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POPStrust in social networking used to spread viruses
If the online "Trust" network breaksdown, then you get a pretty bad week for social networking in general. To an internet fraudster an identity is worth £80, suggests research from the UK's Get Safe Online campaign. The same study revealed that in 2008 23% of net users fell victim to phishing attacks - far higher than the 8% it claims were caught out in 2007. Small wonder that Britain has been described as being in the midst of a cyber crimewave. Here the BBC offers some advice about how to stay safe online. How bad is identity fraud? In 2006, a government estimate put the cost of ID theft at £1.7bn a year. In 2007 Cifas - the UK's fraud prevention service - helped more than 65,000 victims of ID fraud and theft. Fraudsters use personal details to gain access to bank accounts, run up bills, launder money, create false documents such as passports or birth certificates and carry out benefit fraud. The consequences can be very distressing and a headache for victims to sort
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POPSSerious security flaw found in Internet Explorer Another good reason to switch to another browser, like Firefox (hint, hint) :) Of course, Microsoft won't recomend this course of action. "I cannot recommend people switch due to this one flaw," said John Curran, head of Microsoft UK's Windows group. Richard Cox, chief information officer of anti-spam body The Spamhaus Project and an expert on privacy and cyber security, echoed Trend Micro's warning. "It won't be long before someone reverse engineers this exploit for more fraudulent purposes. Trend Mico's advice is very sensible," he said.
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POPSEuropean Union - Will Remotely Search Any Computer They Want Now just imagine if the Bush administration were proposing to remotely search any hard drive anywhere in the world - with "appropriate privacy controls" as the thought-crime searchers in Europe are just casually announcing. Can they get at your hard drive? Apparently nobody gives two hoots since its the sensitive and caring Europeans.
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POPSComputer visuses hit one million They say it is due to an increasingly professional digital criminal underground. Doesn't that just mean they're making increasing amounts of money? Looks like Vista is as infectious as Windows has ever been. I suppose it pays to become more well versed on the capability, and mechanisms of computer viruses, and watch out for them in addition to relying on antivirus programs. If my programs have found a virus trojan etc, I can't delete it until I've found out what I can about it. I don't remember having any real trouble since I started using firefox, but I'd be surprised if any could compete with some of the operator errors I've had to fix. It can be hard to fix something when the answer can be found on line, and the computer won't boot.
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POPSRussians behind zombie PC threat Infected emails, with headings such as 'A Kiss Is So Gentle' and 'I Love You Because', carry a web address, much like a legitimate electronic greeting card. Click on the link and your own computer could be moonlighting for the criminals.
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POPSRussians behind zombie PC threat Don't be opening those emails from the Kremlin. Will Dick'n'George be able to save us? Will global warming cook the russian computers? Will the chinese over react and apply sanctions?
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