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Eight crazy e-mail hoaxes millions have fallen for 25/08/2008 11:43:00
They're far-fetched, too good to be true, irrational, ridiculous or impossible, but people still keep clicking on these e-mail hoaxes

Congratulations, you won the lottery in a country whose name you can't even pronounce! A wealthy oil executive in a far-off land wants to give you millions of dollars, right now! Sexy girls want to meet you!
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Social networking behind the firewall 12/08/2008 09:01:00
Microsoft calls it TownSquare. Deloitte hosts D Street. IBM has its Beehive, and Best Buy its BlueShirt Nation.

Microsoft calls it TownSquare. Deloitte hosts D Street. IBM has its Beehive, and Best Buy its BlueShirt Nation.
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15 great, free privacy downloads 12/08/2008 15:11:21
These free products can save you from malicious software and eavesdroppers. Don't leave your PC exposed and vulnerable.

One of the worst privacy invaders the world has ever seen is the Internet. When you surf, Web sites can find out where you've been and can gather other information about you. Trojan horses and spyware can snoop on you. Key loggers can capture your keystrokes as you type. Eavesdroppers can steal your passwords.
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Former prosecutor: UFO hack looked like terrorist attack 08/08/2008 10:23:34
Investigative resources diverted in crucial weeks, months after September 11

After the computer network at the Naval Weapons Station Earle in New Jersey was breached and crashed just a few weeks after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, investigators thought it might be part of a larger al-Qaeda plot against the United States.
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8 ways to fight spam filter frustration 07/08/2008 09:25:03
False positives are the scourge of spam filters. Whether you're sending or receiving, here are some steps you can take to keep good e-mail out of the slush pile.

Spam. It fills our in-boxes, wastes our time and spreads malware -- and it's only getting worse. According to Ferris Research, which studies messaging and content control, 40 trillion spam messages are expected to be sent in 2008, costing businesses more than $140 billion worldwide -- a significant increase from the 18 trillion spam messages sent in 2006 and the 30 trillion in 2007.
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Open-source e-voting gets test run 07/08/2008 09:47:26
The system runs on Ubuntu Linux

Computer engineer Alan Dechert didn't like what he saw during the controversial vote tallying in Florida in 2000's presidential election.
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Snooping into a co-worker's e-mail? You could be arrested 04/08/2008 07:55:58
News anchor charged with e-mail break-ins shines light on line between a prank and a crime

Ever pass by a co-worker's unattended computer and consider taking a peek at her e-mails? Or have you ever thought it would be a funny prank to figure out your cube mate's e-mail password and break into his work account to mess with him?
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Virtual servers not always safe 04/08/2008 11:10:50
Some IT administrators are placing systems with multiple connections in the DMZ. How to lock up

Many IT administrators out there thhttps://secure.idg.com.au/admin/index.php?jid=1&l=1ink that deploying virtual servers will make their VMs bulletproof to security vulnerabilities and malicious attacks. But according to virtualization security experts like Edward L. Haletky, IT managers will be surprised to learn at how much more they can to do protect their virtual infrastructure.
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Norton Internet Security 2009 beta ramps up 30/07/2008 07:42:09
Symantec's latest iteration of NIS tries to do its job without overloading your system -- and it seems to be succeeding.

Security software customers are speaking with their feet: They want security updates and other security interruptions out of their faces, and they won't hesitate to dump their security suites because of performance drag -- whether or not it's actually the security software that's to blame.
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Have You Fixed Your Company's DNS Servers? 18/07/2008 17:00:16
Security researcher Dan Kaminsky announced last week that a major bug affected DNS software

Security researcher Dan Kaminsky announced last week that a major bug affected DNS software, which translates human-usable domain names like "pcworld.com" into the IP addresses that computers use to find each other. DNS servers guide most all Internet traffic, and the odds are your company uses a number of such servers.
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Hunt for the elusive rootkit 'Rustock.C' revealed 17/07/2008 08:56:53
Kaspersky Lab analyst details search for spam generator

Rootkits are software code designed to hide from detection. So Kaspersky Lab's hunt for the elusive Rustock.C rootkit, rumored to exist for almost two years, reads like a detective plot.

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