For more than a decade, computer software makers and security experts have tried to stop spam, and failed. It’s now 90 percent of all email traffic. But some University of California researchers may have found the magic bullet : Simply cut off the money.
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Denial of service attacks typically use botnets, or armies of computers that have been enslaved by criminal … Sean-Paul Correll, a researcher with anti-virus firm PandaLabs who has been monitoring the activities of AnonOps, said the group had thousands …
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Ignorance is bliss, so don’t read any further if you don’t want to panic about Facebook and Twitter security. Digital Society , a self-professed security think tank, has given failing security grades to both Twitter and Facebook. Both sites are vulnerable …
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E-mails purportedly sent by the United States Automobile Association (USAA) have been hitting inboxes in the last few days, M86 researchers warn . In it, the recipients are urged to fill out a “new version of USAA Confirmation Form” by following the …
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