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 | from Tony Bradley, your Editor and Guide This past week the MyDoom (aka Novarg, Mimail.R and Shimg) virus took the Internet by storm. Spreading rapidly and with a B-variant following closely on its heals, the Denial-of-Service (DOS) component that triggered on February 1st successfully overwhelmed the SCO web site. With the B-variant the window of opportunity for the DOS is larger and it includes Microsoft.com as well. Read the information below on MyDoom to learn more. | ||||
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| MyDoom.A and MyDoom.B Continue To Plague The Internet Messagelabs states that they blocked over 1.2 million copies of the MyDoom virus in the first 24 hours and that it accounted for 1 in every 12 emails they received. MyDoom quickly surpassed Sobig as the number one threat on the Internet and it continues to spread and clog mail servers around the world...Read More |
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| Department of Homeland Security Rolls Out US-CERT The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) has teamed up with the private sector to create the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or US-CERT. One of the primary functions of the US-CERT will be to act as a single point of contact and central clearinghouse for information on emerging cyber threats...Read More |
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| Email Scam: Fraudulent FDIC Email Cites PATRIOT Act Many email scams are easily detectable because they are so ridiculous that no rational person would believe them in the first place. Of course, that doesn't stop a lot of people from opening file attachments called "nakedbritney.exe" that allege to be from "security@microsoft.com" with an incoherent message in broken English- but that's beside the point. This email scam is a well-written message that claims to be from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. (FDIC)...Read More |
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