<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Bill Mullins&#039; Weblog - Tech Thoughts]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://billmullins.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Bill Mullins]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://billmullins.wordpress.com/author/billmullins/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Tech Thoughts Daily Security Alerts &#8211; April 7,&nbsp;2009]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://billmullins.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/dangerworm5.jpg"><img style="border-bottom:0;border-left:0;display:inline;border-top:0;border-right:0;" title="Danger worm" src="https://billmullins.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/dangerworm-thumb2.jpg?w=188" border="0" alt="Danger worm" width="188" /></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/03/30/facebooks-hot-body" target="_blank">Sophos warns FaceBook users to beware of emails claiming to contain a link to a sexy dance video</a></strong> &#8211; Hackers are using the lure as a means to infect computers.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Microsoft-Old-Worm-Copies-Conficker-For-New-Twist-263527/?kc=EWKNLSTE04072009STR2" target="_blank">Microsoft: Old Worm Copies Conficker for New Twist</a></strong> &#8211; A new version of the Neeris worm is exploiting the same Microsoft flaw as Conficker. The Neeris worm dates back to 2005, according to Microsoft.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://securitywatch.eweek.com/spam/spam_in_the_neighborhood.html?kc=EWKNLSTE04072009STR5" target="_blank">Spam in the Neighborhood</a></strong> &#8211; It was inevitable that mass mailers would begin using more localized information to target their spam at end users.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.darkreading.com/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216402823&amp;cid=nl_DR_DAILY_T" target="_blank">Report: Americans More Worried About Fraud Than Personal Safety</a></strong> &#8211; Financial fraud fears eclipse national security worries in Unisys&#8217; latest security poll.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.darkreading.com/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216402534&amp;cid=nl_DR_DAILY_T" target="_blank">OpenDNS Reports 500,000 Machines Infected By Conficker</a></strong> &#8211; April Fool&#8217;s Day was mostly quiet &#8212; but the number of machines hit by Conficker.C are starting to roll in.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.darkreading.com/security/vulnerabilities/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=216403085&amp;cid=nl_DR_DAILY_T" target="_blank">Panda Labs: New Spyware Rose 10% In Q1 &#8217;09</a></strong> &#8211; Trojans accounted for 73 percent of all new malware created during this period, according to quarterly report.</p>
<p><strong><a href="http://www.trustdefender.com/blog/2009/04/04/new-mebrootsinowalmbrtorpig-variant-in-the-wild-virtually-undetected-and-more-dangerous-than-ever/" target="_blank">New Nearly Undetectable Version Of Mebroot/Sinowal/MBR/Torpig In The Wild</a></strong> &#8211; New version of dangerous Trojan Mebroot/Sinowal/MBR/Torpigt defeats all detection tools and methods, researchers at TrustDefender say.</p>
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