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  • July 2008

    • US Surfers Get Biggest Bite of Spam

      newser  |  San Francisco Chronicle  |  Jul 2, 08 5:35 PM CDT

      US Surfers Get Biggest Bite of Spam

      Internet users in the US get the most spam, security-software firm McAfee finds after a study. McAfee gave 50 people across 10 developed countries laptops and instructed them to sign up for as much stuff on the internet as possible, and to reply to every spam message. The resulting volume of spam surprised even the researchers, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. More »

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      Internet  • fraud  • email  • spam  • computer security  • capitalism  • McAfee

    • Microsoft Will Sell Office By $70 Subscription

      newser  |  Associated Press  |  Jul 2, 08 1:44 PM CDT

      Microsoft Will Sell Office By $70 Subscription

      Microsoft will start selling its Office software package on a subscription model in mid-July, the AP reports. Instead of paying around $200 for Office, consumers can pay $70 a year, with no additional cost for new versions. In addition to the Office programs, the subscription bundle—named “Equipt”—will come with Microsoft’s OneCare security software. More »

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      Microsoft  • software  • computer security  • Microsoft Office  • subscription  • business models  • productivity applications

  • June 2008

    • In One Domain, Anyway, Man Still Conquers Machine

      newser  |  Time  |  Jun 9, 08 4:53 PM CDT

      In One Domain, Anyway, Man Still Conquers Machine

      Every web user has come across CAPTCHAs: wavy-lettered depiction of words you must retype as text. Most pay them no mind, but, Lev Grossman writes in Time , we should reflect upon completing one. They're one of the rare visible skirmishes in the largely invisible war between spammers and security programmers. But besides that, they are quite literally tests of our humanity. More »

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      email  • spam  • computer security  • cybercrime  • Carnegie Mellon University  • web email accounts  • CAPTCHAs

    • Microsoft Warns Windows Users of Safari Threat

      newser  |  ComputerWorld  |  Jun 1, 08 7:37 AM CDT

      Microsoft Warns Windows Users of Safari Threat

      Windows and Safari mix like virus-vulnerable oil and water, Microsoft warns, and Windows users should stop surfing with Apple’s web browser until the security holes have been patched. The “blended threat” combines a bug in Safari that downloads files to the desktop automatically and a vulnerability in how Windows XP and Windows Vista handle executable files there. More »

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      Microsoft  • Apple  • computer  • computer security  • Microsoft Windows  • computer virus  • web browser  • Safari  • Internet browsers

  • May 2008

    • Open-Source Security Flaw Exposes Millions

      newser  |  MIT Technology Review  |  May 22, 08 6:16 PM CDT

      Open-Source Security Flaw Exposes Millions

      A programming error discovered last week makes at least four open-source operating systems and 25 applications vulnerable to hacking, and a patch distributed to fix it doesn’t solve the problem. Worse, the vulnerability can extend to computers not even running the deficient code, reports Technology Review . The mistake went unnoticed for almost 2 years. More »

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      computer security  • encryption  • cyberwarfare  • hacking

  • March 2008
  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Flash Attack Could Turn Routers Into Zombies

      newser  |  PC World  |  Jan 16, 08 1:11 PM CST

      Flash Attack Could Turn Routers Into Zombies

      Security experts have demonstrated how attackers could use Flash software and the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol to hijack their home routers, reports PC World . Users exposed to a malicious Flash file could have the servers they're trying to reach changed remotely and secretly, meaning a fraudster could redirect the user to phony bank or e-commerce websites even if they typed the right address into their browser. More »

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      hackers  • computer security  • Skype  • instant messaging  • Adobe  • online fraud  • Flash  • routers

  • December 2007

    • Judge: Cops Can't Force Defendant to Tell Password

      newser  |  CNET  |  Dec 15, 07 9:51 AM CST

      Judge: Cops Can't Force Defendant to Tell Password

      In what could turn out to be a landmark decision on computer privacy and Fifth Amendment rights against self incrimination, a federal judge in Vermont has ruled that a man accused of transporting child pornography across the US border with Canada can’t be forced to turn over his laptop password to prosecutors, reports CNET. More »

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      Canada  • law  • child pornography  • computer security  • law enforcement

    • Cyberattack on US Nuclear Lab Linked to China

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Dec 9, 07 1:49 PM CST

      Cyberattack on US Nuclear Lab Linked to China

      The coordinated cyberattack into the nonclassified portion of a US nuclear laboratory may have originated in China, says a Homeland Security memo obtained by the New York Times . The memo includes a list of offending internet addresses associated with locations in China, but points out that hackers commonly bounce their signal off of compromised computers to obscure their trail. More »

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      computer security  • phishing  • hacker  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    • Brits Accuse China of Web Espionage

      newser  |  Times (UK)  |  Dec 1, 07 1:30 PM CST

      Brits Accuse China of Web Espionage

      UK spy agency MI5 has sent an unprecedented letter to 300 British business leaders, warning them that vital sectors of the country's economy are under attack from Chinese state-sponsored electronic espionage. The Chinese "use every means at their disposal" to dig up information about British companies, a letter recipient told the Times of London. More »

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      China  • Great Britain  • espionage  • computer security  • spying  • cyberwarfare

  • November 2007
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