Archive for August, 2008

Marshal Selected by the Government Services Unit of Perot Systems

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Company Adopts MailMarshal and WebMarshal to protect information, guard against spam, viruses and malware, and help increase productivity for its employees. Perot Systems Government Services provides IT services to the…

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That ‘Friend’ May Be a Worm

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Facebook, MySpace Users Hit by Software Carrying Spam Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 26, 2008; Page D04 If, by chance, you’ve received a message from a “friend” in the last few days saying that you’ve been…

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Facebook appears to be controlling ‘wall spam’

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Posted by Caroline McCarthy On Sunday, I had an e-mail alert about someone writing on my Facebook wall–a college acquaintance whom I hadn’t spoken to in quite some time. As it turns out, I was a victim of “wall spam,” a…

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Protect yourself on the Web from spam and spyware

Monday, August 25th, 2008

New computers almost always come loaded with the trial version of a software suite designed to thwart spam, viruses and spyware. But Consumer Reports’ latest tests of 11 security suites show that not all of them deliver…

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Spam is going psychological

Monday, August 25th, 2008

Computer antivirus and Internet security software company McAfee recently completed an experiment in which 50 people from around the world surfed the Internet for 30 days on a totally unprotected computer. The results…

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Brazilian charged in botnet scheme, will be extradited to US

Sunday, August 24th, 2008

Botnet, called “Shadow”, spread entirely through social engineering and distributed using MSN. A Brazilian man has been charged for trying to rent out a botnet that would be used to send spam, US authorities said Thursday….

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“Mister, here’s your problem!” Blog hiccup revealed

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Since the site was having trouble with comments hanging. I decided to upgrade the blogging software to the new version, which is reputed to be much quicker. Installion of the new version kept quitting during the import…

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Brazilian charged in botnet scheme, will be extradited to U.S.

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Network of 100,000 hacked computers used to send spam was a botnet spread entirely through social engineering By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service A Brazilian man has been charged for trying to rent out a botnet that would be…

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Spammers celebrate Madonna’s 50th bday with special message

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Pop-diva Madonna is the highlight of a new round of malicious spam messages, security vendor Sophos has warned. Spammers are using the hype around Madonna’s 50th birthday and looming world tour, which kicks off this weekend,…

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Eight Crazy E-Mail Hoaxes Millions Have Fallen For

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

E-mail fills our in-boxes with come-ons to see celebrities naked and to get rich quick. In fact, a study out this month indicates that nearly 30 percent of Internet users confessed to purchasing something from spam e-mail. Bill…

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