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Spam Works? Oh no!

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2008-08-20 00:58:22 by Tech5 in PC Sympathy
iPod batteries overheating in Japan. Meanwhile, Jobs says hell fix crashing iPhone. More on the bigfoot scam. Google Android phone is real. Yahoo opening up Buzz to the public. Sounds like Digg to me. Researchers say Vista gets dumped from 1/3 of enterprise PCs. Microsoft dropping fees left and right. They also like tailored search now. IDF in...
 
Tags: 29-percent internet users, google android phone, bigfoot scam, hell fix, spam solicitations, ipod batteries, enterprise pcs, san francisco, msnbc
 
 
 
 
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OpenVAS - Open Vulnerability Assessment System

2008-08-19 11:56:20 by manunkind in PC Sympathy
 
...Software under GNU GPL and a fork of Nessus Source http://www.darknet.org.uk/2008/08/openvas-open-vulnerability-assessment-system-nessus-is-back
 
Tags: openvas, vulnerability assessment system, openvas products, openvas stands, network vulnerability tests, graphical user front-end, free vulnerability scanner, network security scanner, core component
 
 
 
 
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Clipboards hijacked in web attack

2008-08-19 11:52:16 by manunkind in PC Sympathy
 
...software The code that inserts the link has been found in flash-based adverts seen on many legitimate websites The attack on the clipboard has hit both Windows and Mac users of the Firefox web browser Source http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7567889.stm
 
Tags: attack, clipboard, computer security firms, firefox web browser, fake security software, hard-to-delete weblink, mac users, leads people, source
 
 
 
 
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25th Anniversary of PCjr

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2008-08-19 00:00:03 by Tech5 in PC Sympathy
Toshiba slips in a Blu-ray killer: a regular DVD player that outputs 19201080. Nice. I want one. NetRadio doomed no thanks to RIAA. Good idea, take music off the air. Dell loses Cloud Computing Trademark. Google getting sued over patents. Bigfoot declared a hoax. Highlight of the day: 25th anniversary of PCjr. My comments Click to listen
 
Tags: 25th anniversary, dell loses cloud, regular dvd player, toshiba slips, blu-ray killer, pcjr, sued, google, outputs
 
 
 
 
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Black Hat 2008: Dan Kaminsky

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2008-08-16 14:25:12 by manunkind in PC Sympathy
Source http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-SSVxsH7vw
 
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Open Source Gets Huge Legal Boost

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2008-08-15 00:11:15 by Tech5 in PC Sympathy
...software is free. iPhone 3G gripes unheeded by Apple. USB 3.0 coming soon at 4.8 Gbps!! Cisco and Oracle spending a fortune on lobbyists. Text-messaging coming to regular phones. AT&T will spy on you and so will the UK government. News: blank DVDs are cheap Click to listen
 
Tags: source breakthrough, copyright infringement, blank dvds, regular phones, sued, usb, gbps, cheap, att
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft Surface Surfaces

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2008-08-13 23:31:32 by Tech5 in PC Sympathy
Apple has huge fire in Cupertino. Social networking sites going global. Im not a big user and need to comment on the topic someday. Perhaps the Russians are not responsible to Georgian cyber-attacks. 26 patches from Microsoft this last Tuesday. Too many. People now reporting on daily sales of the iPhone as if anyone cares. Microsoft Surface...
 
Tags: microsoft, microsoft surface surfaces, aol dial-up business, liberty media, salon magazine, huge fire, georgian cyber-attacks, topic someday, daily sales
 
 
 
 
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Fake MSNBC news alerts used in latest malicious spam campaign

2008-08-13 18:46:32 by manunkind in PC Sympathy
 
IT security and control firm Sophos is reminding computer users to exercise diligence when checking their email in the wake of a new widespread wave of dangerous spam messages that claim to be breaking news alerts from MSNBC Samples intercepted at SophosLabs, Sophoss global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centres, have revealed that...
 
Tags: msnbc, sophos, news alerts, control firm sophos, spam analysis centres, users, dangerous spam messages, computer users, sophoss global network
 
 
 
 
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New Gpcode (encryption) ransomware speading via botnet

2008-08-13 18:43:05 by manunkind in PC Sympathy
 
There are confirmed reports on a new version of the Gpcode ransomware being spread via a botnet According to Vitaly Kamluk of Kaspersky Lab (my employer), the Trojan encrypts files on an infected machine (AES-256) and leaves a text file named crypted.txt with a ransom note demanding $10 to decrypt the files. It also changes the desktop wallpaper...
 
Tags: files, trojan encrypts files, text file named, desktop wallpaper, gpcode ransomware, e-mail address, botnet, skullcrossbones image, ransom note
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft Hates Windows?

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2008-08-13 00:09:53 by Tech5 in PC Sympathy
Microsoft giving up on Windows. Looks like they are taking Midori seriously Windows in the Cloud. Gates looks like he is still working to me! Worldwide Internet speeds leaves USA in the dust. Were number 15 woot! AMD pumping the 4870 X2. Two chips for the price of two chips. Gmail outage makes a black mark on cloud computing. Lenovo launches...
 
Tags: windows, lenovo launches quad-core, chips, gmail outage, microsoft, cloud, black mark, dust, eepc