no it is not news. I send such to show how disconneted the public is. djf -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [IP] CYBERTHIEVES SILENTLY COPY AS YOU TYPE Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:57:31 -0600 From: Robert Alberti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Sanction, Inc. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [email protected] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This is news? I look forward to the upcoming warnings of new self-installing pop-up programs called "spyware." On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 16:03 -0500, David Farber wrote: > > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Dewayne Hendricks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: February 27, 2006 8:18:17 AM EST > To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [Dewayne-Net] CYBERTHIEVES SILENTLY COPY AS YOU TYPE > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [Note: This item comes from friend John McMullen. DLH] > > CYBERTHIEVES SILENTLY COPY AS YOU TYPE > > [SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Tom Zeller, Jr] > There is evidence that among global cybercriminals, phishing may > already be passé. In some countries, like Brazil, it has been > eclipsed by an even more virulent form of electronic con -- the use > of keylogging programs that silently copy the keystrokes of computer > users and send that information to the crooks. These programs are > often hidden inside other software and then infect the machine, > putting them in the category of malicious programs known as Trojan > horses, or just Trojans. > > <http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/27/technology/27hack.html> > Weblog at: <http://weblog.warpspeed.com> > > > > ------------------------------------- > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To manage your subscription, go to > http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip > > Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ > -- Robert Alberti, CISSP, ISSMP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sanction, Inc. Phone: (612) 486-5000 x211 PO Box 583453 Fax: (612) 486-5000 Mpls, MN 55458-3453 http://www.sanction.net "So you've backed up your data... Have you ever tested recovering it?" ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as [email protected] To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
