Criminals may purchase verified credit card numbers for as little as
> $1, and they can buy a complete identity -- a date of birth and
> U.S. bank account, credit card and government-issued identification
> numbers -- for $14, according to Symantec's twice-yearly Internet
> Security Threat Report released Monday.
What is the original source for the stolen information? Is anything being done to stop the leaks?
The legitimate owner of the computer typically doesn't know the
> machine has been taken over -- and the phenomenon is largely
> responsible for the palpable increase in junk e-mail in the past half > year.
Is anything being done to notify the owners of such machines so they can correct the problem? If not, why not?
Symantec said it expects to see more threats begin to emerge against
> Microsoft's Vista operating system.
Wasn't one of the big features of Vista supposed to be better security to prevent that sort of thing?