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What is botnet?
A botnet is a collection of compromised computers under the remote command and control of a criminal “botherder.” Most owners of the compromised computers are unknowing and unwitting victims. They have unintentionally allowed unauthorized access and use of their computers as a vehicle to facilitate other crimes, such as identity theft, denial of [...]
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Posted by SELaplana, 14 June 2007
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Privacy International accused Google’s stand on privacy sucks. In an open letter to Google, Privacy International said:
You may be aware that Privacy International yesterday published its first privacy ranking of leading companies operating on the Internet. Google Inc performed very poorly, scoring lowest among the other major companies that we surveyed.
I am confused about this [...]
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The Philippine Consolate General warns everyone about the making money online of an inpostor of certain Madam Laarni Enriquez:
The Philippine Consulate General cautions the public from being perpetrated by an e-mail message of a swindler claiming to be Filipino national.
The e-mail involves a proposal by a fictitious person who claims to be “Madam Laarni Enriquez” [...]
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I receive an email coming from Ms. Enriquez. But I know, this Ms. Enriquez is just an impostor of the real Ms. Enriquez because the content is similar to the spam emails I am receiving daily. Read the email below:
I am Madam Laarni Enriquez, a native of Philippine nationality, and a divorcee.
I would like to [...]
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Google has responded on the security problems experienced by Adword and Google Search Engine users:
Google is committed to ensuring the safety and security of our users and our advertisers. We actively work to detect and remove sites that serve malware in both our ad network and in our search results. We have manual and automated [...]
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Posted by SELaplana, 30 April 2007
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Everybody who has business online really looks for ways to gain visitors for their sites. Some of them advertise their businesses, buy textlinkads, sign-up for AdWords and the likes, and some of them exploit the exploitable.
Actually, my SEO experiments on Pinay Sex and other Porn things can be considered as an exploitation. It just happens [...]
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My USB Flash drive is infected by Worm@W32.Resik. That’s definitely sure because of these reasons:
When I checked my USB Flash drive, it already contains a folder named “Recycled” which also contains two hidden files: Voinfo.dll and Driveinfo.exe.
When I used this drive during my blogging job today, the updated Norton anti-virus warned me that an infected [...]
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Posted by SELaplana, 23 March 2007
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I received an email from the US user related to the Spyware.ScreenView spyware.
I saw your website and you mentioned malicious spyware including the manually installed kind, Spyware.ScreenView. I have been a victim of it. My question to you is this: If it is installed at a University or Public Library deliberately and with the consent [...]
Read the rest of this entry » “Manually Installed”, Doesn’t Mean “Maliciously, Intentionally Installed”
Posted by SELaplana, 22 March 2007
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Today, while people learned that the internet can be the source of thier daily income by doing some clean and honest job such as problogging, SEO, SMO, emarketing etc. , a lot of scammers realized also that the internet can be their best area where they can found people that can be fooled using different [...]
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Posted by SELaplana, 19 March 2007
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Did you know that lot of spywares nowadays have the ability to record IM conversation, email information and even the users web surfing info?
One of these spywares is the Spyware.SnoopStick spyware. It infects all versions of Windows OS and is actually spread by USB Key or through the USB Flash drives. It records the following:
Web [...]
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Posted by SELaplana, 13 March 2007
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Security