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The "critical" WINS vulnerability that Microsoft issued a patch for last week is now being exploited actively in the wild, according to the SANS Institute [sans.org].
The Internet Storm Center (ISC), which is operated by SANS, is receiving preliminary reports that hackers are targeting Microsoft’s WINS service on Windows NT, 2000 and 2003 servers.  Read the full story [networkworld.com]

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A Miami man and two Russians have been indicted [usdoj.gov] by a grand jury in New Jersey on charges of conspiring to commit some of the largest data breaches in U.S. history.
Albert Gonzalez, 28, and the two still-unnamed Russian citizens are charged with running an international scheme to steal more than 130 million credit and debit card numbers along with personally identifying information from five companies, including Heartland Payment Systems Inc., 7-Eleven Inc. and Hannaford Brothers Co. The two other companies were not named in the indictment because their breaches have not yet been […]

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By Dmitry Bestuzhev
The credit crunch means we’re all increasingly aware of bank charges, interest rates, and how we can save a few extra pennies. Financial advisors have written pages on how transferring an existing credit card balance to another card issuer could save you money, and most people are shopping around for the best offers. 
Of course, the APR and other rates don’t worry cybercriminals. All they want to do is get their hands on credit card numbers and then use them or sell them on. Who cares if the card owner gets stung with additional charges? Read the full story [Viruslist].

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From Network World (Ellen Messmer)
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 rated tops among five browsers tested by NSS Labs for effectiveness in protecting against malware and phishing attacks — though NSS Labs acknowledges Microsoft paid for the tests.
Nevertheless, the test process, which lasted over a two-week period in July at the NSS Labs in Austin, evaluated the browsers based on access to live Internet sites and in theory could be duplicated elsewhere. Apple Safari 4, Google Chrome 2, Mozilla Firefox 3, and Opera 10 beta were evaluated as being behind Microsoft IE 8 when it comes […]

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From IDG News Service (Juan Carlos Perez)
Members of the eBay Developers Program must change their account passwords because the e-commerce company recently discovered a way in which account information could be accessed by malicious hackers. 
This requirement comes "out of an abundance of caution" on the part of eBay, which hasn’t detected any suspicious activity in developer accounts, the company said Monday evening.  Read the full story [cio.com]  See the eBay warning [ebay.com]

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