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Hackers 'Taking Advantage' of Obama Mania to Infect Computers
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, crime, computers, virus, hackers, spammers, emails )

Beatrice
- 1610 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
Spammers are sending out millions of emails bearing the subject line "Amazing news", and claiming that Barack Obama has declined the presidency, saying that he doesn't want the responsibility of saving a "sinking ship". The emails contain links to what lo
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Distributed Denial of Service Attacks Increase, Plaguing Even the Largest ISPs
Science & Tech  (tags: DDOS, denial of service attacks, internet service providers, hackers, cybercrime )

RC
- 1681 days ago - nytimes.com
Websites are under increased attacks from cyber-thugs, especially e-commerce sites. Although website operators have been collaborating in helping each other avoid service outages, the largest destructive robotnet attacks outpace containment efforts.
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Internet Thieves Use Commercial Enterprises to Distribute Malware
Science & Tech  (tags: internet fraud, malware, hackers, business, computers )

RC
- 1758 days ago - voices.washingtonpost.com
Unreal - there are actually companies that offer malware distribution and infection as a paid service. For a relatively small fee, hackers and internet scammers can get their malware of choice deposied on hundreds of thousands of computers.
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Internet Passwords Easily Hacked - What's on the Horizon?
Science & Tech  (tags: passwords, hackers, password creation, creating passwords, cryptography, information cards )

RC
- 1773 days ago - nytimes.com
A look at what most of us do when we create passwords, and how to create safer ones. Also, exploring alternative secure log-in methodologies.
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The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are...Here
Science & Tech  (tags: Coreflood, hackers, Russians, virus, Microsoft, data stealing )

RC
- 1776 days ago - nytimes.com
A gang of Russian hackers is infesting computers using a program called Coreflood to record keystrokes and grabs other information from at least 100,000 computers using Microsoft administrative tools. Joe Stewart is hot on their trail, though.
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Definition of On-Line Privacy on the Line
Science & Tech  (tags: on-line privacy, wiretap laws, hackers, data interception )

RC
- 1777 days ago - washingtonpost.com
A California federal court's ruling could redefine a form of data interception, to the detriment of the privacy of all of us. Hacking moving packets of data could be considered "legal."
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Windows PC From Multi-Billion Dollars Company Was Sending Out Info To China's Server For 18 Months
Science & Tech  (tags: computer, security, information, spies, hacker, hackers )

Ben
- 1891 days ago - blogmyway.org
The fingers are pointing at the Chinese for a recent hack into multi-billion dollars company. Was the hack for information or for money? Security people found out that a Windows PC of a multi-billion dollar company was sending information to a server i
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Save Darfur Coalition Sees Invasion By Chinese Hackers
Science & Tech  (tags: computer, computers, internet, technology, tech, darfur, china, hackers )

Kate
- 1913 days ago - mashable.com
The high-profile status given to the SDC has also drawn the ire of a number of people.
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Electronic Gadgets Latest Sources of Computer Viruses
Science & Tech  (tags: Electronic gadgets, pre-installed virus, hackers, spam )

Tripty
- 1922 days ago - cnn.com
From iPods to navigation systems, some of today's hottest gadgets are landing on store shelves with some unwanted extras from the factory: pre-installed viruses that steal passwords, open doors for hackers and make computers spew spam.
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Chinese Hackers: No Site Is Safe - CNN.Com
Science & Tech  (tags: computers, crime, hackers, chinese )

Elaine
- 1928 days ago - edition.cnn.com
ZHOUSHAN, China (CNN) -- They operate from a bare apartment on a Chinese island. They are intelligent 20-somethings who seem harmless. But they are hard-core hackers who claim to have gained access to the world's most sensitive sites, including the Pentag
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Gmail, Yahoo, Facebook , And More -- Email Services At Risk Of Hacking
Science & Tech  (tags: Gmail, email, Yahoo, Myspace, Facebook, hacking, hackers )

Ben
- 1962 days ago - blogmyway.org
Google Gmail was thought to be very secured but researcher found out that even after you had connected to your Gmail's account using SSL connection, hacker could still hijacked your session and accessed your Gmail's account. How? This Gmail's vulnerabil
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NZ Police Swoop on Teenage Hacker
Science & Tech  (tags: cyber crime, hackers, technology, computer )

Dee
- 2026 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Police in New Zealand have arrested a teenager they say was the ringleader of an international cyber crime network.
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Hackers Hijack Web Search Results
Science & Tech  (tags: Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Hackers, Criminals, safety, technology )

Dee
- 2027 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A huge campaign to poison web searches and trick people into visiting malicious websites has been thwarted.
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FBI: Millions of Computers Roped Into Criminal 'Robot Networks'
Science & Tech  (tags: computer, hackers, FBI, identity thef, technology )

Brian
- 2027 days ago - cnn.com
Hackers have remotely controlled about 2.5 million computers of unsuspecting owners to commit crimes using computer robot networks called "botnets." The bureau in 2005 launched Operation Bot Roast to stop this emerging type of attack.
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Target Pulls 'Manhunt 2' From Store Shelves - Games - MSNBC.Com --Updated Story
Science & Tech  (tags: technology, videogames, violence, hackers )


- 2048 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Spurred by recent hacks that unlock particularly gruesome content
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