Opposition to Stop Online Piracy Act grows

Computerworld Security: November 01, 2011
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Opposition to Stop Online Piracy Act grows

A coalition of technology trade groups today joined the growing chorus of voices
opposing a recently filed anti-piracy bill that they contend is far too
heavy-handed.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. 'Nitro' hackers use stock malware to steal chemical, defense secrets
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2. Mac OS X Trojan steals processing power to produce Bitcoins
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3. Lazy hackers port ancient Linux Trojan to Mac OS X
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'Nitro' hackers use stock malware to steal chemical, defense secrets

Attackers used an off-the-shelf Trojan horse to sniff out secrets from nearly 50
companies, many of them in the chemical and defense industries, Symantec
researchers said today.
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Building a Virtualized Data Center

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Mac OS X Trojan steals processing power to produce Bitcoins

A newly identified Mac OS X Trojan bundles a component that leverages the
processing power of video cards (GPUs) to generate Bitcoins, a popular type of
virtual currency.
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Lazy hackers port ancient Linux Trojan to Mac OS X

Hackers are testing new Mac malware that they've ported from a nine-year-old
Trojan horse originally written for Linux, according to security experts.
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