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| | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:40:09 GMT | | | PC World - Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsible for most of the world's spam. | |
| | Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:40:12 GMT | | | PC World - A botnet responsible for a significant amount of spam has been crippled but may reconstitute itself in a matter of weeks, according to vendor M86 Security. | |
| | Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:20:53 GMT | | | PC Magazine - On September 1, New Yorkers will have a chance to peer inside the sleazy world of cybercrime when the "Norton Black Market Experience" rolls in to Times Square via a converted semi truck. | |
| | Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:49:34 GMT | |  AFP - Jordan on Sunday approved a temporary law on cyber crimes after amending it to appease the fury of journalists who said the legislation was a means to control local news websites.
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| | Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:15:28 GMT | |  AFP - The Philippines on Sunday ordered all government offices to tighten Internet security after its main information website was brought down by hackers.
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| | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:46:00 GMT | | | PC World - In the wake of revelations that the US military network was compromised in 2008, and that US digital interests are under a relative constant threat of attack, the Pentagon is establishing new cyber security initiatives to protect the Internet. The Pentagon strategy--which is part digital NATO, part digital civil defense, and part Big Brother--may ruffle some feathers and raise concerns that the US Internet is becoming a military police state. | |
| | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 15:11:06 GMT | | | PC Magazine - Google has fixed an issue with Gmail that caused a small percentage of its accounts to repeatedly send email messages over and over. | |
| | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 10:34:31 GMT | | | Mashable - This week, a Gmail bug caused duplicate messages to be sent from some user accounts. In certain cases, the same messages were sent over and over for several days, which, as you can imagine, must have been extremely annoying to the recipients. | |
| | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:44:11 GMT | |  AFP - IBM on Wednesday reported that the number of discovered cracks that hackers could exploit in computer software surged in the first half of the year.
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| | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 19:50:20 GMT | | | PC World - Gmail users have been reporting in droves that the Google webmail service is resending messages to their recipients, turning these users into accidental spammers who are unintentionally annoying friends, acquaintances and business contacts. | |
| | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 12:47:18 GMT | | | PC Magazine - A new study reveals that many companies aren't prepared to fight cybercrime. | |
| | Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:10:15 GMT | | | PC World - More than 40 percent of the world's spam is coming from a single network of computers that computer security experts continue to battle, according to new statistics from Symantec's MessageLabs' division. | |
| | Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:40:07 GMT | | | PC World - Baidu, operator of China's largest search engine, is suing domestic security vendor 360 for unfair competition alleging a version of 360's security software flags both Baidu Toolbar and Baidu Address Bar as malware. | |
| | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 21:10:09 GMT | | | PC World - The group responsible for managing the Internet's domain name system is asking Demand Media's eNom division for answers following complaints from Internet security groups. | |
| | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 18:25:00 GMT | | | PC World - The fourth annual McAfee Most Dangerous Celebrities report declares Cameron Diaz to be the biggest risk of all celebrity athletes, musicians, politicians, comedians and Hollywood stars on the Web when it comes to your computer security. | |
| | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:30:21 GMT | | | NewsFactor - Security analysts are still digesting the implications of Intel acquiring McAfee for $7.68 billion. The purchase plan comes four months after McAfee was forced to apologize for an antivirus update that shut down Windows XP computers around the world -- including PCs at Intel. | |
| | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:16:00 GMT | | | PC World - Reports are circulating of yet another malware scam targeting Facebook users. The sheer size of the social network, combined with the inherent trust users place in messages from friends and family through Facebook make it a prime target for malware attacks to exploit. | |
| | Fri, 20 Aug 2010 01:51:05 GMT | |  AFP - Intel is buying Internet security firm McAfee for 7.68 billion dollars, as the computer chip giant seeks to expand its reach to mobile and wireless devices.
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| | Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:23:10 GMT | | | Digital Trends - In a press releases issued today, Symantec warns that the AnVi Antivirus will give users a pop up telling them that there is a problem with their current antivirus software, then it will encourage them to remove it immediately. | |
| | Thu, 19 Aug 2010 20:30:37 GMT | | | AP - The U.S. for the first time is publicly warning about the Chinese military's use of civilian computer experts in clandestine cyber attacks aimed at American companies and government agencies. | |
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