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Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel

You have got to be kidding me?Now we have Twitter being used to command botnets? When is this going to end? Actually, I've already answered my own question: never!Not until PC's are built from the ground up to NEVER EVER automatically run something until they are given permission by the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), E-mail, Web site development, Brazilian ID, Brazilian ID thieve, Twitter, click ok

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

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News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Palm; Twitter as botnet command channel

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft Exchange 2010 buzz grows louder Ryan Naraine: Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Palm Inc., Microsoft Zune, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Tablets, Notebooks, Digital Cameras, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2009-08-14

Brazilian ID thieves using Twitter as botnet command channel

Arbor Networks security researcher Jose Nazario has stumbled upon a crimeware botnet using Twitter as its command-and-control operation. The botnet, which is linked to identity thieves in Brazil, uses Twitter status messages to communicate with bots -- sending new links for the infected computers to contact and...

Tags: Twitter, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Financial Services, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-08-13

Mail Scripts 2.10 (Mac)

Mail Scripts is a collection of AppleScript Studio applications for Mail and Address Book offering additional features or simplified workflow. Mail Scripts consists of the following scripts:Add Addresses Mail: Add addresses found in the selected messages (in the header fields "From", "To", "Cc", and "Bcc") to the Address Book. This...

Tags: Message, Apple Macintosh, Mailbox, Andreas Amann, Mail Scripts

Software downloads 2009-06-28

Come and get it: Fedora laptop for $150

Come and get it: Fedora laptop for $150I sure as heck wouldThough I'd certainly look in the bargain bins for more memory and perhaps a bigger hard drive to plop in it. And I'm sure other less adventurous folk would add on an OEM copy of Vista or XP.Defintely: too...

Tags: Litigation, Notebooks, laptop computer, too-good-to-be-true, fraud, Fedora Project

Discussion threads 2007-07-25

Brazil: the beginning of the end of anonymity?

Brazilian Senator Eduardo Azeredo has introduced a bill that would make it a crime to surf the Web behind a mask. If the bill is passed, youll land in jail for four years if you "send e-mail, join chat, write a blog or download content anonymously." All such activities must...

Tags: Brazilian, Web

Blog posts 2007-01-08

Microsoft pitches pay-as-you-go PCs

Microsoft pitches pay-as-you-go PCsEven then, how would they handle payment? Poor people in developingcountries do NOT have credit cards.I suppose you could sell pre-paid Microsoft cards, just like pre-paid cell phone and long distance cards, but they will get sick of paying everytime they turn on the computer and just...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operational accounting, Financial services, Microsoft Corp., payment, computer, PC, emerging market

Discussion threads 2006-05-21

FreeFTP 3.2 (Windows)

FreeFTP is a multiple file, drag & drop file transfer program. FreeFTP supports 10 languages. English, French, Spanish, German, Danish, Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Portuguese, Brazilian Portugues; multiple drag & drop file transfers. It saves ALL URL, Password; supports ID information, can change screen resolution on fly. Features are: group erase,...

Tags: File, Brandyware Software, FreeFTP, Features, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2000-06-20