Hack attacks

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  1. Scott88

    Scott88 Well-Known Member

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    Not really sports related, but thought I'd post where I am most of the time.

    Just wondering if you guys are aware of this stuff:

    (Disclaimer - the guy I got this from is not a fan of MS IE, so keep that in mind)


    Hackers Use BBC News as IE Attack Lure

    http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1944579,00.asp

    The ongoing zero-day attacks against users of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser have taken an ominous, social-engineering twist.

    According to an alert issued by Websense Security Labs, in San Diego, excerpts from actual BBC News stories are being used to lure IE users to Web sites that launch drive-by downloads of bots, spyware, back doors and other Trojan downloaders.

    Also, Security researchers at F-Secure in Finland have discovered a rootkit component in the Bagle worm that loads a kernel-mode driver to hide the processes and registry keys of itself and other Bagle-related malware from security scanners.

    Hackers Serve Rootkits with Bagels

    http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1944133,00.asp

    Bottom line, you can no longer depend solely on your spybot, lavasoft, etc.. security scanners to find these types of problems.

    Download Firefox (or Opera, or another Non-IE browser).

    Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com/

    Opera - http://www.opera.com/
     
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