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Google pulls malicious sponsored links

April 28, 2007 AdWords service was being abused to offer links that appeared legitimate but actually attempted to install malicious software. TAGS: Google AdWords, Google Inc., link, security

Phishers hijack IM accounts

October 16, 2006 Scammers are sneaking into instant-messaging accounts to send out lures for their information-thieving Web sites. TAGS: phishing, Yahoo! Inc., phishing Web site, IM, link

The coming crackdown on blogging

March 3, 2005 Federal Election Commissioner Bradley Smith says the freewheeling days of political expression on the Internet may be about to end. TAGS: Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, commission, exemption, blogger, campaign, blogging, finance, link

Judge: Can't link to Webcast if copyright owner objects

December 22, 2006 Decision appears to be the first to deal with direct or "deep" links to Webcasts. TAGS: Webcast, federal judge, motorcycle, Texas, copyright law, court, Judge, link, DVD

The big Digg rig

December 4, 2006 So-called social-media sites, which let users decide what's newsworthy, are dealing with scammers trying to game their systems. TAGS: Digg, Reddit, aggregation site, marketer, geek, blog, Yahoo! Inc., link

Phishers use IRS tax refund as bait

December 1, 2005 Cybercriminals take advantage of programming error on a federal Web site to pose as IRS and collect sensitive data. TAGS: Graham Cluley, phishing, redirect, e-government, Sophos Plc., tax, social security number, Social Security, programming, security, credit card, president, link, e-mail

Santa IM worm hits AOL, MSN and Yahoo

December 20, 2005 IM.GiftCom.All tries to trick instant-messaging users into clicking on a link that delivers malicious software to PCs. TAGS: IMLogic, IM Network, worm, IM, America Online Inc., malicious code, Time Warner Inc., rootkit, MSN, Yahoo! Inc., security, message, link

Spam postcard delivers surprise

June 29, 2005 Security research firm Sophos says a spam postcard making the rounds has the potential to steal sensitive personal information. TAGS: postcard, Sophos Plc., research company, link

Violence in games stimulates brain for aggression

October 12, 2005 Watching fake violence makes blood flow to the part of the brain associated with aggression, a new study says. TAGS: violence, study, brain, video game, Germany, games, researcher, activity, effect, video, link

Most reliable search tool could be your librarian

September 29, 2006 Web search engines may hustle up quick results, but librarians dig up online information you can trust, say experts. TAGS: librarian, Microsoft Windows Live Search, search engine, search result, America Online Inc., search tool, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Live, Time Warner Inc., link, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, Microsoft Windows

Breitbart.com has Drudge to thank for its success

November 30, 2005 Internet icon is sending readers to protege's Web site, boosting the news site's traffic. TAGS: Nielsen/NetRatings, Matt Drudge, reader, visitor, traffic, link

Google creates uber search site

May 16, 2007 Search leader redesigns main Web results page with universal, integrated search and other new features. TAGS: Sergey Brin, Google Inc., Mountain View, search result, home page, search, Gmail, California, blog, video, link, photograph

Windows Mail bug may expose Vista users

March 23, 2007 Possible security vulnerability in Windows Mail could be exploited by attackers to run programs on Vista PCs. TAGS: attacker, Microsoft Windows Vista, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, e-mail, link, PC

Mozilla gets social bug with The Coop

April 4, 2007 Project is designed to create an add-on with which friends' avatars can share links and photos from Web services.Image: The Coop comes calling TAGS: avatar, project, Mozilla Corp., Web service, Firefox, photograph, Web browser, link

Storm worm variant targets blogs, bulletin boards

February 27, 2007 Blogs, bulletin board notices posted by victims of Trojan horse contain links to malicious Web sites. TAGS: bulletin board, blog, variant, trojan horse, link, e-mail

French party exploits Google Adwords

November 16, 2005 Political leaders in majority party use Adword system to direct users to the party's sponsored links. TAGS: Google AdWords, petition, spokesperson, Google Inc., Paris, violence, link

Microsoft probes possible IE 7 phishing hole

March 15, 2007 Vulnerability in Internet Explorer 7 error message could help cybercrooks obscure phishing scams. TAGS: phishing, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, attacker, vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, bank, Microsoft Corp., link, message, Microsoft Windows

PDF security risk greater than originally thought

January 5, 2007 Cybercrooks could create hostile links that offer full access to a victim's hard disk drive, experts warn. TAGS: SPI Dynamics, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, JavaScript, victim, Adobe PDF, expert, attack, disk drive, link, security, Web browser, PC, hard drive

Wikipedia used to spread malicious code

November 6, 2006 Entry in German version of online encyclopedia hijacked to direct users to malicious code, says antivirus vendor. TAGS: Wikipedia, malicious code, Sophos Plc., antivirus company, hacker, entry, antivirus, link, e-mail

Microsoft bows to the Belgians

October 20, 2006 Company agrees to remove links to articles from Belgian papers to avoid copyright lawsuit threatened by publishers. TAGS: newspaper, lawsuit, article, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., link
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