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Windows users swamp WMF patch site
January 4, 2006
Site hosting unauthorized protection against Microsoft flaw goes offline after "half the planet" tries to download the fix.
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Microsoft Windows Metafile
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Ilfak Guilfanov
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F-Secure Corp.
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IRC
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patch
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system administrator
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flaw
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HTTP
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Microsoft Corp.
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Microsoft Windows
Trojan horse takes down smart phones
April 7, 2005
Infected Symbian handsets can't be rebooted, and the fix has its own drawback, F-Secure warns.
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F-Secure Corp.
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handset
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smart phone
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trojan horse
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Nokia Corp.
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IRC
Zombies try to blend in with the crowd
October 19, 2006
Hackers aim to make networks of hijacked computers go unnoticed by merging their communications with common Web traffic.
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zombie
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Jose Nazario
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IRC
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hacker
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traffic
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Internet service
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service provider
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Internet Service Provider
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security
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server
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Microsoft Corp.
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PC
Rootkit worm linked to hacker group in Middle East
November 17, 2005
Security firm says bad guys are using BitTorrent to pilfer files from 17,000 PCs. Worm began spreading via AIM last month.
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FaceTime Communications
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BitTorrent
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rootkit
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hacker
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IRC
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Middle East
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instant messenger
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Time Warner Inc.
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AOL Instant Messenger
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America Online Inc.
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security
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spyware
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server
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PC
Bots may get cloak of encryption
November 15, 2005
To retain control over hijacked PCs, cybercriminals will add encryption capabilities to their bots, a security expert predicts.
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bot
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zombie
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encryption
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computer security
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presence
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IRC
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SSL
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security
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PC
Apple opens up open-source effort
June 7, 2005
Mac maker revamps its software development process in response to complaints by open-source programmers behind Safari browser.
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Hyatt Hotels & Resorts
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KDE
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open source
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Apple Computer
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volunteer
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Apple Safari
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IRC
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mailing list
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developer
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complaint
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Web browser
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blog
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programming
Virus writers use open-source methods
July 17, 2006
Antivirus vendor McAfee cites potential for harm if power, efficiency of open source is misused.
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malicious software
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open source
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McAfee Inc.
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Networks Associates Technology Inc.
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source code
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MyDoom virus
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hacker
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IRC
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rootkit
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copy
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virus
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security
Skype could provide botnet controls
January 26, 2006
Net phone services could allow cybercriminals to launch attacks without being detected, a communications group has warned.
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cybercriminal
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VoIP
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zombie
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Skype
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Vonage Holdings Corp.
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denial of service
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VoIP company
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attack
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Internet phone
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IRC
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eBay Inc.
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server
Police arrest suspected bot herders
June 27, 2006
Crackdown targets suspected members of a cybercrime gang that used networks of compromised PCs to send out spam.
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Zotob worm
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security consultant
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Finland
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Graham Cluley
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Scotland
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suspect
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computer virus
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bot
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Sophos Plc.
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digital-rights management
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IRC
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London
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McAfee Inc.
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trojan horse
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virus
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antivirus
Online spaces: The new frontier
May 5, 2006
Big names from virtual worlds meet up to envision future of online environments from "WoW" to MySpace.
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virtual worlds
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Second Life
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World of Warcraft
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MySpace
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publisher
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conference
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community
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CEO
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IRC
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environment
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entertainment
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3D
File-swap fallout in Supreme Court ruling
June 27, 2005
special coverage Justices rule that P2P companies such as Grokster can be held liable for copyright piracy.
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RIAA
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Napster Inc.
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margin
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Shawn Fanning
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Usenet
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P2P
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background
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IRC
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generation
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MP3
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hard drive
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server
Coming to campus: E-books with expiration dates
August 9, 2005
Bookstores at Princeton, University of Utah and others are offering bargain textbook downloads that expire after five months.
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textbook
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e-book
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student
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publisher
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IRC
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text
The evolution of file swapping
June 27, 2005
Four generations of file swapping have laid the groundwork for the Supreme Court decision.
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Napster Inc.
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file-swapping
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RIAA
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Shawn Fanning
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Gnutella
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Kazaa
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Usenet
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lawsuit
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generation
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IRC
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P2P
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