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Russia becomes 'spam superpower': survey
published 18 days, 41 minutes ago, posted by kazimanzurrashid 88 days, 1 hours, 59 minutes ago
Russia has become a "superpower" of spam e-mail, becoming the second most prolific country after the United States in producing junk emails, a computer security firm said Monday. (more)
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How Sticky Is Membership on Facebook? Just Try Breaking Free
published 89 days, 17 hours, 20 minutes ago, posted by kazimanzurrashid 90 days, 1 hours, 44 minutes ago
Are you a member of Facebook.com? You may have a lifetime contract. Some users have discovered that it is nearly impossible to remove themselves entirely from Facebook, setting off a fresh round of concern over the popular social network’s use of pers... (more)
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Use of Rogue DNS Servers on Rise
posted by rishit 85 days, 5 hours, 13 minutes ago
They're called "servers that lie." Mendacious machines controlled by hackers that reroute Internet traffic from infected computers to fraudulent Web sites are increasingly being used to launch attacks, according to a paper published this week by resear... (more)
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How Internet Censorship Works
posted by rishit 85 days, 5 hours, 13 minutes ago
One of the early nicknames for the Internet was the "information superhighway" because it was supposed to provide the average person with fast access to a practically limitless amount of data. For many users, that's exactly what accessing the Internet ... (more)
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Insignia photo frame virus much nastier than first thought
posted by rishit 85 days, 5 hours, 13 minutes ago
Ugh, we were already sick of digital photo frames -- and now it looks those now-discontinued virus-ridden Insignia units from Best Buy and several other models produced in China were carrying a much nastier trojan that we'd originally heard. (more)
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Scamming the Scammers: 5 Brilliant Reverse 419 Scams [Pics]
posted by kazimanzurrashid 88 days, 1 hours, 59 minutes ago
Countless people are victimized every year around the world by international scammers claiming to have access to fortunes through banks, royal families, business partners, deceased loved ones and more. Some clever crusaders, however, are fighting back ... (more)
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Confessions of a Caller-ID spoofer
posted by kazimanzurrashid 88 days, 1 hours, 59 minutes ago
He spoofed the HR director's work phone number, then the number of that guy's boss, before moving up to a vice president, and finally, the CEO. Says he had no choice. He also says "this thing that I did is bad and should be outlawed." He even spoofed a... (more)
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Is it time to consider PDF a threat?
posted by kazimanzurrashid 88 days, 1 hours, 59 minutes ago
The 8.12 patch for Adobe Reader that Adobe released last week fixed a number of security holes—but not before malware capable of exploiting them had been on the market for weeks. The end result is tough questions on whether it is time to consider PDF a... (more)
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The Authorities Have Your Skeleton On File
posted by kazimanzurrashid 90 days, 1 hours, 44 minutes ago
A new patent, issued on Friday, covers a system that would scan some, or all, of your skeleton and compare it with a database of skeletons. The database would also pull up data such as your name, address, social security number, and passport number. Wo... (more)
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Bad Form: Companies Still Send Passwords via Email
posted by kazimanzurrashid 90 days, 1 hours, 44 minutes ago
"Why is it that some companies still insist on sending me my password via email right after I create my online account? The reason I have a password in the first place is so that it doesn’t flow back and forth openly in cyberspace only to reside peacef... (more)
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