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Hacked Web mail accounts used to send spam

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There has been a marked increase in the amount of spam e-mails being sent from Yahoo, Gmail, and Hotmail accounts, according to analysts at Websense Security Labs.

Websense said on Thursday that personalized spam e-mails had been sent from the compromised accounts to all of each user’s contacts. The …

Adobe exploit puts backdoor on computers

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A new zero-day exploit targeting Adobe Reader, as well as 9.1.3 and earlier versions of Adobe Systems’ Acrobat, drops a backdoor onto computers using JavaScript, Trend Micro researchers warned on Friday.

Trend Micro identified the exploit as a Trojan horse dubbed “Troj_Pidief.Uo” in a blog post. It …

Originally posted at InSecurity Complex

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