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- Lesser of two security evils: Twitter Web or third-party clients?
- Twitter Web might not be safe anymore and users may want to consider only tweeting and surfing through third-party applications for the time being. Yes, I know, there are all kinds of issues with using a third-party anything. And while I use and love TweetDeck and many are raving about...
- Tags: Web, Worm, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-04-12
- Spam and obscene profits
- Spam: Let’s Re-Define ‘Obscene Profits’ I took a great call today with Garth Bruen of Knujon (“No Junk†spelled backwards). Garth’s volunteer organization monitors spam and works with Internet registrars to throttle the miscreants who fill our in-boxes with this junk. Garth gave me a great background...
- Tags: Registrar, Spammer, Knujon, Garth, Go-Daddy, Internet, Spam, Domain Names, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Brian Sommer
- Blog posts 2009-02-27
- Judge freezes assets of massive spam ring
- The Federal Trade Commission won a huge antispam victory in court yesterday, with a federal courts in Chicago's order to freeze the assets of a botnet spam group generally known as HerbalKing. The group used botnets to spread its poison around the globe. Just one botnet...
- Tags: Asset, FTC, Spam, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- $236m judgment against spammer couple
- $236m judgment against spammer coupleSadly, it's pointlessSadly, in reality such a judgment is pointless.Let them pay it in jail time$236m is a fair bill to run up. I say let them paying it back in jail time.Let's even be generous and say 1 day in jail will reduce the bill...
- Tags: Spam, Email Ads, e-mail, spammer, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Spammers attacking Microsoft's CAPTCHA -- again
- Spammers attacking Microsoft's CAPTCHA -- againI'm all for shutting down...mail servers that are spamming. No matter how big they are. If my server started spamming, my ISP would give me one shot to clean it up. If I didn't or couldn't it would be blocked. Just because it's Microsoft doesn't...
- Tags: Spam, spammer, CAPTCHA, Microsoft CAPTCHA, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-01
- Is Ron Paul running a botnet spam op?
- Ron Paul is supposedly the right-wing answer to Howard Dean - a come-from-nowhere candidate who is taking the Internet faster than fire consumes Southern California. Only, it appears, he's not. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birgmingham have determined that pro-Paul spam sent after the Republican debate Sunday was...
- Tags: Campaign, Wired Inc., Ron Paul, Gary Warner, E-mail, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Spam, Internet, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2007-10-31
- Plug-Ins - A Source of Insecurity
- As the spam wars develop, that manufacturers are changing from providing technical quality to threatening transgressors with litigation instead. The digital millennium copyright act is an excellent example of where industry forbids any examination of a claimed security mechanism and tries to make any research never mind actual compromise a...
- Tags: Manufacturer, Plug-in, LockLizard, Manufacturing, Security
- White papers 2007-08-22
- Close all Google accounts: Google doesn't care about privacy
- Close all Google accounts: Google doesn't care about privacygoogle privacyi do have to say i have had nothing but issues since i joined "myspace" which is generated by google. i don't know much if anything about computer stuff, but i have so much spam coming through on my email...
- Tags: SECURITY, Cyberthreats, Authentication/Encryption, Google Inc., privacy, Privacy International
- Discussion threads 2007-06-09
- Mexican drug wars find new battleground on YouTube
- Mexican drug wars find new battleground on YouTubebrought to you by......the same people who buy the stuff in spam: american drug addicts. This fiasco is financed almost completely by american drug addicts. It's not "get a grip!", it's "go to a meeting, sit down, shut up and listen."...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., gang, drug problem, impunity, drug trafficker
- Discussion threads 2007-02-12
- Internet Explorer security FUD
- Internet Explorer security FUDThe outlook express people have fixed it.The have fixed it. It's called Windows Mail and it's in Vista.CorrectThat's why I said it was fuddish, however, I do software development and am ALWAYS working around other flaws (usually in other vendors misinterpretations of standards: telecom) and even if...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, security, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Corp., software
- Discussion threads 2006-10-20
- Microsoft's playing fair with security rivals, Kaspersky says
- Microsoft's playing fair with security rivals, Kaspersky saysMicrosoft's playing fair with security rivals, Kaspersky saysAt least Kaspersky Labs gets it. Why can't Symantec and McAfee get it? Microsoft is doing absolutely nothing wrong here. In fact they are helping the consumer. Symantec and McAfee just want...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., McAfee Inc., Symantec Corp., security
- Discussion threads 2006-10-06
- News Focus: HP's leak probe
- News Focus: HP's leak probeA very good reason to never buy HP products again!Forcing the only honest, ethical person on the HP board out - for doing her job - is an insult to everyone. In protest, my company will never again purchase another HP product and we have spent...
