French Senate passes bill to disconnect filesharersOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 30 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags french senate, three strikes law, graduated response law, internet, online, email, isp, Search All Tags
The French Senate has approved France's three-strikes or "graduated response" law. Under the law Internet users accused of stealing content online for the first time would receive a cautioning em read more »
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Malicious Spam On The RiseOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by crushit 32 days ago (http://www.allspammedup.com)
Category: security | Tags spam, spammers, email security, Search All Tags, , , ,
The reports are in and the news is not good. Malicious spam rose sharply in the third quarter. From July to September 2008, one in every 416 emails was malicious spam - compared to one in every 3,333 read more »
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Malware authors get busy in down economyOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 30 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags jason meserve, ryan sherstobitoff, panada security, malware, stock market, Search All Tags, ,
Jason Meserve's interview with Ryan Sherstobitoff of Panada Security; his findings on how stock and malware market activities mimic each other as well as other malware trends. read more »
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Feds indict international cyber crook accused of $1.7m ATM spreeOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 32 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags feds, indict, international, cyber, crook, atm, nasa, hamas, israel, pentagon, Search All Tags
"An international cyber criminal with a resume that includes breaking into computers maintained by NASA, the Pentagon, the Israeli parliament, and Hamas has been..." read more »
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Tech industry group battles botnetsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 31 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags brad reed, network world, isp, san francisco, strategy, botnets, networks, spam, Search All Tags, ,
Brad Reed of Network World writes "Several ISPs and Internet companies will meet in San Francisco early next year to adopt a common strategy for combating botnets, the remotely controlled networks t read more »
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Morris worm turns 20: Look what it's doneOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 31 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags carolyn duffy marsan, morris worm, internet, software bugs, security, Search All Tags, , , , ,
Carolyn Duffy Marsan writes about the Morris worm which she says "served as a wake-up call to the Internet engineering community about the risk of software bugs, and it set the stage for network sec read more »
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ICANN delays shutting down spammy Estonian registrarOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 32 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags icann, spammy, estonian, registrar, Search All Tags, , , , , ,
"The overseer of the Internet's addressing system said on Wednesday it will delay shutting down a dodgy Estonian domain registrar pending a review." read more »
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U.S. military: Twitter poses terrorist threatOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 34 days ago (http://feeds.infoworld.com)
Category: security | Tags us, military, twitter, terrorist, threat, Search All Tags, , , , ,
"Social networking service Twitter could be used by terrorists as a tool in planning attacks, the U.S. military claims.In a report by the Federation of American Scientists, Tweets (Twitter messages) read more »
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