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Backdoor trojans and rootkits represent two of the fastest growing malware expunged by Microsoft's Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT), which was unveiled in January 2005. Almost one in five organizations have been the victim of a keylogger attack this year, a new Websense survey reveals. Security firm Panda Labs has hit out at spam, warning it has become an increasingly dangerous threat going beyond the traditional perception of it being nothing more than a nuisance. ChoicePoint has agreed to pay $10 million in fines, the largest civil penalty ever imposed by the Federal Trade Commission, and $5 million in consumer compensation, to settle charges that the data broker’s record-handling procedures violated consumers’ privacy rights. “The message to ChoicePoint and others should be clear: Consumers’ private data must be protected from thieves,” said Deborah Platt Majoras, chairwoman of the FTC. The company admitted last year that a data breach compromised the personal information of at least 163,000 customers, with 800 becoming identity theft victims, the FTC said. The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee today approved a bill that would significantly strengthen existing federal cybercrime law and provide law enforcement with increased enforcement tools. As if dealing with skyrocketing numbers of new vulnerabilities each day is not enough, the IT security world must now brace for a new challenge: an emerging underground vulnerability market that could result in more zero-day attacks. Over the last year, malware creation and distribution has been increasingly taken over by gangs of organized cyber criminals, undertaking highly targeted attacks for financial gain, new research has revealed. The industry must learn about packet fragmentation techniques, writes Gunter Ollmann A patch for recently discovered – and exploited – flaw in Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE) is scheduled to be a part of April’s Patch Tuesday release, but could be released earlier. The furore caused by Sony’s rootkit was just the start of its problems, writes Gunter Ollmann Quiet, targeted and profit-driven. These are the adjectives describing the current attacks ruling the IT threat landscape, according to Symantec’s latest Internet Security Threat Report, released today. The trend of hackers and cybercriminals using botnets to conduct large-scale denial-of-service attacks increased at an “alarming rate” during the second half of last year, new research has revealed. Anti-threat software better addresses malware threats than best-of-breed suites. Viruses accounted for less than 1 percent of malware threats detected last year by PandaLabs, the security firm reported Monday. A rootkit dispersed through AOL Instant Messenger that first appeared in late October has been traced to an unidentified Middle Eastern group. The internet saw an increase in malicious code that exposed confidential information as online criminals sought to make a profit, according to Symantec. August’s exploits point to a new level of ability in worms and hackers, says Gunter Ollmann Blended threats are the next big thing for those who want to attack your firm. It’s time to get on the case, says Jim Carr A Chinese hacker has been arrested in Japan for virtual stealing in an online game.