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Compromised Web Sites Target Unpatched Windows

Hackers have collected admin login credentials for over 200,000 Web sites.

Ian Amit, of Aladdin Knowledge Systems, found a hacker server with data and discovered that 80,000 sites had been maliciously modified. He is working with law enforcement officials and site owners to change their passwords and purge malicious code. See ComputerWorld for details.

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Dan Sullivan is a systems architect with 20 years of IT experience that includes engagements in enterprise security, application design, and systems architecture. His experience includes a broad range of industries, including financial services, manufacturing, government, retail, gas and oil production, power generation, and education. Dan’s security-related project work has ranged from requirements analysis for enterprise information security to designing and implementing security for database applications and enterprise portals. Dan has written about information security and other enterprise information management topics for Business Security Advisor, DM Review, Intelligent Enterprise, and E-Business Advisor. You can contact Dan at: dan_sullivan@realtimepublishers.net