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Internet
Security News for End Users
A real human being picks out the best Internet security news articles
from thousands of articles available online each day so that you can
spend your time reading them instead of finding them.
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In our next newsletter:
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Q&A: Jules Polonetsky, Chief Privacy Officer, AOL, Kenneth
Corbin, eSecurityPlanet, May 14, 2008
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Spammers open new front on social networking sites, John Leyden,
The Register UK, May 14, 2008
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Three Charged With Hacking Dave & Buster's Chain, Brian Krebs,
Security Fix, Washington Post, May 14, 2008
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HIPS vs Behavior Blocking: Which One is Right for You? Mary
Landesman, antivirus.about.com, May 14, 2008
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IronKey Personal, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, May 13, 2008
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FTC Tightens Up CAN-SPAM Rules, Kenneth Corbin, InternetNews,
May 13, 2008
May 13, 2008: MS Win SP3 + 2nd Tues
Updates
Microsoft Windows SP3 & 2nd Tuesday Updates
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Microsoft updates squash 4 critical bugs, Dan Goodin, The
Register UK, May 13, 2008
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XP Update Ushers In Fresh Round of Bugaboos, Walaika Haskins,
TechNewsWorld, May 12, 2008
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Microsoft Releases Windows XP Service Pack 3, Brian Krebs, Security Fix,
Washington Post, May 6, 2008
Reviews
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Free Security Software, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, May 13,
2008
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PC Tools ThreatFire 3.5, Erik Larkin, PC World, May 12, 2008
- ThreatFire 3.5, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, May 8, 2008 --
editor's choice
- Little
Big Hard Drives, Joel Domingo, PC Magazine, May 7, 2008 --
Buffalo, Fujitsu, Toshiba, Western Digital
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Review: AVG Internet Security 8.0, Steve Ragan, The Tech Herald,
April 30, 2008
Kids
- Facebook, states set
predator safeguards, Stephenie Reitz, AP, MSNBC, May 8, 2008
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Stupid hacker tricks, part two: The folly of youth, Andrew
Brandt, Computerworld, May 6, 2008
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Virginia Tries to Ensure Students' Safety in Cyberspace, Theresa
Vargas, Washington Post, May 3, 2008
Feds
- U.S.
military to build botnet? Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus, May 12,
2008
- Proposed
cybersecurity bill to pressure DHS, Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus,
May 9, 2008
- Senator
quizz gov't on cybersecurity initiative, Robert Lemos,
SecurityFocus, May 7, 2008
How-To
Articles
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Hackers Hijack a Half-Million Sites [again], Gregg Keizer,
Computerworld, PC World, May 13, 2008
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Online Sellers: Beware of Fake Check Scams, Brian Krebs,
Security Fix, Washington Post, May 13, 2008
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Check
Point Releases ZoneAlarm ForceField, Neil Rubenking, PC
Magazine, May 12, 2008
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Vista Security Beats XP, Tests Find, Gregg Keizer,
Computerworld, PC World, May 10, 2008
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Spam battle's next frontier: cell phones, Laura Holson, NY
Times, Houston Chronicle, May 9, 2008
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India,
Belgium warn of Chinese attacks, Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus,
May 8, 2008
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Your
one-stop shop for free online PC scans, Dennis O'Reilly, CNet,
May 7, 2008
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Robotraff: A Hacker's Go-To For Clicks, Brian Krebs, Security
Fix, Washington Post, May 7, 2008
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Rogue MP3 Trojan streaks across P2P networks, John Leyden, The
Register UK, May 7,2008
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ZoneAlarm virtualizes the desktop Internet browser, Robert
Vamosi, CNet News, May 7, 2008
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Internet criminals gaining ground, experts say and
Ways to protect yourself from infected sites, Deborah Gage, SF
Gate, May 6, 2008
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Yahoo search to
alert users to bad Web sites, Jordan Robertson, AP, MSNBC, May
6, 2008
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Tech Groups Back Kaspersky in Fight Against Zango,
Brian Krebs, Security Fix,
Washington Post, May 5, 2008
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8 Dirty Secrets of the Security Industry, Alexander Wolfe,
Information Week, May 1, 2008
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