Gutting Phishers With PIRT
The nascent Phishing Incident Reporting and Termination project sponsored by CastleCops and Sunbelt Software encourages people to report phishing attempts so they can be tracked down and terminated.
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Date: 2006-03-30
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Google Gets A Win Against DOJ
A federal court ruled Friday in favor of Google, protecting their ability to keep their searches private. The Justice Dept. requested information they claimed would help them in protecting an antipornography law currently being challenged in the court system.
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Date: 2006-03-20
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House Slated to Pass Data Breach Bill
The Financial Data and Protection Act of 2005 (HB3997) currently in the House of Representatives has some problems. The bill, supposedly meant to offer relief for consumers who've been victims of data breaches, is really very weak, particularly compared states laws like California's version. In fact, some may say it offers consumers even less protection than they have now.
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Date: 2006-03-16
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Microsoft Goes After Online Seller Pirates
The wizards in Redmond launched an attack against Internet pirates selling their wares on online auction sites like eBay. The attack takes the form of eight lawsuits against sellers moving counterfeit Microsoft product, utilizing eBay auction.
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Date: 2006-03-15
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Liberty Alliance Sees 1 Billion Adopters
In an ever expanding and interconnected business world, secure federated identities are absolutely important. Companies and individuals need reliable methods to maneuver through their networks safely. The Liberty Alliance developed a standard for interoperable federated identities and they expect to hit 1 billion identities by the end of the year.
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Date: 2006-03-14
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CIA And The Internet: Now We Know
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) must fight a new enemy in maintaining the secrecy of their undercover agents: the Internet. In an era of terrorism, the rules for covert operatives are changing, however the Internet makes remaining undercover extraordinarily difficult.
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Date: 2006-03-13
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Lockheed Takes Crack At FBI Computers
Defense contractor Lockheed Martin won the job of upgrading the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) dated computer system. This isn't the first time a company has attempted this costly venture and many wonder if Lockheed is up to the task. Also under consideration is if the budget involved is up to the task after some conceivable estimates hitting $800 million.
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Date: 2006-03-10
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Spam Love In February
Spam levels continue to rise according to the latest statistics from Postini. They announced on Monday that spam and encryption volumes were on the rise, virus levels were normal and IM attacks were down in February.
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Date: 2006-03-08
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Macs Being Badgered In Wisconsin
A recent challenge from a Mac owner prompted hackers to come in and take control of his system. While the debate continues over the validity of that contest, the University of Wisconsin put out a challenge to see if, under standard, protected conditions, someone could get into the vaunted Mac.
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Date: 2006-03-07
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The Mac Attack Is On
A Swedish Mac daddy threw down the gauntlet for hackers to come after his Mac Mini set up as a server on February 22nd. They promptly picked up the gauntlet and smacked him with it. The hacked happened inside of 30 minutes. Yep, the Mac is definitely safer than Windows.
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Date: 2006-03-06
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March: Fraud Prevention Month
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Canadian consumer protection agencies met on Wednesday in Ottawa to kick off Fraud Prevention Month. This is part of an ongoing international effort to raise public awareness of the dangers of fraud and then education the public on how to spot it and report it.
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Date: 2006-03-03
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Security Core of Apple’s Update
In response to recent holes pointed out in Apple's OS X operating system, the Cupertino kids released a security update patching some 20 holes. The update takes care of the problems from the concept codes as well other security problems.
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Date: 2006-03-02
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SEC Slams “Paid Autosurf” Ponzi Scheme
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed charges against Charis Johnson, 33, of Charlotte, N.C. and her companies, 12dailypro and LifeClicks, LLC. According the SEC statement, the scheme took in 300,000 global investors and netted more than $50 million after promising a 44% return on the investment.
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Date: 2006-03-01
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