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From: Bob Rudd11/4/2005 7:44:26 PM
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OT: INVASION OF THE STOCK HACKERS; An alarmed SEC says that teams of thieves are lifting passwords from home PCs -- and emptying online brokerage accounts
11/3/05 BW businessweek.com
SEC: sec.gov
One essential element of this type of attack is a keylogger, a type of spyware, which once imbedded, logs keystrokes then phones home...a firewall will stop the "phone home" part. Anti-spyware programs can prevent or detect & remove spyware. Here are my fav's:
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