August 16th, 2008
Youve spend a lot of your hard earned money for that new laptop. Make sure if its stolen, you can get it back.
So today Im recommending LoJack. Ive been using it on my Dell Laptop with Vista and it works well.
Help protect yourself from Laptop theft with Computrace LoJack Recovery Service from Absolute Software. This service, valid for one year, helps ensure the recovery of your stolen Laptop within 30 days1. When your laptop is protected with this service, software installed on your laptop works behind the scenes to silently and securely contact the monitoring Center, and if stolen, report its location using any Internet connection. The Recovery Team provides law enforcement with tracking information and documentation essential for procuring search warrants and leading them to the location of your laptop. With this service, your laptop is back in your hands where it belongs.
I’ll have it up on the SpywareBiz site soon.
Absolute Software Downloadable Computrace LoJack for Laptops Recovery Service - 1 Year $49.99 USD
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August 16th, 2008
We really need to get our laws updated quickly. Cybercrime is up 20%.
Businesses are being targeted more routinely.
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Scene of the Cybercrime: Inside Today’s Cybercrime World
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Today we live and work in a world of global connectivity. We can exchange casual conversation or conduct multimillion-dollar monetary transactions with people on the other side of the planet quickly and inexpensively. The proliferation of personal computers, easy access to the Internet, and a booming market for related new communications devices have changed the way we spend our leisure time and the way we do business.
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Tags: business, cybercrime, law enforcement, laws
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August 14th, 2008
Of course you wont see any of our Politicians there, they are not having hard times.
Throwplace also has a recycle directory and a green directory.
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Free Goods At Throwplace.com Help Consumers in Tough Times
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At Throwplace.com, charities, businesses and individuals from all over the world can
“throw” their excess onto the Internet where others can view and “take” what they need
for free. Each “throw” and “take” is recycled and reused, keeping countless goods out of
landfills, and helping people and non-profits make ends meet during tough economic times.
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August 14th, 2008
In any business dealings, if you cant trust the company to do what they say they will do,
You go elsewhere right?
Its your decision. Not in this instance folks.
You’ll get a new Windows Update, like it or not
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This time, Microsoft is being more up-front about its forthcoming
refresh of Windows Update. For example, product manager Michelle Haven described in a
blog post on July 3 some new features that the upgrade will add. |
The new version will reportedly reduce the time WU takes to scan for and send out new updates. In addition, if you use the online version of WU, and you click an update for more information, the new version will offer you more links with additional details.
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But the Redmond company hasn’t changed the wording of the Control Panel settings that appear to prevent Windows Update from performing silent downloads — but don’t.
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In light of these potentially misleading controls, a few tricks on managing Windows Update are just what the doctor ordered.
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August 13th, 2008
I was of the opinion that most Internet crimes were already targeted at consumers.
Study Gives States Poor Marks on Cyber Crime |
“Online consumers are now at risk,” Ari Schwartz, COO and vice president at the CDT, said in a statement about the report’s findings. “Internet crime costs basically nothing to execute, can be highly lucrative and involves little risk of being caught and punished. We need all 50 state attorneys general focused on this problem.”
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August 13th, 2008
| Is 47 months imprisonment sufficient punishment for a convicted spammer? |
It seems like a pretty tough sentence but there’ve been quite a few big arrests/trials/tough sentences and it doesn’t seem to be putting these people off - all these ’spam kings’ are repeat offenders with long histories of fines and sentences but they keep on doing it.
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August 13th, 2008
Read this post and dont fall for it folks.
| A new phishing scam on Windows Live Hotmail Account is in progress and all users are warned by Microsoft not to respond to this mail. The phishing mail sent from @hotmail says that its from Hotmail team and asks users to verify the Hotmail account. Microsoft says that this phishing scam is intended to hijack accounts. Emails with the subject “Hotmail Warning (Verify Your Hotmail Account Now to Avoid it Closed)” are not generated by Microsoft, and are just designed to fool unsuspecting users into handing over their sensitive data to attackers. |
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Tags: hacking, hotmail, phishing, scam, spyware, viruses, windows
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August 13th, 2008
This is gonna be a biggie people.
Good luck to us all.
Patch Tuesday Targets ‘Mammoth’ Set of Flaws |
The six critical security flaws relate to Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Media Access Player, Access, Excel, PowerPoint and Microsoft Office. All versions of Windows, from Windows 2000 to Vista, and Windows Server 2003 and 2008, are impacted. Microsoft today also released an updated version of the Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool.
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August 13th, 2008
Back to school time is here kiddies!
This is a great article for brushing up on the lil nasties that are out there.
| Two of the pieces of computer jargon that often come up in the context of safe computing are Adware and Spyware. It is important to note that these are two separate items, but often contain overlap in terms of the risk they pose to the individual. |
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August 12th, 2008
Forgot to post this yesterday. I was in the military and I came out OK.
Hackers: Uncle Sam Wants You |
UPDATED: At Black Hat, agencies including the FBI, US-CERT, and the military make the pitch for assisting in the U.S.’s fight against cybercrime and cyberwar. |
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