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  • March 2008
    • Personalized Security Protects Laptops

      Personalized Security Protects Laptops

      A new laptop security system in development at Intel learns to adjust to you—that is, the user—getting to know your pattern of Internet use in order to provide more personalized protection. The software, called Proteus, is meant for companies that provide laptops to many employees, normally equipping all of them with the same cookie-cutter security system, reports Technology Review . More »

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      Internet   computer   Intel   software   research   Internet security   computer security   botnets

  • February 2008
    • Teen Pleads Guilty in Botnet Adware Scheme

      Teen Pleads Guilty in Botnet Adware Scheme

      A teenager referred to by the FBI as BDH and known online as “Sobe” pleaded guilty to two counts of juvenile fraud conspiracy for a scheme that used botnets to install adware on hundreds of thousands of American computers, including some military systems. He will be sentenced May 5, and will receive between 1 year and 18 months in prison under a plea bargain, Computerworld reports. More »

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      FBI   online advertising   hacking   Internet fraud   adware   botnets

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