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1. Latest Mytob Worm Using Common Phisher Trick
A few new versions of the Mytob worm are tricking users by sending them to a faked Web
link hosting malicious code.
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2. Gartner: National Data Breach Law Inevitable
Continuing failure of private enterprise to adequately protect data makes problem
impossible to ignore.
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3. Lion's Birthday Wish Hides Trojan Horse
Trojan horse steals passwords and data while animated lion wishes the user a happy
birthday.
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4. 6/8: Lovgate-L Worm Ends Processes
Upon execution, Worm_Lovgate.L drops a copy of itself and several other files in the
Windows and Windows system folder.
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5. 6/8: Mytob-DP Worm Uses SMTP Engine
W32.Mytob.DP@mm is a mass-mailing worm that has back door capabilities and uses its own
SMTP engine to send an email to addresses that it gathers from the compromised computer.
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6. 6/8: Francette-S Worm Scans Web for Flaws
W32/Francette-S is a Windows worm with an IRC backdoor component that spreads by scanning
the internet for computers vulnerable to the RPC/DCOM exploit.
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7. 6/8: Mytob-DO Worm Has Back Door
W32.Mytob.DO@mm is a mass-mailing worm that has back door capabilities and uses its own
SMTP engine to send an email to addresses that it gathers from the compromised computer.
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8. 6/8: Mytob-AP a Worm and a Trojan
W32/Mytob-AP is a mass-mailing worm and IRC backdoor Trojan.
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9. 6/8: Mytob-AO a Mass-Mailing Worm
W32/Mytob-AO is a mass-mailing worm and backdoor Trojan that targets users of Internet
Relay Chat programs.
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10. 6/8: Lineage-O Trojan Nabs Passwords
Troj/Lineage-O is a password stealing Trojan for the Windows platform that attempts to
steal passwords associated with the game called 'Lineage' and 'Lineage II.'
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