CAN-SPAM Has Minimal Spam Impact
About three years after the debut of the CAN-SPAM act, very little impact has been made on the volume of spam deluging inboxes, a problem that has worsened each year. Directory:
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Date: 2006-11-29
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Firefox Open To New XSS Flaw
An in-the-wild phish found on MySpace exposes unwary users to a flaw in Mozilla's Password Manager that allows a cross site scripting exploit to steal login information. Directory:
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Date: 2006-11-21
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Deworming The Globe Of Windows 2000
It's been several years since Windows 2000 finally arrived as a replacement for Windows NT and Windows 98. For those locations that have ignored the move to XP and yawned at all the news about Vista going gold, it may be time to break out a purchase order and join the 21st Century. Directory:
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Date: 2006-11-17
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FTC Pops The Clutch On Media Motor
Notorious PC hijacker software Media Motor had its doors blown off by the Federal Trade Commission, which persuaded a US District Court to shut down its distributors. That's just the start of ERG Ventures' troubles. Directory:
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Date: 2006-11-14
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Jim Hurley Has Noted Your Compliance
The former Aberdeen Group VP now works as managing director of the IT Policy Compliance Group founded by Symantec, the Computer Security Institute (CSI), and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA); we talked about the group's recent study of factors that motivate companies to ensure better compliance with policies by their staffs. Directory:
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Date: 2006-11-13
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The President Is Not Dead
If you receive an email claiming either President Bush or Russian president Putin is dead, there may be a worm attached to that message. Directory:
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Date: 2006-11-08
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McAfee Puts A Plus On SiteAdvisor
The security software company has disclosed a premium version of its SiteAdvisor web safety tool called SiteAdvisor Plus, and touted a multitude of factors of its proactive approach to protecting computer users. Directory:
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Date: 2006-11-06
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