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Online Extortion Ring Broken Up

Three men, ages 21, 22, and 24, were taken into custody this week in separate arrests in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Saratov and Stavropol regions of southwest Russia. The men have not been charged, but are believed to be part of a ring that uses legions of compromised or "zombie" computers to launch denial of service attacks against online sports betting parlors ("sports books") that refuse to pay protection money, says Felicity Bull, a spokesperson for the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU).

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posted Wednesday, July 21, 2004 10:50 AM by admin with 1 Comments

A tool is available to remove the Mydoom and Doomjuice worm variants

Microsoft has released a tool to help you remove the Mydoom and Doomjuice worm variants from your computer. If you are running an English (US) version of Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or later, or a 32-bit version of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, The Windows Update Web site and Automatic Updates will offer you version 2.0 of the Mydoom Worm Removal Tool if your computer appears to be infected with Mydoom.A, Mydoom.B, or Doomjuice.A. Version 3.0 of the Mydoom Worm Removal Tool adds support for removing the Doomjuice.B worm. Version 3.0 is available from the Microsoft Download Center. Localized versions of the Mydoom Worm Removal Tool are only available for English (US). However, you can run the English (US) tool on any localized version of Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) or above, or a 32-bit version of Windows XP or Windows Server 2003. The Mydoom Worm Removal Tool does not work on computers that run Microsoft Windows NT 4.0.
posted Monday, February 16, 2004 10:12 AM by admin with 1 Comments

Do you run a Movabletype blog?

Originally posted here: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/36011

Do you run a Movabletype blog?
spam vulnerability
One of the most popular blog packages, Movabletype, comes with a utility, not even used in the default configuration, that can (and is) being hijacked by spammers trying to sell Viagra© to turkeys. If you operate a Movabletype blog, please make sure you read the front page of movabletype.org urgently.

If you get a spam email that says, in its message body, "... has sent you a link .. Title: .. Link: ...", then please refer to its FROM address. For once, it will be correct. A courtesy email to the blog owner (visit their domain) should wake them up.

posted Wednesday, November 26, 2003 5:03 PM by admin with 1 Comments