BizAnalyst Network: Spyware Ring Shut Down; Pieces Fall into Place for Intel-Apple

Friday, November 11, 2005

Spyware Ring Shut Down; Pieces Fall into Place for Intel-Apple

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November 11, 2005

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In This Edition
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1. News: FTC Shuts Down BlogSpot Spyware Ring
2. News: Anti-virus Firms Say New Trojan Uses Sony DRM Rootkit
3. News: Pieces Fall into Place for Intel-Apple
4. News: Critical Windows Patch Fights Takeover Attacks
5. Gates Memo: We've Got to Get This Services Thing Right
6. Opinion: Is This the Dawn of the Linux Worms?

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1. News: FTC Shuts Down BlogSpot Spyware Ring

The consumer watchdog agency pulls the plug on a massive
spyware operation that allegedly used Google's BlogSpot
service to deliver pop-ups to trick users into installing a nasty
form of spyware. The feds say the spyware ring promised free
background music on the BlogSpot-hosted sites.
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2. News: Anti-virus Firms Say New Trojan Uses Sony DRM Rootkit

Security vendors, including Symantec, warn users about malicious
Trojan horse programs that can become invisible on Windows
systems that have the Sony DRM technology installed.
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3. News: Pieces Fall into Place for Intel-Apple

Apple Computer could launch systems based on Intel processors
as soon as January, thanks to the introduction of new Intel
platforms and upgrades to Mac OS X for Intel chips.
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4. News: Critical Windows Patch Fights Takeover Attacks

Microsoft's security bulletin issues patches for three flaws that
put Windows users at risk of attacks triggered merely by
viewing images.
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5. Gates Memo: We've Got to Get This Services Thing Right

Microsoft's chief software architect tells Microsoft's top execs,
"The next sea change is upon us." Read the full text of his
memo here.
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6. Opinion: Is This the Dawn of the Linux Worms?

The Luppi worm is blazing a trail with great potential for
attackers. We might learn a lot about how secure Linux
systems are in the next few months.
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