[Leaplist] Another major bot net
Jason Boxman
jasonb at edseek.com
Thu Feb 18 11:23:52 EST 2010
"A malicious software program has infected the computers of more than
2,500 corporations around the world, according to NetWitness, a computer
network security firm."
I suppose this is pretty routine. I can't fathom the use of Windows.
When someone nails a financial services login, all our data is at risk,
even if we all follow best practices.
Lovely, eh?
From the article "digital security certificates" are targeted as well.
I hope those TLS certs had pass phrases on them of good strength.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/technology/19cyber.html?hp
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