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Current Event: Wikileaks — a source of private and leaked information
On Februrary 19, 2008, the Wikileaks domain name was shut down as a result of a lawsuit filed by a group of Swiss bankers. Wikileaks is a website where people can confidentially and anonymously post sensitive, often leaked, information.
Security Review: The Safeway Club Card
This security review is inspired by the story of a firefighter whose Safeway shopping history landed him an arrest for arson in August, 2004. More information on the story here: http://www.computerbytesman.com/privacy/safewaycard.htm Most people are probably familiar with the concept of … Continue reading
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