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March 2007 - Posts

• TJX Reveals 45.6 Million Credit and Debit Card Numbers Stolen. Biggest (Known) Data Breach Ever.

  After two months of refusing to share details of the data breach, TJX has revealed that 45.6 Million Credit and Debit card numbers of consumers in the US, Puerto Rico, Canada and the UK were stolen over an 18 month period. This is the largest known data Read More... Posted Friday, March 30, 2007 12:43 PM by Joel | 0 Comments Filed under: Data Theft

• SEC Suspends Trading for Thirty-Five Pump and Dump Touted Stocks

  On March 28, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) suspended for ten days the trading of thirty-five stocks heavilly touted in a recent, massive " Pump and Dump " spam scheme. SEC chairperson Christopher Cox described Pump and Dump spam as "...one Read More... Posted Friday, March 30, 2007 12:18 PM by Joel | 1 Comments Filed under: Spam, Pump and Dump

• Evidence of Botnet Infections at Fortune 1000 Companies

  The common perception about Botnet generated Spam--a perception we share--is that it orginates almost exclusively from inadequately secured home user computers and small/medium sized business networks. While this is still mostly true, new evidence compiled Read More... Posted Friday, March 30, 2007 11:47 AM by Joel | 1 Comments Filed under: Botnet, Spam, Spam Botnets

• Company Suing Spamhaus is Sued for Spamming

  e360 Insight, a Ilinois based mass mailing firm that sued Spamhaus ( a UK based RBL organization) for listing e360 Insight as a spammer has been sued in California for....spamming . William Silverstein, a California engineer and free lance web host, alleges Read More... Posted Thursday, March 29, 2007 12:34 PM by Joel | 0 Comments