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Virtualization and Cloud Computing: Optimized Power, Cooling, and Management Maximizes Benefits
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Yahoo's board of directors plays musical chairs: 4 out, 2 in
Yahoo's reshuffling continues as four board members -- including the chairman -- announce their departures as two more are elected in.
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Fighting phishing: Facebook friends Google, Microsoft
Facebook has teamed up with Google, Microsoft, and 11 other companies to fight phishing. Over the last 18 months, they have been developing standards to reduce deceptive e-mails.
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Email titans Google, Microsoft, Yahoo aim to battle phishing
A working group is pitching a system that will allow providers to authenticate emails better.
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Lessons in online culture from Plancast - when sharing fails
It turns out that people are picky about what, and where they share. Some lessons for those that advocate "frictionless sharing."
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Research: Spammers actively harvesting emails from Twitter in real-time
Security researchers from WebSense, have conducted an experiment, proving that Twitter is still a heaven for spammers looking to harvest freshly shared email addresses.
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McAfee to plug spam hole this week
McAfee will release a fix this week for a bug in its software that scammers were using to distribute spam.
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Zappos breach highlights fragile password, personal data security
Zappos.com resets 24+ million user passwords after hackers attack its servers. The incident reveals once again the frailty of passwords, especially when used across sites, and that the long-term...
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NYT, Twitter, Dell, Skype - a litany of holiday failure
How many things can go awry in 24 hours. Let's count the ways.
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Spam, the Meat, and Managed Print Services
Rachel Fielding delivers a great report on how the company that sells Spam in England moved to Managed Print Services.
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Why do we still fall for phishing scams?
Students are a prime target for online scams, from phishing to malicious sites. But why does the Generation Y, who lived through these scams for years, still fall for them?
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Yahoo wins $610 million in judgment against spammers
After almost four years in court, Yahoo has finally won big over some major spammers. But was the fight worth it?
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French Facebook phishing scam: 5,000 accounts compromised
A phishing scam in France has tricked thousands of users to log in to a fake Facebook website. If you think you may have been affected, make sure to change your password.
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Facebook Help Center Community Forum overrun with spam
Spammers have attacked the Facebook Help Center Community Forum over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend in the US. Most of the spam consists of links for live streaming American sporting events.
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Beware the Delta Air Lines phishing attack
A phishing attack that mimics Delta Air Lines has enough real links to lull you into thinking a bogus email is real.
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South Korea to block port 25 as anti-spam countermeasure
South Korea is considering a nation wide block of port 25, as a anti-spam countermeasure aiming to reduce the volumes of spam affecting the country.
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South Korea proposes restricting all e-mail sending to official e-mail servers
The proposed South Korean policy, Block 25, is meant to stop spam, but will it? Really?
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Deconstructing a nasty Chinese World of Warcraft phishing scheme
I've seen a lot of phishing attempts and this smelled just like phish.
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Microsoft calls out Firefox and Chrome for security weaknesses
In a move that's sure to raise hackles in Silicon Valley, Microsoft today debuted a new web site designed to raise awareness of security issues in web browsers. IE9 gets a perfect score; Chrome...
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Facebook denies privacy accusations, shows 'big brother paternalism'
Facebook denies the latest privacy accusations and acknowledges tracking information to protect users.
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Bank of Melbourne Twitter account hacked, spreading phishing links
The Twitter account of Bank of Melbourne was compromised last Wednesday, and was used to spread phishing links as direct messages to the account followers.
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