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.: Trojan horse spies on Web banking - 12th Nov 2004

"Security experts say they've discovered a Trojan horse that records e-banking user details and Web surfing habits. Antivirus company Sophos is warning that the Banker-AJ Trojan is targeting online customers of British banks such as Abbey, Barclays, Egg, HSBC, Lloyds TSB, Nationwide and NatWest. The Trojan affects computers running Microsoft Windows.

The company said that once installed, the Trojan waits for users to visit their online banking Web sites, then captures passwords and takes screenshots of the session. The information is relayed to the hackers behind the ploy, who use the data to steal money..."
[news.com]




.: Privacy lost with the touch of a keystroke? - 10th Nov 2004

"Personal info is easily accessed online - and privacy laws have yet to catch up. The highway is packed as you drive home and then a car swerves in front and cuts you off. You jot down the license plate number as the traffic stalls. When you get home, you log onto the Internet, type the plate into publicdata.com, and up pops the owner's name, home address, and driving record.

New neighbors move in across the street. You wonder how much they earn, how old he is, if they're married or just cohabiting. A few clicks on the county court's website and you're privy to the husband's Social Security number, details about his wife, and the fact that he had a financial spat with a local business..."
[CS Monitor]




.: Privacy breached by theft - 9th Nov 2004

"Is Wells Fargo negligent or just unlucky? That's a question Oakland resident Nate Hallanger was asking the other day after Wells informed him that his name, address and Social Security number went missing when four computers were stolen from the office of a business partner.

Hallanger, a 28-year-old grad student, was among potentially thousands of Wells customers whose personal info was lost in the theft from an office outside Atlanta..."
[SFGate]




.: Firm under fire for privacy breach - 9th Nov 2004

"A U.S. company sells personal information on Canadians' habits. Privacy advocates have lodged a complaint about a U.S. company that combs cyberspace for personal information and sells the resulting dossiers. The case is the latest to highlight the growing flow of digital files across borders and problems in regulating the use of sensitive information.

It also raises questions about whether the federal law that governs the way businesses use information has any effect outside Canada..."
[LFP]




.: Aluria's Deal with Adware Vendor Sparks Debate - 2nd Nov 2004

"The presidential election has nothing on the debates in the anti-spyware industry. An announcement last week from adware vendor WhenU and anti-spyware company Aluria Software has raised red flags in the anti-spyware community.

As part of its new "Spyware SAFE Certification Program," Aluria gave passing marks to WhenU, which historically has been characterized as spyware by many in the industry. In a separate development, Aluria also now runs WhenU's UControl, a free desktop scanning program launched Monday that removes unwanted spyware programs..."
[eWeek]






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