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Epsilon Breach

April 5, 2011

No April Fools Day joke, on Friday Dallas based on-line marketing firm Epsilon said that its system had been breached. Epsilon Notifies Clients of Unauthorized Entry into Email System IRVING, TEXAS – April 1, 2011 – On March 30th, an incident was detected where a subset* of Epsilon clients’ customer data were exposed by an [...]

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Play.com confirms breach

March 22, 2011

March 21, 2011 http://certifiedbug.com/blog/2011/03/21/play-com-customer-emails-leaked/ A message sent out to customers by Play.com: Dear Customer, Email Security Message We are emailing all our customers to let you know that a company that handles part of our marketing communications has had a security breach. Unfortunately this has meant that some customer names and email addresses may have [...]

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Play.com customer emails leaked?

March 21, 2011

That’s what people are asking. http://twitter.com/search?q=play.com%20spam http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=3122462&page=3 http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2011/03/21/play-com-customer-emails-leaked.html

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Federal Reserve Spam and Scam

March 15, 2011

Caught in my spam filter. Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 From: info@federalreserve.gov Under “click here” was federalwiresuppliersglobal.info Domain ID:D37217046-LRMS Domain Name:FEDERALWIRESUPPLIERSGLOBAL.INFO Created On:15-Mar-2011 11:05:23 UTC Last Updated On:15-Mar-2011 11:05:35 UTC Expiration Date:15-Mar-2012 11:05:23 UTC More at Gar Warner’s Blog. Last week the big malware-spreading spam claimed to be from NACHA and warned about problems with [...]

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Thunderbird 3.1.8 Released

March 1, 2011

Thunderbird 3.1.8 provides several fixes to improve performance, stability and security. MFSA 2011-09 Crash caused by corrupted JPEG image MFSA 2011-08 ParanoidFragmentSink allows javascript: URLs in chrome documents MFSA 2011-01 Miscellaneous memory safety hazards (rv:1.9.2.14/ 1.9.1.17) http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.1.8/releasenotes/ http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/thunderbird31.html#thunderbird3.1.8 Update from within Thunderbird or download

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Pharmaceutical Spam

January 27, 2011

This one which just came into my mailbox deserves its own note, don’t be fooled. The links in the email direct to a new domain in China. Domain Name………. bestdrpillseng.com Creation Date…….. 2011-01-25 01:49:23 Registration Date…. 2011-01-25 01:49:23 Expiry Date………. 2012-01-25 01:49:23 Organisation Name…. sun jun Organisation Address. jiefanglu344hao Organisation Address. Organisation Address. jingmen Organisation [...]

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Mozilla patches Zero-Day. Firefox 3.6.12, Thunderbird 3.1.6 Released

October 28, 2010

Firefox 3.6.12 fixes a critical security issue that could potentially allow remote code execution. Thunderbird 3.1.6 fixes a critical security issue that could potentially allow remote code execution. This issue does not affect email or newsgroups but could be triggered through browser-like features or add-ons. Mozilla Foundation Security Advisories > MFSA 2010-73 Title: Heap buffer [...]

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Thunderbird 3.1.5 released

October 20, 2010

* Several fixes to improve performance, stability and security. MFSA 2010-72 Insecure Diffie-Hellman key exchange MFSA 2010-71 Unsafe library loading vulnerabilities MFSA 2010-70 SSL wildcard certificate matching IP addresses MFSA 2010-69 Cross-site information disclosure via modal calls MFSA 2010-67 Dangling pointer vulnerability in LookupGetterOrSetter MFSA 2010-66 Use-after-free error in nsBarProp MFSA 2010-65 Buffer overflow and [...]

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usa-kbs.com spam

October 8, 2010

Spam doing the rounds. Re: CV 23 Dear Applicant ****** My name Maria Friedman, I am happy to let you know that there are few administrative assistants vacancies offered by our company. Please review this email closely and check whether you are the right candidate for this job. We are a reputable food manufacturer that [...]

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Thunderbird 3.1.4 Released

September 16, 2010

Thunderbird 3.1.4 provides several fixes to improve stability and improve the user interface. http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/3.1.4/releasenotes/ Manual Download

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