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Phishing And Trojan Attacks Continue To Grow

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Posted by Fred 2005-03-22 00:00:00 AM|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Phishing, the report says, continues to be a major problem, and the threat is growing.

Anyone that would fall for a phishing expedition is deserving of an underwear-staining wedgie.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-22 12:31:01 AM|| 2005-03-22 12:31:01 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 I've noticed in the last couple months I've been getting more and more phishing emails. Normally I'd forward them with full headers to the banks or institutions they claim to represent hoping they could glean something to nail the a--h---s, but it's getting to be a pain with so many coming in.

Posted by Dar 2005-03-22 9:06:13 AM|| 2005-03-22 9:06:13 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 Symantec says Slammer, or the Microsoft SQL Server Resolution Service Stack Overflow Attack, was still the most common kind of security attack seen.

SQL Server: Just Say "HELL NO!"

Posted by Robert Crawford 2005-03-22 10:14:12 AM|| [http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-03-22 10:14:12 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 ..but it's getting to be a pain with so many coming in.

A lot of them seem to originate in China or point to a site there.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-22 10:32:15 AM|| 2005-03-22 10:32:15 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 Got it in one, Robert. Try SQLAnywhere (which I actually have managed to shoe-horn in to a W2K cluster), or PostGRE.

Posted by mojo 2005-03-22 10:46:23 AM|| 2005-03-22 10:46:23 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 Watch it R-Burgers, I went to "A Small Victory" and got hit this morning. "Buzzbomb" or something...

Posted by Bodyguard 2005-03-22 11:56:00 AM|| 2005-03-22 11:56:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 Most of the attempts on my tiny network are for MS file sharing stuffies on ports 135-139 and 445. but that's on the FTP server. Haven't seen an MSSQL request in ages.

Posted by badanov 2005-03-22 1:15:20 PM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2005-03-22 1:15:20 PM|| Front Page Top

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