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Aug.05.2009
An ultra-sophisticated virus/banking Trojan designed to infect workplace computers and misdirect wire transfers has begun spreading widely across the Internet.
This nasty but elegant piece of malicious software, called Clampi, has been around since 2006, and secure firm F-Secure has isolated 3,300...
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Apr.20.2008
Wired magazine has excerpted the chapter in Zero Day Threat that describes the capture of Olatunji Olawatusin, the scammer who duped ChoicePoint out of sensitive data for 4 million individuals, triggering California's pioneering data loss disclosure law, requiring companies and organizations to...
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About Byron
I'm Byron Acohido. I’ve been a newspaper reporter for 31 years. My current gig: covering Microsoft and Internet security for USA Today. I am also the co-author of Zero Day Threat: The Shocking Truth of How Banks and Credit Bureaus Help Cyber Crooks Steal Your...
Byron’s Favorite Books
Robinson Crusoe
East of Eden
Great Expectations
Guitar: An American Life
Black Hawk Down
The Perfect Storm