Latvia in turmoil after hacker exposes establishment salaries

Latvia in turmoil after hacker exposes establishment salaries

Latvia in turmoil after hacker exposes establishment salaries

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InfoSec News: Latvia in turmoil after hacker exposes establishment salaries: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7041727.ece
By Tony Halpin The Times February 26, 2010
To the horror of Latvia’s political establishment, a mysterious group of computer hackers is threatening to expose the incomes of top officials [...]

Researchers question Microsoft's botnet take-down

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InfoSec News: Researchers question Microsoft's botnet take-down: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9162498/Researchers_question_Microsoft_s_botnet_take_down?taxonomyId=17
By Gregg Keizer Computerworld February 25, 2010
A prominent security researcher today said he doubts Microsoft's take-down of the Waledac botnet would have any impact on spam levels, as the company claimed.
"Waledac just is not a hugely prolific spammer," said Joe Stewart, director of malware analysis at SecureWorks and a noted botnet researcher. "So I don't think it's going to affect spam [volume]. What it does do lately..., what it's used for, is to install rogue antivirus software."
The U.K.-based anti-spam service Spamhaus echoed Stewart today. "If [Microsoft's take-down] did affect spam, we haven't noticed," said Richard Cox, the chief information officer at Spamhaus. Like Stewart, Cox also dismissed Waledac's threat as a spam engine.
"Waledac was not a high threat, it's less than 1% of the spam traffic," Cox said. "What we're worried about is Zeus, which is a far more damaging botnet, which is creating a substantial amount of spam."
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Senate Considers P2P Security Bill

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InfoSec News: Senate Considers P2P Security Bill: http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/open_source/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223100737
By Elizabeth Montalbano InformationWeek February 25, 2010
The Senate is considering a bill that would require software developers to inform people when their files are made available to others via [...]

Cryptome Back Online After Brief DMCA Battle

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InfoSec News: Cryptome Back Online After Brief DMCA Battle: http://www.darkreading.com/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223100764
By Kelly Jackson Higgins DarkReading Feb 25, 2010
In a bizarre up-and-down -- literally -- series of events, the controversial site Cryptome.org was forced offline yesterday after [...]

Final CFP: TrustBus'10

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InfoSec News: Final CFP: TrustBus'10: Forwarded from: "M. Carmen Fernandez Gago" <mcgago@ (at) cc.uma.es>
** Apologies for multiple copies **
*Final Call for Papers*
7th International Conference on
*TRUST, PRIVACY AND SECURITY IN DIGITAL BUSINESS (TrustBus'10) * Bilbao, Spain
30 August -- 3 September 2010
http://www.isac.uma. [...]

Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2010-08

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InfoSec News: Secunia Weekly Summary - Issue: 2010-08: ========================================================================
The Secunia Weekly Advisory Summary 2010-02-18 - 2010-02-25
This week: 61 advisories [...]

N.Y. Firm Faces Bankruptcy from $164,000 E-Banking Loss

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InfoSec News: N.Y. Firm Faces Bankruptcy from $164,000 E-Banking Loss: http://www.krebsonsecurity.com/2010/02/n-y-firm-faces-bankruptcy-from-164000-e-banking-loss/
By Brian Krebs Krebs on Security February 24th, 2010
A New York marketing firm that as recently as two weeks ago was preparing to be acquired now is facing bankruptcy from a computer virus [...]

Security B-Sides: Rise of the 'Anti-conference'

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InfoSec News: Security B-Sides: Rise of the 'Anti-conference': http://www.csoonline.com/article/554613/Security_B_Sides_Rise_of_the_Anti_conference_
By Bill Brenner Senior Editor CSO February 24, 2010
When security professionals flock to San Francisco for next week's RSA 2010 security conference, they will have access to a set of [...]

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