- Tags: Corporate governance, pretexting, Hewlett-Packard Co., pretext
- Discussion threads 2006-09-12
- U.K. spammer gets two-month curfew
- U.K. spammer gets two-month curfewSentence is irrelevantThey're imposing a curfew so that this kid can... get home in time to get a few hours of work in on his computer, figuring out more ways to spam or better yet hack into systems? Not to mention the fact that 12:30 is...
- Tags: Spam, spammer, wrist, computer
- Discussion threads 2006-08-23
- Debian locks out developers after server hack
- Debian locks out developers after server hackBWAHAHAHHAHA!!ROTFLMAO!!! BWAHAHHAHAHHAALOLLERSKATES!!!This is too funny!!! HAHAHAHAH I can't stop laughing!!!Debian locks out developers after server hackJust when I was feeling down about coming back to work I read this story and I completely feel better!! Just proves linux is not secure...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UNIX, Hacking, Criminal hacker, Debian, Linux, password, server
- Discussion threads 2006-07-14
- Police blotter: Patriot Act e-mail spying approved
- Police blotter: Patriot Act e-mail spying approvedHere's wha tI don't get:[i]"All that's required, he said, is that prosecutors claim the surveillance could conceivably be "relevant" to an investigation."[/i]How is that not in direct opposition to the fourth ammendement, which says: [i]"The right of the people to be secure in their...
- Tags: Regulations, USA PATRIOT Act, probable cause, privacy, oath, warrant, administration, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2006-02-10
- Ban BitTorrent if they don't comply
- Ban BitTorrent if they don't complywell no and no siryou see you cant impose your law in other country aka sweden. (homeland of the best place to find sci-fi show that you miss last night ) so neither you redo all the law of all country out there or just...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, INTERNET, Spyware, Viruses and worms, BitTorrent, Ban BitTorrent, British Telecommunications, BitTorent, piracy
- Discussion threads 2005-11-23
- Microsoft said to be mulling purchase of Claria
- Microsoft said to be mulling purchase of ClariaA match made in heavenThese criminal scum are meant for one another.Microsoft and Gator are two of a kindThis story upsets me more than you realize. yes, Claria Gator is Microsoft's kind of company. That's the kind of company Microsoft understands. Evil with...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Web browsers, Microsoft Office, Gator, Microsoft Corp., Claria Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-06-30
- Telemarketers target cell phones
- Telemarketers target cell phonesInstant huge fineInstead of just telling the telecrapper do to call. it should be an instant huge fine (like 1000$ or more, and if the same telecrapper do it more then once double the fine each time) Whitout any real incentive to not call cell phone those...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Advertising & Promotion, phone, Do-Not-Call, cell phone, telemarketer
- Discussion threads 2005-06-21
- Developing nations losing spam battle, report says
- Developing nations losing spam battle, report saysRe: the Costa Rica and NigeriaSpamhaus is one of the least trigger-happy elements in the anti-spam spectrum. The fact that they blocked is newsworthy in itself. What got Costa Rica blocked was the attitude of their national ISP, who basically responded to...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spamhaus, Internet Service Provider, spammer, anti-spam, spam
- Discussion threads 2005-05-27
- Minnesota court takes dim view of encryption
- Minnesota court takes dim view of encryptionWhat the $#@%?Just because I have encryption software I am now a criminal? What are these guys smokin? This means that everyone with a network that uses encryption for email or whatever reason are also criminals?This has gone tooooooo freakin far!!!!Arrest Me...
- Tags: encryption
- Discussion threads 2005-05-24
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