Mass. bill wants stores to pay more in data breaches
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| Businesses would have to reimburse banks for costs stemming from
| data security breaches, under a Massachusetts bill that could be
| mimicked by other states and in Congress.
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http://news.com.com/Mass.+bill+wants+stores+to+pay+more+in+data+breaches/2100-7348_3-6161536.html?tag=nefd.top
http://tinyurl.com/yv5qzn
David Harrison wants to replace your Internet.
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| Inet's Terms and Conditions would prohibit child pornography,
| phishing, fraudulent commercial services, spam, denial of
| service attacks, and zombie networks.
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SPAM comes from Windows botnets. Compromised accounts are typically the
results of hijacked Windows servers.
Related:
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| the BBC reports.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
Linux Security: A Big Edge Over Windows
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| Linux is better at locking down a computer than Windows. The Linux OS
| uses configuration settings and user permissions to a much more
| efficient degree than the Windows administrator account. To do
| this, non-enterprise users should seek help from third-party
| security suites that serve as configuration managers, James
| Bottomley, chief technology officer of SteelEye Technology said.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/54742.html
Security Report: Windows vs Linux
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| Finally, we also include a brief overview of relevant conceptual
| differences between Windows and Linux, to offer an insight into why
| Windows tends to be more vulnerable to attacks at both server and desktop,
| and why Linux is inherently more secure
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/security/security_report_windows_vs_linux/
Microsoft Windows: Insecure by Design
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34978-2003Aug23?language=printer
If Only We Knew Then What We Know Now About Windows XP
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| You can think of Windows XP as a house with a second floor built of
| spackle, wood filler and duct tape.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/23/AR2006092300510.html?nav=rss_technology
Why Windows is a security nightmare.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/21/1085120110704.html
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