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Washington Times

States seen lacking in cybercrime protections
Washington Times, DC - 7 minutes ago
While identity theft and online rip-offs are getting some attention from state attorneys general, the purveyors of spyware, adware, spam and phishing ...

Man Says Pop-Up Ad Held Computer Hostage
WYFF, SC - 1 hour ago
The Internet is full of angry postings from other people who have been forced to hand over their money by the spyware program. ...
August 12, 2008 It has been a couple days since the Opening Ceremonies here and there isn't that much to report. We had another game against China but we just weren't that into it. I can definitely tell we are just ready to start playing. All this practicing and what not is getting old.
Barack Obama has just overtaken Digg founder Kevin Rose's spot as the most followed person on Twitter, according to Twitterholic. Simon Worden, director of the NASA Ames Research Centre, talks on climate change, astrobiology, Google, elections and peace.
In an internal company e-mail obtained by several media outlets in early August, Apple CEO Steve Jobs fessed up to the problems surrounding the company's summer product blitz. "It was a mistake to launch MobileMe at the same time as iPhone 3G , iPhone 2.0 software and the App Store," Jobs wrote in the e-mail, which was obtained by Macworld . MORE ON CIO.com Apple iPhone 3G to ...
Defcon 16, which drew an audience of 9,000 people to Las Vegas over three days, is over -- but the focus remains on a trio of Massachusetts Institute of Technology students who stole the spotlight at the world's largest hacker conference.
CoreTrace, a provider of Application Whitelisting solutions, announced today the results of the "Race-to-Zero" contest held at DEFCON 16 in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Race-to-Zero" contestants were asked to pass various exploits through antivirus engines without detection. CoreTrace's BOUNCER, the only application whitelisting product utilized in the event, was the single-most successful solution for ...
AUSTIN, Texas----CoreTrace, a provider of Application Whitelisting solutions, announced today the results of the "Race-to-Zero" contest held at DEFCON 16 in Las Vegas, Nevada. "Race-to-Zero" contestants were asked to pass various exploits through antivirus engines without detection.

Hackers hijack web servers in shift of tactics
The Standard, Hong Kong - 7 hours ago
Cyber criminals have switched tactics and are now hijacking web servers rather than sewing viruses, phishing or using spyware, the city's internet security ...
Summer may still be in the air but school is starting soon, which means it's time to go shopping - for technology.