Spyware, viruses, & security : Hackers develop 'memory-scraping malware' to steal PINs
- 4/16/09 12:22 PMHackers develop 'memory-scraping malware' to steal PINs
by Marianna Schmudlach - 4/16/09 12:22 PM
They are probably watching you now and laughing
By John Leyden •
16th April 2009
More personal data records were breached last year than the previous four years combined, thanks to increased hacker activity rather than insider threats.
Verizon's second annual Data Breach Investigations Report also found that the financial services sector accounted for 93 percent of all such record compromises during 2008. The study is based on an analysis of data involving 285 million compromised records from 90 confirmed breaches, 90 per cent of which are blamed on the activities of cybercriminals.
Because the survey is based on actual cases of confirmed data breaches, rather than responses to surveys or questionnaires, it provides a much more revealing insight into cybercrime trends.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/16/pin_security_breach_survey/
Disturbing noise_Slow booting/Audio failure&memory drain
by MNBSwamy - 4/18/09 11:15 AM In reply to: Hackers develop 'memory-scraping malware' to steal PINs by Marianna Schmudlach
BACKGROUND:
Recently installed MS Windows SP3 following continued attacks on the system and system slow down/hang up.
SYSTEM AS OF NOW:
=Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition Version 2002 SP3
=Intel(R)Pentium(R)4CPU 2.93GHz
=2.93GHz,504 MB of RAM
=Soud Card_from Creative Technologies_Sound Blaster 24 Bit Live 5.1 is installed.
=Connection is through cable using Mobile Phone with GPRS.
SYMPTOMS:
=Thunderous cracking noice on initial/ intermittent booting.
=Memory drain,slow down and frequent hang up.
=Audio inactive on initial boting and calls for rebooting for self activation of audio.
=Net connection failure of and on and the COM connection/ppp link fail.
=Downloads of music files from a community site is only partial. Of average 4 to 5 minutes downloads/streaming get slipped off at 1 to 2 mnts.
ACTIONS TAKEN:
=Genuine MS OS installed, but the symptoms still cotinue
=Scanning with MS One time scanner. Report was clean.
=Scanning with Malwarebyte's Anti Malware.Report was clean.
=Scanning with Tune up utilities. Alert of 'possible hacker attack vulnerability point' affecting system' health and recommended to'turn on protection against SYN attacks. But I do not know how to turn on protection against this feature.
Please guide me how to proceed to resolve the problem.
Thanks,
MNBSwamy
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