The sunbeltblog id theft saga continues…
It looks as though CoolWebSearch has issued a release about the massive identity theft ring that their product name has featured so prominently in. They are 1) denying that it is related to their tool and asking for evidence that it does so they may pursue the issue (fire employees/contact FBI), 2) considering lawsuits against all outlets that said they were responsible. 3)They try to clarify how to determine what traffic is related to CoolWebSearch.
Coolwebsearch also says that many hijackers get confused with their software.
When this first came out, sunbeltblog reported that it was discovered during a coolwebsearch investigation. They later tried to make it clear that it didn’t appear related (but they were still investigating.)
Popularity: 1% [?]
Related Posts - Thank you NC department of revenue... I heard on the local news last night that the North Carolina Department of Revenue has lost a laptop that had ~30,000 state taxpayers information on it. Social Security numbers/etc... The report I saw that the state has setup a hotline to "teach citizens about identity theft" and have sent......
- The virus arms race? is locking down systems the key? The securityfix has a post on the "dirty little secret" about antivirus. Eugene Kaspersky of Kaspersky antivirus has posted an introspective article on the antivirus industry and it's current problems. The biggest problem with antivirus is that it's always one step behind the virus writers. Antivirus software only can prevent......
- Google Hack honeypot I've found The Google Hack honeypot thanks to an entry at sans.org in the handlers diary. I've looked at it and it's an interesting idea. The honeypot installs on your website and is invisibly linked to from another page. This way it gets spidered as if it was a real......
Related Websites - Another Weapon in the Battle Against Media Fees If you are a regular reader, you know that lately Mrs. ToughMoneyLove and I have been working on cutting the monthly fees that we pay for electronic media and communication services. Yesterday our oldest son tipped me off to a new online TV offering from Hulu. It seems that Hulu......
- Free Targeted Traffic Is Out There When You Realize Exactly How To Get It Free of charge search engine traffic provides optimal development conditions for Internet advertising systems. Many individuals do not know where to start creating free of charge search engine visitors, and also the very idea is relatively broad. Web business promotion can hardly be free of charge of charge if we......
- Don't Use Free Registry Cleaners! Whatever you do, don't use free registry cleaners software, read this honest report about free registry cleaners to find out the consequences of using free registry cleaners software! Free registry cleaning software will ruin your computer by deleting important registry entries that are essential to run your computer and these......
Similar Posts
- Another entry in the sunbelt discovery of a keylogger
- Identity theft protection and update on Massive Identity theft story
- Huge identity theft ring discovered by spyware research
- Another sony lawsuit? (The DRM that stole Christmas for Sony?)
- Sunbeltblog on Windows Vista’s attempt to keep Windows up to speed