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March 10, 2007
The Securities and Exchange Commission suspended trading for 35 companies that have been the subject of recent and repeated spam email campaigns. This operation is taken care of under the name “Operation Spamalot” and will result in a 10-day lock down of trading activities.
Read the full press article of the SEC.
March 3, 2007
A new worm, know under the name Rinbot (by Symantec) or Delbot (by Sophos), is using a security flaw in the Symantec anti virus software that seeks to set up botnets from which denial-of-service attacks can be launched. It will distribute itself by email as an attachment.
At Symantec, the general recommandation is to update all anti virus software as soon as possible to avoid any security issues or infections by the worm. Symantec has issued a Daily LiveUpdate that protects against what the company calls W32.Rinbot.L. The worm creates registry changes that must be removed and the removal of the worm should be easy.
