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Ever Type a Domain in Wrong?

The way I type it happens everyday, and it annoys me when I land on domains that have nothing but Google Adsense ads on it. Well a unlikely company Microsoft is going after these typo domain squatters and are tracking there every move. I just wonder how many Millions of dollars poor companies are paying in false clicks. [eWeek]

Virus in a RFID Tag

Imagine your one of those idiots that had RFID chips implanted in their arms so that they could access computer equipment, well it seems they may now need to jack in from time to time and make sure they have not picked up a virus. Or here is on better, you know that load of plasma televisions that are in

Is your PC part of a Botnet?

Do you ever wonder when your typing in your bank account information if someone isn't by chance loging your keystrokes? Or worse yet taking all of the data you have on your hard-drive and downloading it. If you think it can't be you think again! [sunbeltblog.blogspot.com]

Chinese Bank computers used in US Phishing Scheme!

Well you figured the red Chinese government has to fund their massive military build up somehow, so why not do it with stolen American money. Pretty sad really that a bank can't get there networks secure. [news.netcraft.com]

Skype Conference Call Limit Hacked!

I discussed last week how one of my Team members at RawVoice has Skype running on a computer with a AMD processor, and was pissed that he could not do a conference call with more than 5 people. Skype imposed conference call limit to those running AMD processors, well this limit has been hacked. Up to today only those with

Your MAC Server could already be Hacked!

Do you have a MAC running as a server amd have you been sitting around all warm and cozy, well here is something that may make your eyes widen, did you know your machine can be hacked and then owned in less than 30 minutes. Yes thats right some teenager across the street or hacker in a far away place

Don’t let your computer be Hijacked

All of you Geeks out their know this info already this is for those of you that don't have clue about computer security. [Washington Post]

1 in 67 Websites contain IE security exploit

Asa Dotzer points to a pretty interesting study, now I am not one to buy into these types of studies on face value, but the sheer number of sites they found with exploits has made me begin to wonder why can't their be a way to get these sites shut down. If there is a way to detect the sites

Winamp Users need to Patch Immediately!

Why is it that Winamp seems to always have a bunch of bugs this is like the 3rd or 4th time in recent memory. If your a Winamp user AOL is urging you to upgrade immediately. [www.pcworld.com]

Malicious Activity Awareness and Response

This is the name of a new site that I found today courtesy of Digg and it looks like these guys are going to be keeping track of what is happening in the phishing and scams that are circulating the Internet. [www.mal-aware.org]

Spammer sites under attack by Fed up Net Citizens

I did not realize this but apparently there is a fairly organized group of about 5000 people that pick a spammer site a day to go after. The results have been pretty good in a sense they are fighting fire with fire. Interesting read on the S*pam King Blog that tells of one spammer begging for them to stop. I

Many Internet users forgoing Security

Do you want to understand why millions of computers are being used as bots or have been over run with spyware checkout the reasons people are shutting off the firewall provide by Windows OneCare Live. This is from the teams blog. Based on our investigation, there are four primary reasons people are turning off their firewall. 1. Do not think

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