Vietnam Tops November Spam Report
By Simon Heron, CISSP Internet Security Analyst
Vietnam has become the number one source of spam – being responsible for more than 10 per cent of the worlds spam emails – and the UK has entered the virus production charts, being responsible for 2.79 per cent of the world’s viruses. Brazil, the US and Korea still dominate when it comes to virus production.
Counterfeiters, Pirates and Organized Crime
By Richard Power and Christopher Burgess
There is a threat difficult to quantify or even detect, one that has not yet grabbed the headlines or captured the imagination, and yet is relentlessly and efficiently looting, pillaging and plundering the U.S. and global economies of their magic ingredient — trade secrets.
ISR News: Google Adsense, Bank Hijacked
Excerpts From WashingtonPost.com
DNS based attacks can be devastating because they undermine everything we take for granted about Web browsing. Late last year, attackers hijacked the DNS records of Checkfree.com, the largest online bill-paying service, redirecting would-be visitors to a site in Ukraine that served up malicious software.
