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Submission + - Study Links Storm Botnet's Growth to Illegal Drugs (darkreading.com)

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talkinsecurity writes: "Researchers at IronPort today published a study which claims to have found the "smoking gun" that links the rapid growth of the Storm botnet to spammers that sell prescription drugs illegally over the Internet. The study shows that more than 80 percent of Storm-generated spam is advertising online pharmacy brands, and further investigation showed that spam templates, credit card processing, product fulfillment and customer support are all being provided by a "Russian criminal organization" that operates in conjunction with Storm. This criminal organization recruits botnet spamming partners to advertise their illegal pharmacy Websites, which receive a 40 percent commission on sales orders. IronPort went as far as to do pharmacological testing on the products, and found that two-thirds of the drugs contained the wrong dosage of the active ingredient, and the rest were placebos. http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=156139&WT.svl=news1_1"
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Submission + - Antivirus Inventor: Security pros are wasting time (darkreading.com) 1

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talkinsecurity
talkinsecurity writes: "Peter Tippett, chief scientist at the ICSA and the inventor of the progam that became Norton Antivirus, had some interesting things to say Monday about the state of the security industry. In a nutshell, Tippett warned that about a third of the work that security departments do today is a waste of time. Tippett goes on to systematically blow holes in a lot of security's current best practices, including vulnerability research/patching, strong passwords, and the product evaluation process. Some of his arguments are definitely debatable, but there is a lot of truth to what he's saying as well. It definitely makes you think. http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=145224&WT.svl=news1_1"
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Submission + - Contractor goes belly-up after causing breaches (darkreading.com)

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talkinsecurity
talkinsecurity writes: "A single contractor, Verus Inc., has been traced as the source of no less than five hospital security breaches in the past two months — and those breaches have put the privately-held company out of business in a matter of weeks. Verus, which managed the Websites of as many as 60 of the country's largest hospitals, has folded its entire business within the past few weeks, without a word to anyone. Apparently, a single IT error led to the exposure of at least five hospitals' patient data — at least 100,000 individuals' personal information — and caused Verus' primary investor to pull the plug. The hospitals, which initially reported their breaches separately, were left without a contractor — and no one to sue. http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=131 712&WT.svl=news1_1"
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Submission + - Many antivirus tools fail in LinuxWorld test (darkreading.com)

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talkinsecurity
talkinsecurity writes: "In a public, side-by-side test conducted last night at LinuxWorld, ten antivirus products were confronted with 25 known viruses. The results were surprisingly disparate. Only three of the products caught all of the viruses; three only caught 61 percent, and one caught an abysmal 6 percent. The test, which wasn't particularly complicated, proves that there still are wide differences in the effectiveness of AV tools. A lot of people think all AV tools are the same — they're not! http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=131 246&WT.svl=news1_1"
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Submission + - Auction site for selling security vulnerabilities (darkreading.com)

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talkinsecurity
talkinsecurity writes: "A Swiss research lab has built an eBay-like marketplace where hackers and researchers can sell the security vulnerabilities they discover to the highest bidder. WabiSabiLabi could replace the back-room, secret sites where researchers and hackers used to sell their exploits and replace them with a neat, clean way to make money by finding security flaws. Those who have seen the site say they are concerned about how the buyers will be vetted, and how the marketplace will ensure the flaws aren't found through "illegal" methods. http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=128 411&WT.svl=news1_1"

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