related Web sites.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1pga,1,ju0h,jo08,co7e,jjlo
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5. 6/22: Aimsend Trojan Sends Link on AOL IM
Trojan.Aimsend is a Trojan horse that sends a link to other users through America Online
Instant Messenger (AIM).
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1pga,1,9q6b,gs9f,co7e,jjlo
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6. 6/22: Mytob-FS a Mass-Mailing Worm
W32.Mytob.FS@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=1,1pga,1,6lar,6fp2,co7e,jjlo
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7. 6/22: Mytob-FT a Mass-Mailing Worm
W32.Mytob.FT@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=1,1pga,1,5ik4,et0s,co7e,jjlo
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8. 6/22: PWS-Banker-Y a Password-Stealing Trojan
PWS-Banker.y is a variant of password-stealing Trojan that appears to target numerous
banking organizations.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1pga,1,ecpc,hrnj,co7e,jjlo
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9. 6/22: Mytob-BS a Mass-Mailing Worm and Trojan
W32/Mytob-BS is a mass-mailing worm and IRC backdoor Trojan for the Windows platform.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1pga,1,df6g,aebq,co7e,jjlo
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10. 6/22: Mytob-EA a Mass-Mailing Worm
W32/Mytob-EA is a mass-mailing worm with backdoor functionality that can be controlled
through the Internet Relay Chat (IRC) network.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1pga,1,e5z2,5po5,co7e,jjlo
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11. 6/22: Nanpy-A Worm Exploits RPC-DCOM Flaw
W32/Nanpy-A is a worm for the Windows platform.
http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,1pga,1,ecui,50ss,co7e,jjlo
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