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Daily Archives: February 2, 2008
Latest on the RIAA and Copyright Infringement
(article) The RIAA is trying to push the PRO-IP bill through Congress, which would grant them more protection under copyright law, including the ability to sue even more for illegal copying of media. Thought $9,000 per song was too much? … Continue reading
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Mega-D Botnet overtakes Storm Botnet
A new botnet, called Mega-D, is currently responsible for an estimated 32% of all spam, compared to the Storm botnet’s peak estimate of 21% in September 2007. The Mega-D botnet runs on a distributed peer to peer network, and the … Continue reading
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Malicious banner ads appear on Expedia, Rhapsody sites
http://www.scmagazineus.com/Malicious-banner-ads-appear-on-Expedia-Rhapsody-sites/article/104827/ Recently, malicious ad banners that deliver malware had appear on both Expedia and Rhapsody. Clicking on the malicious flash ad banner, SWF_ADHIJACK.A, leads to several re-directions, which eventually result to the installation of a rogue antispyware detected as TROJ_GIDA.A. … Continue reading
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