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Conficker Botnet Could Flood Web With Spam From Your Computer

Administrator — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:11:19 +0000

Windows PCs infected with the Conficker worm have turned into junk mail-spewing robots capable of sending billions of spam messages a day, a security company warned today. [...] No related posts.

How a Cyber Czar Would Fight Net Attackers

Administrator — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:14:34 +0000

For all the fears of sophisticated digital intrusions preoccupying many computer security professionals, President Obama’s leading candidates for “cyber czar” also are focusing on an all-too-human …

Former White House cybersecurity official Paul B. Kurtz, in his first public remarks since becoming an advisor to President Obama��s transition team following the [...] No related posts.

The Reports of Usenet’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated

Administrator — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 21:57:28 +0000

Sascha at PCMag writes a charming little piece on the death of Usenet as a method of discourse and its eventual rebirth as a repository for porn, spam, and pirated warez. He recalls the days of “serious conversations” on 8-bit Atari architecture and the rise and fall of net.manners as more and more [...] No related posts.