http://www.secuobs.com Observatoire de la securite Internet fr webmaster@secuobs.com 2008-07-04 22:31:34 - News : A Trojan horse program that has been around for about six years is nowbeing used to steal system-administrator passwords, including those atbanking and brokerage houses, according to security researchers Andit could be that six years from now we'll still be talking aboutMicrosoft's aim to buy Yahoo's search business, which could involveobtaining the entire company and breaking it apart Meanwhile, earlyadopters will undoubtedly be out in force on July 11 to be among thefirst to buy the new iPhone 3Gread moreIMAGEhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/36150.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/36150.shtml 2008-07-03 15:46:11 - Dancho Danchev's Blog Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge : IMAGE It's one thing to start efficiently registering thousands ofemail accounts at reputable email providers by automatically breakingtheir CAPTCHA authentication, and entirely another to build a businessmodel on the top of it next to the opportunity to abuse if for yourown malicious purposes Which is exactly what we have here, anunderground service that's selling registered accounts at Gmail,Yahoo, Hotmail and the most popular Russian email providers in thethousands Once the inventory of registered accounts drops due tosomeone's purchase, it continues registering one to two email accountsper secondGmail, Yahoo and Hotmail’s CAPTCHA broken by spammers :"Breaking Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail’s CAPTCHAs, has been an urbanlegend for over two years now, with do-it-yourself CAPTCHA breakingservices, and proprietary underground tools assisting spammers,phishers and malware authors into registering hundreds of thousands ofbogus accounts for spamming and fraudulent purposes This post intendsto make this official, by covering an underground service offeringthousands of already registered Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail accounts forsale, with new ones registered every second clearly indicating thesuccess rate of their CAPTCHA breaking capabilities at these services"Text based CAPTCHA is so broken, that if major web sites whoseservices are getting abused don't at least try to slow down theefficient approach of breaking it, we are going to see an entirespamming infrastructure build on the foundation of legitimate emailservice providersRelated posts:Vladuz's Ebay CAPTCHA PopulatorSpammers and Phishers Breaking CAPTCHAsDIY CAPTCHA Breaking ServiceWhich CAPTCHA Do You Want to Decode TodayIMAGE IMAGE IMAGEIMAGE IMAGE IMAGE IMAGEIMAGEhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35816.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35816.shtml 2008-07-03 15:45:51 - Zero Day : Breaking Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail’s CAPTCHAs, has been an urban legendfor over two years now, with do-it-yourself CAPTCHA breaking services,and proprietary underground tools assisting spammers, phishers andmalware authors into registering hundreds of thousands of bogusaccounts for spamming and fraudulent purposes This post intends tomake this official, by covering an underground service IMAGEhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35815.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35815.shtml 2008-07-03 04:34:43 - SecuMania.org Headlines News : Yahoo's stock had its biggest percentage gain in nearly two months onWednesday, on reports that Microsoft is yet again trying to find a wayto buy at least part of the company The news sparked divided reactionamonghttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35721.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35721.shtml 2008-07-03 04:34:43 - SecuMania.org Headlines News : Unable to strike a deal on its own, Microsoft Corp reportedly is hopingto snap up Yahoo's online search operations with the help of NewsCorp and Time Warner Inc The latest twist in Microsoft's convolutedcourtship causedhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35714.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35714.shtml 2008-07-03 04:34:43 - SecuMania.org Headlines News : Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc have been holding separate talks with otherpotential media partners after their negotiations with each otherbroke down, sources familiar with the companies' thinking said onhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35713.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35713.shtml 2008-07-02 21:05:16 - SecuMania.org Headlines News : Microsoft is considering a new attempt to buy part of Yahoo in a dealwith other media companies that would likely see a break-up of theInternet firm, the Wall Street Journal reported WednesdayMicrosofthttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35629.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35629.shtml 2008-07-02 21:05:16 - SecuMania.org Headlines News : Microsoft is seeking partners including Time Warner and News Corp in anew bid to acquire Yahoo's search business, the Wall Street Journalreported Wednesday Microsoft wants to acquire Yahoo search, withthehttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35624.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35624.shtml 2008-07-02 21:05:16 - SecuMania.org Headlines News : Microsoft Corp MSFTO is preparing a new bid for Yahoo Inc's YHOOOsearch business and has approached other media companies about joiningit in a deal that would effectively lead to Yahoo's breakup, the WallStreethttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35617.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35617.shtml 2008-07-02 21:05:16 - SecuMania.org Headlines News : Yahoo Inc shares rose more than 5 percent Wednesday as The Wall StreetJournal reported Microsoft Corp has talked to other media companiesabout teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business The paper reportedMicrosoft hashttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35616.shtmlhttp://www.secuobs.com/revue/news/35616.shtml