PDF spam tsunami hits email inboxes
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| The email messages are being sent from compromised home PCs, turned into
| zombie relay stations by hackers.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/09/pdf_spam_blitz/
Send the "lost productivity" bill to Bill.
Government 'must act on e-crime'
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| The Lords Science and Technology Committee said the internet was now "the
| playground of criminals".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6938796.stm
MSBBC commercialisation (not exactly news)?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/09/bbc_overseas_advertising/
Malware license agreement tells it straight
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| A license agreement for a malware-bundled codec from hotelcodec.com simply
| says: "F*CK YOU".
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/09/malware_codec/
Another funny one:
Pipex invites customer to get 'c**ted'
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/09/pipex_rudest_hoster/
Also today:
Symantec security products less than secure
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| That's because a nasty bug residing in two ActiveX controls used in Norton's
| PC software could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on the user's
| machine.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/08/09/norton_security_bugs/
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