Archive for June 15th, 2010

ReadWriteWeb is citing a story in Russia’s state paper Rossiiskaya Gazeta that said the Russian prosecutor’s office is moving to require Internet service providers to block web sites that carry “extremist” content.“Freedom of speech advocates... »

Not with a bang but a crackleScientists at U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration have said that the peaks of two cycles in the Sun will coincide in 2013 to produce massive magnetic storms that could shut down power grids and disrupt the op... »

Our good friends at Webroot found this: A Trojan that only runs on Windows Vista or Win7.Andrew Brandt blogged that when Webroot researchers analyzed a sample of Trojan-Downloader-Tacticlol they found it ran on Windows Vista, but wouldn’t run on a W... »

There appears to be a bit of a mad dash to infect people by the boatload on Twitter, with a variety of different messages being sent to random targets: Click to Enlarge The above account endlessly says “Wow, a marvelous product”. Click the link,... »