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October 4, 2007

Link Roundup: Storm Worm, Yahoo/PayPal Anti-Phishing Teamup, Apple Patches Quicktime

Some security links for Thursday, October 4, 2007:

• Apple Aims to Patch Persistent QuickTime Hole — This has been going on for a year?
• Federal Agent Indicted for Cyber-Stalking — "A special agent for the Department of Commerce is facing up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine for using a Department of Homeland Security database to cyber-stalk his former girlfriend."
• Yahoo, eBay, PayPal Partner to Fight Phishing — "Yahoo, eBay and eBay subsidiary PayPal said they would use DomainKeys' e-mail authentication technology to block phishing messages from malicious domains. "
• The Storm Worm — Bruce Schneier on what makes the Storm worm such a monster: stealth, adaptability, decentralization

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