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Blackmailers try to black out Million Dollar Homepage

Blackmailers try to black out Million Dollar HomepageunlessThe person getting blackmailed would rather pay the ransom and the fine because whatever theya re getting blackmailed for is something that they need to keep that secret.Well DuhLook in the mirror. I am not even in the business but the observations I...

Tags: ROI/TCO, Government, Cyberthreats, blackmailer, ransom, Russian Mob

Discussion threads 2006-01-18

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The case of the fake money-mules: Inside the URLZone Trojan network

Security EvangelistHi, boy I sure wish people would stop using the word Evangelist in the wrong way. An Evangelist is someone you preaches the Gospel of Jesus Christ, not a secular title at all. Wikipedia recently removed the secular definition and Webster is researching it. Evangelist is from the Greek...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Banking, E-business/E-commerce, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Personal finance, SECURITY, network, trojan horse, online banking, bank, virus

Discussion threads 2009-10-06

Philadelphia Police Claim 'Social Sites Led to Riots'

Russian Hooligans meet up to fight The darker side of flash mobs emerged again this weekend. While most people enjoy the happy confluence of dancers and singers for surprise performances in public places, such as the T Mobile Liverpool Street Station event, the darker side...

Tags: Teen, Philadelphia, Twitter, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-01

Russian hackers hijack Italian sites to serve exploits

Russian hackers hijack Italian sites to serve exploitsNo mention of OS involved......Based on the other bonets discovered, I can bet that all of these systems were MS Windows.It would have been more telling if the OS involved was listed though.What would *realy* help...Would be to show the whole IP/name of...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Construction, Patches, Operating systems, information technology, exploit, window, tool kit, tool

Discussion threads 2007-06-18

Florida man charged in botnet attack on Akamai

Florida man charged in botnet attack on AkamaiGood luck if you're counting on IE7 for securityI say track these criminals down and throw their asses in prison for a minimum of 10 years and take every worldly possession they have including their PC.Out of curiosityWhy is it ok to give...

Tags: INTERNET, PRODUCTIVITY, e-mail, computer, Akamai Technologies Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-10-24

Senate punts on broadcast flag option

Senate punts on broadcast flag optionRatsNow we're back to attending all of the midnight committee meetings to see what's getting added after everyone's asleep.It would be harder if we had to attend the ones that didn't have a floor vote the next day.Sneak ThievesWhy is it we have to look...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, U.S. Senate, TV, Internet

Discussion threads 2005-06-23

Scammers teach Web students a tough lesson

Scammers teach Web students a tough lessonWhats up with Russisans aafection with and SPAM, Hacking, MobsI thought Russians are good hard working people. Very good at Software development. Remeber Checkpoints Origin?May be not.They are good at SPAM, Hacking, Piracy etc etc.The worst of best part is they are using advance...

Tags: Hacking, Web, capitolism

Discussion threads 2004-11-01

Apple delays global launch of iPod mini

Apple delays global launch of iPod miniGood news.....High demand is always good news. However I'm certain that there will be some who try to spin this as somehow being a bad thing for Apple. Rev jimBad news for consumersNow they will have to wait longer for the mini....

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iPod, High Demand, Apple iPod Mini, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2004-03-25