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- Ransomware fun: Pay by phone extortion (these guys can't spell either)
- Ransomware fun: Pay by phone extortion (these guys can't spell either)Hold on just one second....[i]Unless Elmer Fudd takes over Symantec in a hostile takeover you should never fall for anything that has “dangerows” in it.[/i]Are you telling me that Elmer Fudd HASN'T been in charge of Symantec all this time????...
- Tags: SECURITY, Tihs, Elmer Fudd, Pay-by-phone extortion, Pay-by-Phone, extortion
- Discussion threads 2008-01-02
- Bug hunting start-up: Pay up, or feel the pain
- Bug hunting start-up: Pay up, or feel the painBug hunting start-up: Pay up, or feel the painIt won't be long before this business is shut down.SlimeIt never ceases to amaze me that people can justify behavior like this and sleep at night. I'm all for letting businesses create new...
- Tags: E-mail, SECURITY, extortion, Pay Up
- Discussion threads 2007-08-03
- Online extortion battle takes a mortal hit
- The battle against online extortion took a mortal hit today as Blue Security Inc. announced they are closing up shop. Blue Security had attempted to battle online extortion and spam by bombarding spammers with email from all 522,000 of its clients. As the Washington Post tells the story:...
- Tags: extortion, spammer, Blue Security
- Blog posts 2006-05-17
- eBay faces partial shutdown in patent dispute
- eBay faces partial shutdown in patent disputeeBay's patent disputeeBay should still be able to do the "Buy it Now" function because I don't want to have to go to OTHER websites to get what I want for their higher prices. I don't want to buy software brand new, such...
- Tags: extortion, patent, eBay Inc., patent dispute, software
- Discussion threads 2006-03-13
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- Sony's Centrino 2 laptop lineup
- Sony's Centrino 2 laptop lineupSony Lap topsSo where are the Tablet PCs?RE: Sony's Centrino 2 laptop lineupHow is the switchable graphics thing any different from the implementation that's been around for >2 years in the Sony Vaio sz series. Is it hot swappable or something?For only 90 bucks I can...
- Tags: Notebooks, Tablets, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Sony Corp., Centrino 2 laptop lineup, laptop lineup, Intel Centrino 2, Intel Centrino, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- Spammers announce World War III with spam emails packing malicious payloads
- Spammers announce World War III with spam emails packing malicious payloadsSorry Nate - have to disagreePlease everyone - do not "spread the word" as Nate says it - I spend more time looking up these e-mails, and then convincing people that the e-mail they got was a hoax than I...
- Tags: Spam, ReceiverNet technology, spammer, World War III, spam email, malicious payload, payload
- Discussion threads 2008-07-14
- Worldwide iPhone 3G rate plans compared
- Worldwide iPhone 3G rate plans comparedyou can also add the data to an existing voice plan nt.ntRogers Canada has backpeddledWell, kind of. [url=http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/07/09/tech-iphone.html] Rogers offers limited time reduction in rates. [/url]Until Aug. 31, Rogers will grant you the privilege of signing a 3 year contract for $30/month which gives you...
- Tags: Cellular phones, 3G, Apple iPhone, Rogers, High Tech Computer Corp., HTC Touch Diamond, HTC Touch, TELUS Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-10
- Senate, Web ad titans joust over behavioral targeting
- Senate, Web ad titans joust over behavioral targetingCongress is blackmailing...these companies. As soon as lobbyists and involved parties pad the pockets of the various senators all will be OK and they will be allowed to rape the consumers privacy as originally planned.Lawmakers have learned it can be very lucrative to...
- Tags: ad titan, Senate Web, behavioral targeting, U.S. Senate, advertisement, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Microsoft warns of "active, targeted" ActiveX control attacks
- Microsoft warns of "active, targeted" ActiveX control attacksAn activeX attack. WHAT a suprise...NTActiveX exists?Truly amazing. I'd have assumed that, after nearly 15 years of holding the title of "worst exploit ridden API ever designed," people might actually learn not to use it.This is a threat to big business...
- Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., ActiveX, attack, ActiveX Control
- Discussion threads 2008-07-07
- What would (or did) it take for you to switch operating systems?
