Microsoft Sued Over WGA Check
A Los Angeles resident wants class-action status for his lawsuit over the Windows Genuine Advantage check, and claims the software operates in violation of spyware laws.
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Date: 2006-06-29
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USDA May Have Been Breached
An outside attacker attempted to gain access to systems at the US Department of Agriculture and could have compromised personal information on 26,000 DC-area employees, contractors, and retirees.
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Date: 2006-06-22
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Doombot Worm Spreads via Phishing Model Attack
Security experts at MicroWorld Technologies inform that a Backdoor Worm named 'Doombot.k', is spreading fast via 'abuse warning' emails, spoofing domain names of security software companies and leading business houses. The modus operandi of proliferation is strikingly similar to many phishing attacks in recent times.
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Date: 2006-06-19
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Kaspersky: Anti-Virus Ball In Microsoft’s Court
Eugene Kaspersky, the head of Anti-Virus Research at Kaspersky Lab, believes that Microsoft, criminals, and malware will determine the future of the anti-virus industry. More specifically, he hopes that the former will help limit and crack down on the latter two.
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Date: 2006-06-16
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Opinions Vary On Microsoft's Forefront
Microsoft raised eyebrows as it introduced the Forefront line of security products on Monday. This represents a much larger shift towards security on the part of the software giant, but also puts the company in the delicate position of trying to sell fixes for its own products.
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Date: 2006-06-15
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NSA Looking Into MySpace
Social networking sites allow their users to post all kinds of personal details about themselves, and data mining technologies backed by federal agencies will make sure the government can easily review those details too.
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Date: 2006-06-09
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Pirate Bay Partially Returns Online
The "victory" celebrated by the major media companies when Swedish authorities confiscated servers belonging to torrent search engine Pirate Bay has been met with a yawn by the site's ownership, who have once again deployed their service on new hardware.
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Date: 2006-06-05
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The Pirate Bay Plans A Return
Even as the entertainment industry congratulates itself over the raids in Sweden that shut down the notorious BitTorrent search engine, plans to have it back up and running in a few days are under way.
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Date: 2006-06-02
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