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Worm Demands eBay Account Info

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Another phishing expedition appeared on the Internet Thursday, this one dubbed W32/Cayam and targeting eBay users.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 19, 2003

Will VoIP be wiretap-ready?

If a rapid-fire series of announcements from cable and telecom bigwigs this week confirms that Voice over IP has a future as a mainstream consumer technology, it's worth noting that the electronic surveillance mavens in the FBI and Justice Department saw it coming.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 15, 2003

Spam Rules

On Nov. 22, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 392 to 5 to pass the Can Spam Act of 2003, which is designed to put controls on the distribution of spam. For once, the House and Senate saw eye to eye, . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 12, 2003

Can CAN-SPAM Put a Dent in Spam?

Its only fair that we publish a different, more hopeful point of view on the CAN-SPAM issue. Larry Seltzer at eWeek writes that this law, while certainly not the silver bullet to end all spam, is still a welcome start.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 10, 2003

Congress OKs antispam legislation

Well, the CAN-SPAM act finally passed through the its final hurdles in Congress, and with Bush promising a signature within the year, it will be law soon. But will it protect you?. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 09, 2003

Interview with Michael J. Weber, author of "Invasion of Privacy"

The book took nine months to write and three months to edit and publish. That doesn't include research which began when the tech bubble burst. Writing went smoothly. I had excellent editorial support, as you know. HNS was my tech editor . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 08, 2003

The growing problem of identity theft

According to the 2003 Computer Crime Survey conducted by the Computer Security Institute in conjunction with the FBI, nearly 13 per cent of respondents were the victim of identity theft in the past year in the US, writes Fran Howarth OF Bloor Research. In total, losses from identity theft in the US in the past year are estimated to have amounted to around $50 billion.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 04, 2003

CAUCE Statement on House Spam Bill Vote

The Coalition Against Unsolicited Commercial E-Mail (CAUCE, www.cauce.org) is disappointed by the passage of a weak anti-spam bill in the House of Representatives. This legislation fails the most fundamental test of any anti-spam law, in that it neglects to actually tell any marketers not to spam. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 25, 2003

Proposed Spam-Blocking Technology Is A Long Way Away

Anti-spam researchers are working on technologies designed to authenticate e-mail senders. Earlier this year, researchers predicted that solutions would be in place within months, but now those predictions appear overly optimistic, and researchers say it will take some time to produce tangible results.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 24, 2003

"Phishing" Identity Theft Is Gaining Popularity

Most of us know by now not to give out our passwords, ATM PINs, or other secret information when requested by e-mail. But an increasing number of people are giving out that information, even those of us who should know better. . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 21, 2003

Spyware Targeted at Congressional Hearing

A bill to take the "spy" out of spyware got a public hearing before a Congressional subcommittee Wednesday. The legislation filed by Rep. Mary Bono (R-California) would require spyware purveyors to inform computer users of the presence, nature and function of . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 20, 2003

AT&T Patents Anti-Antispam Technology

Citing an "arms race" in the ongoing spam wars, AT&T defended its patenting of a technology to thwart antispam filters. The patent, awarded to AT&T on Nov. 4, describes a "system and method for counteracting message filtering." The patent . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 19, 2003

Who's Behind Spam

For lunch, Scott Richter ordered ham--a meat of uncomplicated origins, as opposed to Hormel's mysterious jumble. His choice seems somehow appropriate for a person who says he's a legitimate bulk E-mail marketer, rather than a spammer. It's understandable that he . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 18, 2003

Telling Spammers From E-Mail Marketers

I don't know what to make of Scott Richter's claims that he is not a spammer, but rather a legitimate e-mail marketer. Three things are true about spam: (1) There are many spammers. (2) There are many legitimate e-mail marketers. (3) . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 13, 2003

Spam Cleaning with the Big Boys

You think you've got spam problems with a hundred or so spam messages a day? Try being an ISP or a business where on a good day you don't get more than a one hundred thousand spam mails a day. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 11, 2003

Wal-Mart, DOD Forcing RFID

While analysts say radio-frequency identification tags don't work well enough to replace UPC codes, and costs are still prohibitively expensive, some technology companies, retailers and government entities remain determined to infuse RFID into daily consumer life.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 03, 2003

Texas University Calculates Financial Benefits Of Its Spam, Virus Defenses

When Lew Wagner, chief information security officer of the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas, began to build a business case for investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in technology to help thwart spam and viruses, he took . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 29, 2003

California Cracks Down on Spammers with $2M Fine

In a historic first, a California court has fined an Internet marketing company $2 million for sending millions of unsolicited junk e-mails. The case was brought against PW Marketing, a Los Angeles-based Internet advertising company owned by Paul Willis and . . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 28, 2003

Rights tools could bite back

The ability to govern access to emails and other documents might create more problems than solutions. Microsoft technology designed to allow greater control over documents and emails could create security and privacy headaches for IT managers.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 27, 2003

Yo, Mr. CEO, Get Our Point Now?

A privacy group hired a skywriter to write part of the Social Security number of Citigroup's chief executive above New York City on Friday, protesting the bank's lobbying efforts to keep lawmakers from tightening privacy regulations and demonstrating that even the privacy of bank executives is at risk.. . .

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 26, 2003

Linux Privacy - Page 47

Navigating the Tails 6.8 Update: What It Means for Security-Minded Users

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