Staying Safe on the Internet

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Staying Safe on the Internet
CSAD 200709/11/2007Joe Klemencic Tim Rupp
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Real world or Virtual world?

• Recorded shopping (SuperSaver cards)
• Tracking cookies
• Upselling/Impulse Items/Suggestions
• Data mining, Popups, SPAM
• Peer Pressure
• user reviews, SPAM
• Double swipe of credit card/Discarded receipt
• Phishing, scams, vulnerabilities, keyboard
  loggers

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20,000 enterprise machines queried
Source webroot.com http//www.webroot.com/pdf/200
6-q1-sos.pdf
135,000 forms of Spyware detected by Spy Sweeper
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if INSTALL_BUTTON is clicked install
malware.exe
if NOTHANKS_BUTTON is clicked install
malware.exe anyway // Bwhahaa!!!
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Do you use any of these?

• Fake Spyware Cleaners
• Pest Trap     SpyAxe     AntiVirus
  Gold     SpywareStrike     Spyware Quake
      WorldAntiSpy     Spylocked    
  SysProtect     Spy Sheriff     Spy Wiper
      PAL Spyware Remover     PSGuard    
  Malware     WinAntiVirus Pro 2006    
  WinFixer     Spydawn     ContraVirus    
  UltimateCleaner     MagicAntiSpy

Notable programs distributed with spyware    
Bonzi Buddy     Dope Wars ErrorGuard
    Grokster     Kazaa     Morpheus    
RadLight     WeatherBug     EDonkey2000
Source Wikipediahttp//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy
ware
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Cleanup and Prevention
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Dont click on everything that pops up in front
of you and READ the messages!!! If unsure, visit
a different site.
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Spyware and Phishing Resources

• Current Phishing Scams
• http//www.antiphishing.org/
• Spyware Discussions
• http//www.spywaremanagement.org/http//www.stop
  badware.org/ http//www.antispywarecoalition.org/
  
• E-mail Hoax
• http//hoaxbusters.ciac.org/