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Alleged $100M scareware sellers facing charges
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| Three men are facing federal fraud charges
| for allegedly raking in more than US$100
| million while running an illegal
| "scareware" business that tricked victims
| into installing bogus software.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/052710-alleged-100m-scareware-sellers-facing.html
Sality, the virus that turned into the ultimate malware
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| From an analysis performed with a ârogue
| P2P clientâ coded to become part of the
| malicious network, Symantec has determined
| that the Sality botnet covers something
| like 100.000 computers. Itâs a bots figure
| below the one achieved by giants like
| Conficker but similar in size to other
| botnets as Storm, Pandex and Rustock. What
| remains clear is the demonstration of
| Salityâs unique threat, a malware floating
| around since seven years that shows no
| intention to quickly disappear from the
| net.
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http://kingofgng.com/eng/2010/05/29/sality-the-virus-that-turned-into-the-ultimate-malware/
First human 'infected with computer virus'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10158517.stm
Captain Cyborg Has A Virus-Infected Sidekick... But Nothing Can Stop A PR Campaign
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| The story is -- as with all captain cyborg
| stories -- a lot less than the headline
| suggests. Gasson wasn't "infected with a
| computer virus." He took a chip that had a
| computer virus and stuck it in his arm,
| just like Warwick has done n the past. The
| parallels to an actual virus are minimal,
| and the usefulness for anything is even
| less than that. Gasson presents this as
| useful for considering the implications for
| implanted technology such as pacemakers,
| but that's nothing new. People have talked
| about potential technology issues from the
| wireless interface to pacemakers for years.
| Doing some sort of publicity stunt with an
| implanted computer chip doesn't further
| that discussion along.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100526/1800199593.shtml
They sell people junk stories to make money. Shame...
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