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Learn About Spyware - Google News

1. Victim of child ID theft on crusade to warn others - Salt Lake Tribune
2. Be careful what you phish for - ITBusiness.ca
3. Spyware and Copyright Punishment - InfoWorld
4. Verizon Makes Online Security Easy for Everyone - CNNMoney.com
5. Threat of hidden keystroke-logging devices - ZDNetIndia
6. Die, Spyware, Die! - PC World Canada
7. 70-623: A Vista Exam for Consumer Support Techs - CertCities
8. Test Center Tracker: Content management, the open-source way - InfoWorld
9. Storage Sprawl Podcast: Arrays are dead; long live the tape library - InfoWorld
10. Watching Out For Big Brother - Human Resource Executive Online (subscription)

Victim of child ID theft on crusade to warn others - Salt Lake Tribune

2007-10-16 07:29

Victim of child ID theft on crusade to warn others
Salt Lake Tribune, United States - 19 hours ago
... use software for spyware, spam and viruses. * Parents should know their children's passwords and screen names. They also should learn Internet lingo ...

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Be careful what you phish for - ITBusiness.ca

2007-10-16 15:22

Be careful what you phish for
ITBusiness.ca, Canada - 11 hours ago
Citron also adds that making sure that spam filters and spyware applications are in place will help with prevention. Fiaaz Walji, country manager for ...

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Spyware and Copyright Punishment - InfoWorld

2007-10-09 07:28

Spyware and Copyright Punishment
InfoWorld, CA - Oct 9, 2007
I've managed to learn a bit more about the ERG Ventures spyware case, particularly concerning that line at the end of the FTC press release that says that ...

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Verizon Makes Online Security Easy for Everyone - CNNMoney.com

2007-10-10 17:02

Verizon Makes Online Security Easy for Everyone
CNNMoney.com - Oct 10, 2007
Users don't have to remember to check for viruses or spyware or worry about what their children are viewing on the Internet. "As the volume and complexity ...

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Threat of hidden keystroke-logging devices - ZDNetIndia

2007-10-16 07:05

Threat of hidden keystroke-logging devices
ZDNetIndia, India - 19 hours ago
Keystroke loggers are a dangerous security threat, particularly because--like other forms of spyware--the user can't detect their presence. ...

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Die, Spyware, Die! - PC World Canada

2007-10-09 10:58

Die, Spyware, Die!
PC World Canada, Canada - Oct 9, 2007
To learn how the tools would react in such a case, AV-Test also measured each product's ability to recognize the behavior of and subsequently clean up 20 ...

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70-623: A Vista Exam for Consumer Support Techs - CertCities

2007-10-14 19:57

70-623: A Vista Exam for Consumer Support Techs
CertCities - Oct 14, 2007
It's important to run anti-spyware software whenever you're using your computer. Spyware and other potentially unwanted software can try to install itself ...

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Test Center Tracker: Content management, the open-source way -...

2007-10-08 19:32

Test Center Tracker: Content management, the open-source way
InfoWorld, CA - Oct 8, 2007
Free virus, spyware and adware scan. MS Office Accounting 2007 - Easy to use award winning software. Buy Pro version for only $149.95! ...

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Storage Sprawl Podcast: Arrays are dead; long live the tape library -...

2007-10-09 13:33

Storage Sprawl Podcast: Arrays are dead; long live the tape library
InfoWorld, CA - Oct 9, 2007
Free virus, spyware and adware scan. HP - Safeguard your data with The HP Disk-Based Backup system. EMC - Learn about the energy efficiency in EMC's Pund-IT ...

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Watching Out For Big Brother - Human Resource Executive Online...

2007-10-15 23:11

Watching Out For Big Brother
Human Resource Executive Online (subscription), PA - Oct 15, 2007
Interestingly enough, Heins says, the growth of identity theft and spyware means that employees are more likely to be personally affected by data security ...

