Archives for the Month of December 2007 on Distilled Netsec
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Rove investigator erases his PCs - to kill computer virus
A US official overseeing a probe of former Bush aide Karl Rove has been called on the carpet after it was discovered he hired a private computer-help company to erase all the hard drives belonging to him and two deputies.
Special Counsel Scott J. Bloch bypassed his own agency's computer technicians and instead hired an outside firm to perform a seven-level wipe, all but guaranteeing the files could never be restored. Although the official said he contracted the work after suspecting his computer was infected by a virus, a manager with the private firm said a wipe that thorough is an unusual way to treat a malware infection. The receipt for the work performed makes no mention of a virus.
source:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/01/official_purges_agency_computers/
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California gov site invaded by smut and malware again
Raising troubling questions about the security of America's government websites, more domains ending in .gov have been found hosting links that push porn and malware.
They include the Marin County Transportation Authority, which has has watched its site get hacked at least twice before. In early October the domain forced the shutdown of all California government websites until admins could remove the links. A week after the sites were disinfected, the rogue pointers returned.
source:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/12/01/government_sites_serve_malware/
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