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  • Crime on the internet

    By Suzi Turner | April 27, 2006, 10:58am PDT

    Does the press exaggerate the dangers of the internet? Here is one take that’s definitely worth the click.

  • RIAA and DMCA madness

    By Suzi Turner | April 24, 2006, 8:42pm PDT

    The RIAA has struck again, this time suing a family that has no computer and no internet connection. When told of the lawsuit, James Walls said he was unaware of the lawsuit since he had not been...

  • Spamming malware: Parite.B and IRC backdoor disable anti-spyware programs

    By Suzi Turner | April 21, 2006, 8:31pm PDT

    I got a spam this morning with a subject line of “yahoo send you postcard” from “postcard”. Of course all the alarms went off in my head, but there was no attachment.

  • 180solutions sponsors Yapbrowser and... child porn?

    By Suzi Turner | April 17, 2006, 1:47pm PDT

    My head is swimming and I feel ill. I just read the blogs about 180solutions‘ latest — Yapbrowser, installed from 180’s servers no less, that directs all search requests to child porn sites. And...

  • IT Commandment: Thou shalt not let thy web servers be hacked

    By Suzi Turner | April 13, 2006, 11:00pm PDT

    Over the past few months I’ve become increasingly aware of the number of web sites being compromised and used for phishing and/or dropping malware. Why is this happening? I’m told by...

  • DirectRevenue's dirty money

    By Suzi Turner | April 12, 2006, 12:01pm PDT

    DirectRevenue’s finances are most interesting — they were making tons of money and paying out large amounts to their distributors, while users’ computers were being trashed with their adware/spyware.

  • DirectRevenue's dirty laundry is out of the closet and does it ever stink

    By Suzi Turner | April 6, 2006, 11:29pm PDT

    Documents emerged today that reveal the just how deliberately DirectRevenue planned and executed the spyware attacks on users without regard for ethics, morals, right or wrong.

  • Another bad day for DirectRevenue - lawsuit by NY State AG

    By Suzi Turner | April 4, 2006, 2:43pm PDT

    Another lawsuit against DirectRevenue, announced today by the New York State Attorney General’s office.

  • Anti-Spyware Coalitition announces workshop

    By Suzi Turner | April 3, 2006, 10:12pm PDT

    The Anti-Spyware Coalition (ASC) announced its second workshop today, to be held in Ottawa on May 16. Panel topics include Where Does Spyware Come From? and more.

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