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Slideshow transcript

Slide 1: Phishing, Pharming, and the latest potholes on the Information Highway A Presentation by Ian Loe, CISSP Slide 2: Agenda Malware  Latest potholes on the Information Highway  Spyware  Phishing  Pharming  Security industry approach to emerging Malware  Corporate Information Security Office approach  Recommendations  Q&A  02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 2 Slide 3: Malware Short for malicious software Any software designed specifically to damage or disrupt a system 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 3 Slide 4: Traditional Types of Malware Virus  Attaches itself to a program or file and reproduces itself  Cannot be spread without a human action  Worm  Spreads without human intervention  Could send out thousands of copies of itself  Tunnels into a system to control it remotely  Trojan Horse  Appears to be useful software/files from a legit source  Could delete files and destroy information on a system  Creates a back door for malicious access spread  Do not reproduce by infecting files nor self-replicate  02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 4 Slide 5: Latest Types of Malware Phishing and Pharming belong to the family of Spyware Along with many others: Adware Key loggers Dialers Downloaders Back doors 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 5 Slide 6: What is Spyware? Any software that covertly gathers information on user activities through the user's Internet connection without his or her knowledge and ships it off to an unknown third-party server over the Internet 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 6 Slide 7: What is Adware? Adware is Commercial Spyware Developed by commercial advertising companies who claim “not malicious intent” Usually created for advertising/marketing purposes 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 7 Slide 8: How does Spyware work? Independent executable able to:  Deliver unsolicited advertising – pop-up ads  Monitor keystrokes  Scan files on the hard drive  Snoop other apps (e.g. chat, word processors)  Install other Spyware programs  Read cookies  Change the default home page on the browser  Consistently relays info back to source for:  Advertising/marketing purposes  Selling the information to another party  02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 8 Slide 9: Spyware Concerns Ethics and privacy  Computer’s resources  Internet connection bandwidth  System crashes or general instability  Licensing agreements for software downloads may not  always be read The notice of a Spyware installation is couched in  hard-to-read legal disclaimers Producers of Adware also produce Anti-Spyware tools  – It is a profitable industry 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 9 Slide 10: Getting Spyware is Easy Drive-By Installations  Social engineering  Spoof certificates  Web Exploits  Every MS Security Bulleting that “Could Allow Code  Execution” can be used to install Spyware Bundles  Users unwittingly install the product when they install  something else – freeware/shareware > Kazaa > Games > Pirated Software > Screensavers > Smileys > Anti-Spyware programs 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 10 Slide 11: Malicious Spyware Types Key-loggers  Log keystrokes and send over the Internet  It steals information including passwords  Dialers  Cause a user’s modem to dial a 900 or 976  number 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 11 Slide 12: Malicious Spyware Types (cont…) Back doors  Provide hacker with complete control (e.g. Back orifice)  Downloaders  Download and install Spyware, Adware, key loggers,  dialers, back doors, etc Most commonly installed using web exploits  Phishing & Pharming  02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 12 Slide 13: What is Phishing? The act of sending a message to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 13 Slide 14: Phishing Purpose They will cast the bait and if you bite, they can lure your personal information out of you ID & Passwords Credit Card Information NRIC / Passport Information Bank Account Numbers 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 14 Slide 15: Bogus Websites to which victims are redirected without their knowledge or consent, look the same as a genuine website But information like login name and password is captured by criminals 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 15 Slide 16: Pharming Out-Scams Phishing First came Phishing, in which con artists hooked unwary internet users one by one into compromising their personal data Pharmers can scoop up many victims in a single pass 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 16 Slide 17: What is Pharming? New use for a relatively old concept: domain spoofing Pharmers simply redirect as many users as possible from legitimate commercial websites to malicious ones 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 17 Slide 18: Pharming most alarming threat DNS poisoning Large group of users to be silently shuttled to a bogus website even when typing in the correct URL You no longer have to click a URL link to hand over your information to identity thieves 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 18 Slide 19: Technical Challenges New and evolving technology   Quickly adopts all latest techniques from Viruses, Worms and Trojans  Attracts the best & brightest hackers  Application level threat – existing enterprise defenses lack granularity 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 19 Slide 20: Spyware Market Place Many providers have started to offer  products  Market still resembles the wild west and the early days of the Internet  Standards and Commercial winners-&- losers have yet to emerge 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 20 Slide 21: Enterprise Solutions Emerging Spyware specific desktop tools  Desktop agent with no centralized management  Use of signatures  Desktop Antivirus  Detecting a small subset of known Spyware  Use of signatures  URL Filtering  Gateway solution  Blocks known Spyware sources – change often  Proxy Appliance  Stop drive-by installation  URL filtering and use of signatures  02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 21 Slide 22: Industry Approach - Phishing Based on social engineering – Self defense relies on  common sense of the user The automated detection of new Phishing fraud is  very difficult Only an extensive forensic analysis by law  enforcement can prove the evidence of Phishing Try to mitigate by  URL blocking of known URLs of Phishing websites  Spam blocking of emails of Phishing scams that are sent en  mass 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 22 Slide 23: Industry Approach - Pharming Browsers that could authenticate website  identity Browser toolbars displaying the true physical  location of a website's host (e.g. Russia) Some financial institutions are experimenting  with "multi-factor authentication" logins, including:  single-use passwords (e.g. tokens) automatic telephone call-backs  02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 23 Slide 24: Security Recommendations Do not open e-mail attachments unless you know the  source and are expecting the attachment Do not reply to the e-mail from an unknown source  Do not click on entrusted hyperlinks to the Internet  Do not download unapproved software from the Internet  Do not respond or visit the website indicated by an  instant message or e-mail Do not give out personal information over the Internet  Before revealing any identifying information, ask how it  will be used and secured. 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 24 Slide 25: Questions? 02/12/07 COM125: Intro to Internet 25 Slide 26: Thank You!

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Learn About Spyware - Google News

1. Victim of child ID theft on crusade to warn others - Salt Lake Tribune

2. Be careful what you phish for - ITBusiness.ca

3. Spyware and Copyright Punishment - InfoWorld

4. Verizon Makes Online Security Easy for Everyone - CNNMoney.com

5. Threat of hidden keystroke-logging devices - ZDNetIndia

6. Die, Spyware, Die! - PC World Canada

7. 70-623: A Vista Exam for Consumer Support Techs - CertCities

8. Test Center Tracker: Content management, the open-source way - InfoWorld

9. Storage Sprawl Podcast: Arrays are dead; long live the tape library - InfoWorld

10. Watching Out For Big Brother - Human Resource Executive Online (subscription)

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