Archive for June 30th, 2009

Chinese government delays Green Dam requirement (maybe forever)

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Chinese government delays Green Dam requirement (maybe forever)

The Chinese government’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced today through the Xinhua news agency that there would be an indefinite delay in the enforcement of a rule requiring the installation of Internet filtering software Gre... »

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You have no privacy: What you buy may affect your credit

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
You have no privacy: What you buy may affect your credit

Interesting article: Have you used your credit card at merchants specializing in secondhand clothing, retread tires, bail bond services, massages, casino gambling or betting? Your credit card issuer may be taking note -- and making decisions about your... »

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StopBadware.org and Sunbelt Partner to Fight Badware

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
StopBadware.org and Sunbelt Partner to Fight Badware

Sunbelt is excited to be working with StopBadware.org, the collaborative initiative to combat viruses, spyware, and other bad software. Sunbelt will participate in the effort as a data partner to provide information to support and encourage website own... »

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Michael Jackson spam loads zbot – don’t go there

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Michael Jackson spam loads zbot – don’t go there

The domain, complete with Matrix-like animation, is running "Unique Pack" exploit package version 2.Subject: Who killed Michael Jackson?Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:14:46 -0300From: x-files Reply-To: xxxxx@xxxx.comTo: xxxxx@xxxx.comMichael Jackson Was Kil... »

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Dangerous new spam run infects users through PDF exploit

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
Dangerous new spam run infects users through PDF exploit

Yesterday, our honeypots started detecting a dangerous new spam run, pushing a fake update for Outlook and Outlook Express.Purporting to come from Microsoft, the spam pushes people to a web page which then redirects to a page serving a PDF exploit.Clic... »

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ByteHosting rogue firm settles with FTC for $117K

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009
ByteHosting rogue firm settles with FTC for $117K

James Reno of Amelia, Ohio, the brains behind an elaborate series of rogue anti-malware companies, and his firm ByteHosting, have agreed to pay $117,000 -- what’s left of $1.9 million of ill-gotten gains -- to settle an action brought by the U.S. Fe... »

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