Still using Internet Explorer? Read on...

[mr blur]

" ID theft spyware scam uncovered
By Mark Ward
Technology Correspondent, BBC News website

Online banking login screen, BBC
Accounts at 50 banks are in danger of being plundered
Thousands of computer users have been caught out by a huge ID theft ring.

Security firm Sunbelt Software said it stumbled across a US-based server storing megabytes of data stolen from compromised computers while researching spyware infections.

The server held passwords for online accounts from 50 banks, Ebay and Paypal logins, hundreds of credit card numbers and reams of personal data.

The FBI has reportedly now started investigating the ring of ID thieves.

Hidden data

The bug that has stolen all the data is thought to be a variant of a family of trojans known as Dumaru or Nibu that exploit a vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4173218.stm

[Clintmax]

1. I stopped using IE some time ago, and now use Firefox...

this story is scary as hells! I hope Microsoft fixes the issues with IE before they release the next version. Too many people still use it and probably don't know they are putting themselves in danger of identity theft!

Use Firefox...it's MUCH safer!