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Ron Cooke, owner of Messenger Solutions, is accused of violating Washington’s Computer Spyware Act and Consumer Protection Act when marketing his WinAntiVirus Pro 2007, System Doctor, Messenger Blocker and WinAntiSpyware products. A lawsuit filed in Seattle’s King County Superior Court claims internet users were, “coerced into purchasing the software after pop-up adverts were sent via the […]

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People in New South Wales are being invited to try their hand at being cyber cops. They’ll be invited to send photo and video footage of crime directly to police online, “in the biggest assault on terrorists and other lawbreakers in decades,” says The Daily Telegraph. “The dob-in-a-criminal scheme will be conducted on an unprecedented scale using […]

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ValueClick has been ordered to pay federal authorities $2.9 million under the 2003 Can-Spam Act. It’s the largest such penalty to date, says the Los Angeles Times, going on: "The case is embarrassing for publicly traded ValueClick of Westlake Village, which has been touted as a likely takeover candidate in the wake of major online advertising acquisitions […]

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“It’s like the old cockroach thing - you flip the lights on in the kitchen and they run away,” says Marcus Sachs, who runs the security research group SANS Internet Storm Center. He’s quoted in an Associated Press story which says some new electronic devices come factory-packed with malicious viruses. AP says it reviewed several such cases […]

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In Cyber Storm 1, the US government s $3 million, invitation-only, biggest-ever war game, the players, “collaborated in crisis response at operational, policy and public affairs levels in this federally funded and congressionally mandated emergency response exercise,” said the September 12, 2006, exercise report. It featured, “Imagined villains include hackers, bloggers and even reporters,” said Associated Press. Computer […]

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IBM, which has only just had its acquisition of business management software firm Telelogic cleared by European regulators, has bought security software firm Encentuate for an undisclosed amont. The privately-held California-based company provides identity and access management software that simplifies the process of remembering different passwords and usernames, says The Register. IBM made a strategic decision to […]

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IBM, which has only just had its acquisition of business management software firm Telelogic cleared by European regulators, has bought security software firm Encentuate for an undisclosed amont. The privately-held California-based company provides identity and access management software that simplifies the process of remembering different passwords and usernames, says The Register. IBM made a strategic decision to […]

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With thieves getting smarter, social networks and Web 2.0 are among the top potential targets for online attacks in 2008, says a CA "Internet Security Outlook Repor. "Cybercriminals go where opportunity lies and take advantage of any and all vulnerabilities," according to Brian Grayek, vice president of product management at CA’s Internet security business unit, […]

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Spyware is a serious business issue costing small and mid-sized businesses $8,000 a year, not counting lost revenue, says the Computing Technology Industry Association. Each infection takes some 2.5 days to resolve and should be seen as a business rather than a technology issue, says the association, recommending safe-computing education should be a C-level initiative. “Spyware on […]

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New Zealand government security agency GCSB says it’s stepped up efforts to ensure government agencies don’t inadvertently buy hardware containing spyware, says stuff.co.nz. “A spokesman says GCSB has both voluntary guidelines and mandatory rules that require equipment to adhere to certain international standards, depending on the level of classified information they may handle,” says the story, […]

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