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1 hr ago | Hackinthebox.org

Herald website hacked again

Hackers on Friday attacked the Zimbabwe government paper The Herald.It appears the hackers installed a remote-access Trojan horse onto the website root,by Friday afternoon Google was reporting that the site is ...

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5 hrs ago | News Press

Amendment 5 features false hope, group claims

TALLAHASSEE - A proposal to swap school taxes for a wide range of consumption levies and budget cuts is a tempting 'fiscal Trojan horse,' a government policy-study group said Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Florida, Florida Government

Fri Jul 25, 2008

The Macon Telegraph

Student accused of hacking into college computer

A 19-year-old student is accused of hacking into the Georgia Highlands College computer system.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Computer Security, Cartersville, GA

Security Fix

Man Gets 4 Years for ID Theft, Software Piracy

A 23-year-old Oregon man was sentenced this week to four years in federal prison for using computer viruses to steal financial data from dozens of consumers.

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Related Topix: Federal Prisons, Eugene Metro, Eugene, OR, Science / Technology

Softpedia

Whole House Air Cleaners 1.0

Whole House Air Cleaners 1.0 Whole House Air Cleaners description A screensaver for your desktop computer that can be easily installed.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Computers

Blog.cleveland.com

Choosing the best Antivirus Software

User Level: All Antivirus software is perhaps the most important software on your computer.

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Related Topix: Computers, Science / Technology

Thu Jul 24, 2008

Softpedia

Triple Play Video Poker Gadget 1.0

Triple Play Video Poker Gadget description The gadget lets you play up to 10 variations of the world famous poker game Triple Play Video Poker gadget lets you play up to 10 variations of ultra popular poker ...

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Related Topix: Games, Poker, Science / Technology

Guardian Unlimited

Google's Blogger the biggest source of malware, says Sophos

Sophos has just published its latest Sophos Security Threat Report , covering the first six months of cybercrime in 2008.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Computer Security, Software, Blog News

The Huffington Post

Robert J. Elisberg: The Writers Workbench: Anti-Spyware

Though viruses have gotten most of the really good publicity on the Protect Your Computer from Attack red carpet, it's easy to overlook Spyware.

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Softpedia

Resolve for CodeRed-II 1.0

Resolve for CodeRed-II 1.0 Resolve for CodeRed II description A tool that removes CodeRed-II trojan Resolve is the name for a set of small, downloadable Sophos utilities designed to remove and undo the changes ...

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Microsoft Windows, Computers

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Silicon.com

Malware-infected site detected every five seconds

A website infected with malware is detected every five seconds - a dramatic increase over the last 12 months due to the rise in SQL injection attacks.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Computer Security, Software, Blog News

TMCnet

Firstrade Chooses Authentium's SafeCentral to Protect Investors from Online Threats

Firstrade Securities Inc. has chosen Authentium's SafeCentral to protect its customers from virtually all known and unknown threats online, including keyloggers, spyware, viruses, and more.

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News Press

Tax swap plan tabbed 'Trojan Horse' by government policy group

TALLAHASSEE - A proposal to swap school taxes for a wide range of consumption-based levies looks tempting but may be "a fiscal Trojan horse," a government policy organization said today.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Florida, Florida Government

Sawyer County Record - Hayward, WI

It's a Trojan horse

There is a disturbing trend this year. All over Wisconsin, Republicans are running candidates in the Democratic primaries as "Trojan horses" in districts that they know they cannot win as Republicans in the ...

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, US News, Opinion

Boing Boing

Zittrain's "The Future of the Internet" -- how to save the Internet from the Internet

I've just finished reading Jonathan Zittrain's The Future of the Internet and How to Stop It , a provocative, well-reasoned, well-informed and sometimes frustrating book about the power of the Internet to allow ...

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ZDNet Blogs

Deals abound for back to school

I took a walk through Circuit City today to see where consumer PCs stood. We'll be back to school in a matter of weeks and parents are already asking about laptops for their high school and college-bound ...

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Related Topix: Laptops/Notebooks, Science / Technology, Computers, Open Source Software, Linux, Ubuntu, Education Etc.

Tue Jul 22, 2008

Customer Interaction Solutions

Sunbelt Software Announces VIPRE Antivirus + Antispyware

CLEARWATER, FL, July 22 / MARKET WIRE/ -- As part of its ongoing efforts to address the rapidly evolving malware landscape facing PC users, Sunbelt Software today announced the release of its all-new security ...

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Related Topix: Clearwater, FL, Science / Technology

The Courier Mail

Macs not immune from viruses

Q. I just bought a Mac and the salesman said Macs did not get infected with malware or viruses.

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Related Topix: Email Spam, Computers, Science / Technology, CPU, Laptops/Notebooks

ComputerWorld

New worm transcodes MP3s to try to infect PCs

CIOs and CISOs will need smart policies, good awareness programs and judicious enforcement to manage risks presented by the latest techno-trends. + + 05/07/2007 10:09:09 Who's gaining access to your internal ...

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, P2P, Computer Security, Science, Computer Science

MacNN

First Look: PC Tools iAntiVirus

Anyone who has used a Windows PC knows that you absolutely must have an anti-virus program or else your computer will likely crash the moment you connect to the Internet.

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