DOD Prohibits Removable Storage Devices To Stop Worm
"Lockdown" must be the Department of Defense's middle name. As a worm seems to be making its way through the military's computers, the DOD has responded by banning flash drives, CDs, and just about everything else that can store data and be moved from one machine to another.
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Date: 2008-11-21
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Microsoft Announces Free PC Security Product
If you heard a deafening swallowing sound sometime in the past day or so, we can explain its origin. The corporate makers of security software must have collectively gulped when Microsoft announced its plans to offer a free consumer security product.
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Date: 2008-11-20
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Google Unveils Calculators To Promote Security Products
The economy's nasty condition is making people rethink all sorts of things: whether trucks and SUVs are cooler than clown cars, whether steak is that much better than ramen, and so on. Google wants to help when it comes time to decide whether to embrace its security offerings.
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Date: 2008-11-19
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McColo Takedown = Street Justice?
When McColo was stopped in its tracks last week, most of the online world cheered. The rhyme and reason behind the development mattered little in light of seeing less spam. Only now, there's at least some question of whether or not things went through the right channels.
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Date: 2008-11-18
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Are You Ready For… Black Monday?
Security experts from PC Tools have pinpointed November 24 as potentially the peak of malicious activity for 2008. They reached their conclusion on the specific date after analyzing well over 500,000 machines from around the world.
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Date: 2008-11-17
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Microsoft Fixes Flaw After Seven Years
If you've ever forgotten an appointment, anniversary, or birthday, you know that being late by even a little bit can be terribly awkward. It almost seems worth it to get an arm or leg set in plaster just so you have a proper excuse. Now Microsoft's trotted out its version of a cast story to explain a seven-year patch delay.
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Date: 2008-11-14
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