Theft on the Internet Reaches New Lows (or is it "Highs"?)!
The bad guys (TBGs) have shifted their attacks from individuals through spam and phishing to highly targeted attacks on major corporations. Bob Sullivan, through his Red Tape Chronicles, reports that 88% of all Fortune 500 companies and 1 in 200 companies worldwide have a virus called Zeus on at least one workstation. Zeus provides TBGs a gateway to tapping the financial accounts of corporations and routing monies through legitimate banks and trading companies via a sophisticated web of software into their own pockets.
I don't think they (TBGs) will stop targeting us, the general public. This post isn't a release of responsibility. It's about how smart these people are and what they will do to steal. Read the article.
I don't think they (TBGs) will stop targeting us, the general public. This post isn't a release of responsibility. It's about how smart these people are and what they will do to steal. Read the article.
Posted by Sid Plait at 5/17/2011 8:35 AM 
Categories: Email, Malware, Cybercriminals, All, Internet, PC Security, TBGs - The Bad Guys, Identity Theft, Bad News!
Tags: Red Tape Chronicles Bob Sullivan Fortune 500 Zeus virus Raohe Fuyuan Jixi City Xunke Tongjiang Dongning
Categories: Email, Malware, Cybercriminals, All, Internet, PC Security, TBGs - The Bad Guys, Identity Theft, Bad News!
Tags: Red Tape Chronicles Bob Sullivan Fortune 500 Zeus virus Raohe Fuyuan Jixi City Xunke Tongjiang Dongning
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Thank you. I will. I have been a bit distracted from writing lately, but that will pass and I will get back to this.
Your site is nice, by the way!
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Just wanted to let you know... your website looks very weird in Safari on a mac
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Hi Sid,
Will you do a recycle event in the New Orleans area. Or can I ship an old IBM processor and Phillips CD player to Georgia in January?? and some shoes?
Thanks
Jann
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Jann, I won't be doing a recycling event in N.O., as much as I like the city (and the food). I only do them in my service area. While it would be nice if you shipped me the PCs you have, you can google "electronic recycling New Orleans" and find a place more local and convenient to you. As for the shoes, go to soles4soles.org to find out how to donate them in your area.
Thanks for posting, though, and good luck!
As an aside to anyone reading this, I suppose using a lower-case "google" is proper when using it as a noun, just like "kleenex" as a generic term for tissue paper. Comments, anyone?
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