Day: November 23, 2006

Microsoft lawsuits reeling in alleged phishers | CNET News.com

Microsoft lawsuits reeling in alleged phishers | CNET News.com Microsoft’s antiphishing initiative in Europe and the Middle has led to the filing of 129 lawsuits in the eight months since it began, the company said Wednesday. Phishing has mushroomed over the last few years, with the number of attempts to trick citizens into handing over their bank or credit card account details almost doubling in the first half of 2006 to 157,000, according to a recent report from security software vendor Symantec. One court case in Turkey has already led to a two-and-a-half year prison sentence for

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FTC axes two alleged spyware operations | CNET News.com

FTC axes two alleged spyware operations | CNET News.com For more info click on above link The U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced Tuesday that it has permanently shut down an alleged spyware operation run by Odysseus Marketing and its principal, Walter Rines. Odysseus Marketing had deceptively installed spyware on consumers’ computers by advertising free downloads that turned out not only to be bogus, but also bundled with malicious software, the agency said. The FTC has also alleged that Odysseus Marketing exploited Microsoft Internet Explorer security vulnerabilities for covert installations. Once installed, the spyware harvested personal information, changed

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