Saturday, March 3, 2007

Malware Threat Report for February 2007. Malware Threat Report for February 2007. "Storm Worm," continues to severely impact worldwide mailboxes in successive waves. [GT: Security and Privacy] 11:44:32 PM

Hartford Courant - Best Buy Confirms It Has Secret Website Under pressure from state investigators, Best Buy is now confirming my reporting that its stores have a secret intranet site that has been used to block some consumers from getting cheaper prices advertised on BestBuy.com. Company spokesman Justin Barber, who in early February denied the existence of the internal website that could be accessed only by employees, says his company is "cooperating fully" with the state attorney general's investigation. Barber insists that the company never intended to mislead customers. State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal ordered the investigation into Best Buy's practices on Feb. 9 after my column disclosed the website and showed how employees at two Connecticut stores used it to deny customers a $150 discount on a computer advertised on BestBuy.com. Blumenthal said Wednesday that Best Buy has also confirmed to his office the existence of the intranet site, but has so far failed to give clear answers about its purpose and use. "Their responses seem to raise as many questions as they answer," Blumenthal said in an interview. "Their answers are less than crystal clear." 11:26:10 PM

Researchers Say They Peeled the Onion Router. Researchers Say They Peeled the Onion Router. Researchers in the U.S. say they've successfully shown how attackers could compromise a network designed to make it harder to trace Web sites they are viewing. [PC World: Latest Technology News] 10:31:22 PM

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