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19 hrs ago | Akron Beacon Journal

It pays to do your research

Sometimes it pays to change plans and delay things. Two weeks ago, I wrote a column about annoying forwarded e-mails and how people should really do their research to see whether they're true before forwarding them to everyone they know.

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Related Topix: Computers, Ohio, Science / Technology

Thu Jul 02, 2009

Security Fix

PC Invader Costs Ky. County $415,000

Cyber criminals based in Ukraine stole $415,000 from the coffers of Bullitt County, Kentucky this week.

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Related Topix: PC, Bullitt County, KY

Wed Jul 01, 2009

CNET News.com

Botnets lead the way for spam

Spam made up 90.4 percent of all e-mail traffic in June, with botnets accounting for the vast majority of those unsolicited messages, according to a new report from Symantec's MessageLabs.

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Related Topix: Email Spam, Science / Technology

Microsoft MVP Community

Kaspersky vs Zango

Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management systems, informs that the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled in Kaspersky Lab's favor in claims brought by Zango.

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Related Topix: US News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Science / Technology, Computers

American Chronicle

FTC Shuts Down Internet Provider Specializing in Kiddie Porn, Fraud & Spam

The Federal Trade Commission announced yesterday that a federal judge shut down a rogue ISP , that knowingly participated in a wide array of illegal activity.

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Related Topix: Email Spam, Internet Service Providers, Science / Technology, Prison, Opinion

Slashdot

New Click-Fraud Attack Is Stealthiest Yet

An anonymous reader sends news from The Washington Post's Security Fix blog of a new Trojan horse program that takes click fraud to the next level .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Computer Security, Software, Google, Startups, Emerging Technology, Search Engines

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Wired News

ATM Vendor Halts Researcher's Talk on Vulnerability

An ATM vendor has succeeded in getting a security talk pulled from the upcoming Black Hat conference after a researcher announced he would demonstrate a vulnerability in the system.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Mon Jun 29, 2009

Lexington Herald-Leader

'HorseMania' is revived for 2010 equestrian games

Lexington Mayor Jim Newberry spoke between a horse from the Horse Mania 2000 , left, and one of the new horses on the right, during a kickoff celebration for Horse Mania 2010 held on the front lawn of Dudley Square in Lexington, Ky., Monday, June 29, 2009.

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Related Topix: Lexington, KY, Lexington Metro, Science / Technology, Keeneland, KY

David Coursey Today

The Michael Jackson Malware

It's inevitable now, with any high-profile news event that there will be spam and malware campaigns to take advantage of them.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

News Max

'Trojan Horse' Therapy Kills Cancer Cells

Australian researchers are set to begin human trials of a tiny nano-cell that acts as a "Trojan horse" against cancer cells, a breakthrough they say may curb the need for debilitating chemotherapy.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Medicine, Health, Science / Technology

Daily Times

Info @ Net:

Anti Trojan Elite 4.6 Anti Trojan Elite is a trojan horse remover and system security manager.

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Sun Jun 28, 2009

Macsimum News

First Russian Anti-virus for Mac Os X from Doctor Web

Doctor Web has announced Dr. Web anti-virus for Mac OS X. Dr.Web anti-virus for Mac detects and neutralizes viruses, spyware, adware, hacking tools, paid dialers and jokers targeting MAC OS X as well as malware written for other platforms.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple

Star Phoenix

Scientists kill cancer cells with "trojan horse"

Australian scientists have developed a "trojan horse" therapy to combat cancer, using a bacterially-derived nano cell to penetrate and disarm the cancer cell before a second nano cell kills it with chemotherapy drugs.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

ZDNet

Jackson death prompts malware alert at Google

The breaking news of Michael Jackson's death on Thursday triggered an alert at Google over a potential malware attack.

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Related Topix: Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Science / Technology, Software

Sat Jun 27, 2009

Freerepublic.com

Google Thought Michael Jackson Search Surge Was Malware Attack

Twitter may have broke the story, but the increase in search traffic at Google Thursday was first seen as a malware attack Google admitted.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, Software

Fri Jun 26, 2009

PC World

Michael Jackson Death Spurs Spam, Viruses

Less than 24 hours after Michael Jackson's death , fraudsters are exploiting public interest with their attempts to spread spam and malware.

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Related Topix: Email Spam, Science / Technology, Blog News

Thu Jun 25, 2009

Buzzle.com

Download iPhone Games - Unlimited iPhone Games Download

Card, arcade, classic, puzzle, chess, logic, word; you can download iphone games of any category you wish for and the greatest news is that nowadays most of the games are available in the internet absolutely free.

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Related Topix: Games, Board Game, iPhone, Card Game, Blackjack, Sudoku, Science / Technology

Houston Chronicle

New attack is socially engineered, cross-platform badness

Every security expert will tell you it's just a matter of time before the Mac OS X becomes a more focused target of malware authors.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple

CIOL

Protection against new Nine Ball attack

Check Point safeguards businesses by preventing data loss caused by mass-compromise attack against endpoints BANGALORE, INDIA: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, has announced that users of Check Point Endpoint Security are protected against Nine Ball, a multi-layered Web browser attack targeting ...

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Related Topix: Computer Security, Science / Technology, Check Point Software Technologies, Software, World News, India, Startups

Wed Jun 24, 2009

Computerworld

AV testing outfit: Windows Security Essentials 'very good'

Microsoft's free security software passed a preliminary antivirus exam with flying colors, an independent testing company said today.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Microsoft Windows, Computers, Scanners

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