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Two Million Passwords Compromised By Keylogger Virus

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

Ocean Consulting writes "CNN is reporting that over two million passwords from web service companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter and Yahoo have been captured via a key logging virus. The story is based on information released by security firm Trustwave. The report critiques how bad people are at making secure passwords, but does mention the use of Pony Botnet Controller."

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  1. Little hint please? by Zakabog · · Score: 5, Informative

    I'm looking for more technical information on this virus. Is there a collection of different key logging software all sending the passwords to the same proxy server? How does someone get infected by this virus? How about the IP addresses of the proxy servers so people can at least look for traffic from their firewalls?

    This article seems kind of useless other than to scare people into purchasing some protection, which conveniently the company writing the article sells!

  2. Re:Yeah, they all require an email address by formfeed · · Score: 5, Informative

    > should we setup a separate email address at google for each vendor account we create?

    You don't already use an alias? username+vendor@gmail.com

    Surprising how many scripts tell you that this is not a valid email address.