- What would or did it take for you to switch operating systems?Switching OSsAbout a year ago I got a new home laptop my Thinkpad FINALLY died and it came with Vista. Of course I suffered [with Vista] along with everyone else, but what made me switch was that after...
- Tags: Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, SuSE, hardware, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Linux, operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-06-11
- Who's behind the GPcode ransomware?
- In one of these moments when those who are supposed to know, don't know, and those who don't realize what they know aren't reaching the appropriate parties, it's time we get back to the basics - finding out who's behind GPcode, and trying to tip them on the consequences of...
- Tags: Payment, Encryption, GPcode, John Dow-ish Daniel Robertson, E-mail, Security, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Microsoft appeals $1.4 billion EU fine
- Microsoft appeals $1.4 billion EU fineExtortion?IIUC the fine is for 'abusing a monopoly position'. All MS have to do is stop the abuse. Simple. If they carry on, or they argue that the abuse is justified, then they will keep getting fined. That will hurt themselves, their customers and their...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Steve Ballmer's defining hour
- Steve Ballmer's defining hourHalf hearted approach to world dominationOne real world picture of Bill writing an OS.and you forgot the enterprise CIOthe cash cow that MS has long milked is not happy about product quality, pricing compared to consumer markets, bunch of other areas. And sees little payback from the...
- Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo! Inc., Steve Ballmer, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- Centrify's Tom Kemp: Here's the map to avoiding Microsoft's patent minefield
- On February 21 of 2008, just two months ago, Microsoft announced "strategic changes in technology and business practices to expand interoperability." These changes, which would be incorporated into a set of "Interoperability Principles" that would provide API and protocol documentation for connectivity to and from their "high-volume business products" naming...
- Tags: Patent, Centrify, Samba, Protocol, Microsoft Corp., Tom Kemp, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
- The Open Source Commandments
- Next Sunday, the Passover again falls upon us. For those of us Jews that celebrate the holiday, it is most associated with a ceremonial meal spent with family, where we recite the story passed down to us over hundreds of generations from Maxwell House haggadahs chronicling the exodus from Egypt...
- Tags: Industry, Microsoft Corp., Pharaoh Rameses, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-04-09
- The next big thing? Crimeware-as-a-service
- The next big thing? Crimeware-as-a-serviceClose to maturity, watch out!Cybercrime against commercial and end-users is going to be big business this year. I expect to see a big ramp-up in fraud and extortion incidents, and we will continue to see the same lip service from law enforcement agencies who see it...
- Tags: Identity theft, Litigation, Sales channel, Financial services, Crimeware-as-a-Service, next-big-thing
- Discussion threads 2008-04-07
- Sparks fly over copyright at Tech Policy Summit
- The group of copyright scholars and advocates gathered Wednesday at the Tech Policy Summit in Hollywood demonstrated that while copyright must function in a converged world, opinions on how it should function are as divergent as ever. The panel pictured from left to right consisted...
- Tags: Innovation, Lawsuit, Patent, Harbor, TiVo Inc., Fred, Lohmann, Copyrights, Copyright System, Leadership, Strategy, Management, Denise Howell
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Not scared about Cross-Site Request Forgery? You should be... you're scared of jail aren't you?
- Not scared about Cross-Site Request Forgery? You should be... you're scared of jail aren't you?You are right.I see it updating a few times per month so there are more and more problems found. I will never tell anyone they are absolutely secure (ok, not networked, you are...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, NoScript, Cross-Site Request Forgery, CSRF
- Discussion threads 2008-03-20
- Fraud abroad remains 'uphill battle' for eBay
- Fraud abroad remains 'uphill battle' for eBayCry me a River!This ebay guy is a hypocrit! I appreciate they are looking into the cyber crime overseas, but how about the gigantic problem we have in USA sales. As a buyer, you have so much phoney junk to weed through... people selling...
- Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, SECURITY, eBay Inc., PayPal
- Discussion threads 2008-03-11
- Will OOXML get the ISO standards nod? It's not a given
- Will OOXML get the ISO standards nod? It's not a givenIt's a sad day in Hooterville.........When not even one blogger or announcer know what a "Standard" method of accomplishing a task is.Even considering OOXML as a "standard" is like unto calling a car a "standard" for driving on a highway....
- Tags: Government, OOXML, Microsoft Corp., ISO standards
- Discussion threads 2008-03-01
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