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December 4, 2008 — Click here to view this newsletter online

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Latest News

Clipboards hijacked by furtive code

Dan Raywood August 18, 2008

Software that hijacks a computer's clipboard is being used to unkowningly direct users to scam web sites.
 

Microsoft looks into Visual Studio bug

Dan Kaplan August 15, 2008

Microsoft is investigating a zero-day vulnerability in Visual Studio.
 

NASA hacker wins two-week reprieve

Andrew Donoghue August 15, 2008

A European court has intervened in Gary McKinnon's extradition to the United States. The British hacker has been given a temporary reprieve, but still faces extradition later this month.
 

Cybercriminal prosecutions falling way behind

Andrew Donoghue August 14, 2008

The U.S. legal system is failing to bring prosecutions in cybercrime cases. This is despite being presented with online fraud and abuse complaints that number in the thousands.
 

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AOL phisher sentenced to seven years

Dan Kaplan August 14, 2008

A 24-year-old, who admitted to phishing AOL users during a four-year period, has received seven years in prison.
 

Thousands of web servers hit by SQL attack

Andrew Donoghue August 14, 2008

A wave of new SQL injection attacks appears to have infected several thousand web servers, including government and financial services sites.
 

Web providers admit to tracking users without their knowledge

Sue Marquette Poremba August 13, 2008

Several internet network operators admitted to a Congressional subcommittee that they use targeted-advertising technology without explicitly informing customers, according to the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee.
 

Attackers drop CNN in favor of MSNBC in malware ploy

Dan Kaplan August 13, 2008

Phishers have changed the channel on a scam to infect users with the lure of breaking news videos.
 

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