Security Software Company Discovers Possible ID-Theft Ring
Thomas Claburn writes in InformationWeek:
A Florida security software company says it has stumbled across what may be a major identity-theft effort.
Sunbelt Software Inc., which makes software used to protect computers from spyware, says it has discovered a server holding passwords and other personal information that may have been illegally collected using keylogging software.
"One of our researchers here, while doing some research for our anti-spyware tool, came across a server that happened to have a file on it that turns out to be a log file from a keylogger that's been deployed, it looks like, all over the world," David Bove, Sunbelt's director of spyware research, said in an interview.
Bove wouldn't provide more details about how the server was found or where it's located. Sunbelt has contacted the FBI about the discovery, he says. The FBI didn't immediately return calls seeking comment.
posted by Fergie @ 8/05/2005 04:13:00 PM
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