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- BBC team buys a botnet, DDoSes security company Prevx
- BBC team buys a botnet, DDoSes security company PrevxDid the BBC break the law?Surely what the BBC did was in contravention of the UK Computer Misuse Act?They made unauthorised changes to people's computers without their permission. Sophos has been asked many times by the media to take part in...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Team management, SECURITY, Spam, team, British Broadcasting Corp., botnet, BBC team
- Discussion threads 2009-03-12
- MD5/rogue CA attack: The sky is not falling
- Guest post by John Viega Today there’s been a lot of buzz about the clever new attack on public key infrastructure from Alex Sotirov and a team of researchers.  In the attack, the bad guy ends up with his own Certification Authority CA that is...
- Tags: Certification, Certification Authority, Computer Associates International Inc., Attack, MD5, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-31
- RIAA drops mass lawsuits, recruits ISPs to crack the whip
- The headlines across the blogosphere make it sound like the Recording Industry Association of America has thrown in the towel and decided to stop going after music pirates on the Internet. That's not exactly the case. Instead, the RIAA is teaming up with Internet Service Providers to...
- Tags: Lawsuit, RIAA, Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-19
- News to know: Cloud wars; Apple; Google; China is watching you
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Amazon launches pre-emptive strike against Microsoft’s planned cloud platform. Techmeme A new mystery: What's Microsoft got up its Office Live sleeve? Zack Whittaker:...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., IPO, Robots, Linux, E-mail, Digital Media, Financial Services, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Are you a whitelist or a blacklist guy?
- A new teacher asked me that the other day, looking for a read on how I filter content and my general attitude on installing applications. Suffice to say I'm a blacklist guy. Certainly in a middle and high school setting, as kids become more sophisticated and instructional needs...
- Tags: Application, Teacher, Internet, Tools & Techniques, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Consumer Electronics, Management, Security, Personal Technology, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filters
- Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filtersRE: Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filtersSpammers are increasingly getting more sophisticated in their attacks. Even spam mails are getting more and more dificult to decipher now adays. It seems the guys are stepping up their attacks verey time we think we have...
- Tags: Spam, spammer, Google Inc., Google Sites, e-mail, PGP Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Wachovia: $211 trillion "word-processing error"
- Wachovia: $211 trillion "word-processing error"Not necessarily manually typedIt was probably a mail merge and the fields got screwed up (the number was actually his account number, so it wasn't a random made up number or a data puncher leaning on his keypad). That could have happened at either the back...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, word-processing, Wachovia Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-02
- Apple blacklisting hacked iPhones?
- Apple blacklisting hacked iPhones?if you hack it, you don't have any right to complainIf you hack your phone - especially changing the carrier - I don't think you have any right to complain about almost any part of your iPhone not working anymore. I've hacked mine - for 3rd party...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., phone
- Discussion threads 2007-09-20
- How MySpace brought down a spammer
- How MySpace brought down a spammerWhere's the prison time?Such an abuse deserves much more than a slap on the wrist... It's truly unbelievable that there are not strict laws punishing such low lifes and preventing them from other abuses at say other sites???Where is the win?I know several people that...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, MySpace, spam, Internet Service Provider, server, spammer
- Discussion threads 2007-08-22
- A security tip for Microsoft
- A security tip for MicrosoftSlight flaw in your logic.How many of these people who never run updates are going to have MSRT in the first place? It's a great idea for those who do update their installations as a last-chance protection measure but as they'll already have all the updates...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, MSRT, Microsoft Corp., security
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- What if Jim Allchin is right about no AV on Vista?
- What if Jim Allchin is right about no AV on Vista?"Shocked"?George: You should read my post before trying to paraphrase it incorrectly.I was not shocked that Allchin would allow his son to run Vista without antivirus. I was shocked at the shoddy, ridiculous crop of stories that resulted from the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Cyberthreats, Linux, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, ssh connection, What-if Jim Allchin, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2006-11-14
- New malware poses as WGA validation and notification
- New malware poses as WGA validation and notificationSomeone's sick comment on WGA?With people comparing MS's WGA program to spyware, this mal sounds particularly sick, evil, and wrong on *all* levels. Whoever made it must have a realy low opinion of MS, even lower than Linux and Mac fanbois.What I'd...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, malware, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2006-06-29
- Net Neutrality debate in the Big Apple
- Net Neutrality debate in the Big AppleThe Internet was built for Web, Email, FTP, NNTPThe Internet was built for Web, Email, FTP, NNTP, and a few other services. With the rise of 24x7 broadband connections and peer-to-peer music and video sharing primarily dominated by BitTorrent, the Internet is being...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Internet service providers (ISPs), Cisco Systems Inc., SaveTheInternet.com, BitTorrent, QoS, Net Neutrality, video, Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-06-27
- Antispam advocate succumbs to spammer
- Antispam advocate succumbs to spammerRussian Spammer Counterattack!Please provide details of this Russian Spammer.It would be nice to see what he is all about.How good are his defenses?Blue Security should not have backed down.Anyone up the helping Blue Security with this fifth?If this is allowed, who will be next?Gentleman, start your...
- Tags: anti-spam, spammer, e-mail, spam, Internet
- Discussion threads 2006-05-17
- Eulas revisited & why you should read them
- Eulas revisited & why you should read themgo GPL softwareThe liscence for that is straightforward and will not try to screw you.At leastauthoring EULAs provide jobs for lawyers that otherwise might be suing anyone and everyone.I applaud these EULAsThey further delegitimize EULAs as a whole. Has a EULA ever...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, GPL, EULA
- Discussion threads 2005-10-24
- Web site gives e-mail senders a reputation
- Web site gives e-mail senders a reputationReputation Rating?A reputation rating???Sounds alot like a credit rating. How many of us have struggled with a credit rating because of identity theft? Now we have to contend with not being able to send email because someone erroneously gave us a bad...
- Tags: Web, raised concern, e-mail, SPF, domain, Web site
- Discussion threads 2005-08-29
- 900,000 ISP customers blacklisted
- 900,000 ISP customers blacklistedI agree and disagreeI agree with blocking, but only confirmed ip addresses.The ISP's are in a tuff position, with fickle users and tuff competition, its hard to keep customers. When you start taking actions against customers for problems resulting from user stupidity, you end up with...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, IP
- Discussion threads 2005-05-10
- Gates may be world's most spammed person
- Gates may be world's most spammed personSorry BillAll those Windows spam zombies are a b*tch, aren't they.It's Difficult...It's difficult to muster much sympathy for the spam-receiving woes of a guy who hasn't taken privacy & security very seriously in the way his products afflict their users. Welcome to the consequences...
- Tags: Spam, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., security
- Discussion threads 2004-11-18
- Security firm justifies virus writer's job
- Security firm justifies virus writer's jobThe company is named!!SecurePoint has been added to my blacklist of companies, permanantly.Oh puh-leeze>> "Under consideration of the underlying relations, it was right to give him a job. The kid was just an immature boy with mindless intent, nothing more," So as long the...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Recruitment & Selection, Viruses and worms, virus, job, Securepoint, security
- Discussion threads 2004-09-24
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