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National Insurance OmbudService Implements i-Sight Complaint System to Ensure Reliable, Secure Handling of Consumer (PR Web)
Customer Expressions announced today that the General Insurance OmbudService (GIO) has implemented i-Sight Complaint System to ensure reliable, secure tracking and management of consumer complaints involving home, car and business insurance. The GIO is an independent organization that helps customers and their insurance companies resolve differences in a fair, independent and impartial
Microsoft OneCare Faces Challenge from Rivals (NewsFactor via Yahoo! News)
Microsoft's first offering in the computer-security business faces a challenge from two incumbent antivirus software vendors. Both Symantec and McAfee have announced services that will compete directly with Microsoft's new Windows Live OneCare.
GOP Incumbent Wants to Keep Fighting for Rural America (Montana Standard)
ROUNDUP -- As Conrad Burns hurtles along U.S. 87 in a Chevy Silverado truck at 80 mph, he makes a grand gesture toward the miles of unbroken prairie south of here.
Microsoft OneCare Faces Challenge from Rivals (Enterprise Windows IT)
Microsoft's first offering in the security business faces a challenge from two incumbent antivirus software vendors -- Symantec and McAfee -- that have announced services similar to OneCare.
Court Won't Hear Challenge To Social Security Act (WJLA-TV Washington D.C.)
Washington (AP) - The Supreme Court has refused to consider a constitutional challenge to a law that forbids mailings that resemble important letters from the Social Security Administration.
U.S. asks Internet firms to save data (USA Today)
Top law enforcement officials have asked leading Internet companies to keep histories of the activities of Web users for up to two years to assist in criminal investigations of child pornography and terrorism, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
ConSentry plans broader challenge to Cisco (Computer Business Review)
Network security vendor ConSentry Networks Inc plans to expand its challenge to Cisco Systems Inc from network access control (NAC) to post-admission control of where users can go and what they can do, with integration into ID management systems.
Application Security, Inc. Executives to Discuss Best Practices in Compliance and Database Security at Several Industry (SYS-CON Media)
Application Security, Inc. (AppSecInc)(www.appsecinc.com) will participate in four key industry events in June,beginning with the Software Security Summit East, June 5-7 in Baltimore,Maryland. Company senior executives will offer insights into a variety ofsecurity topics, including how to meet security and compliance regulationssuccessfully, as well as how to most effectively safeguard against
U.S. asks Internet firms to save data (WKYC Cleveland)
U.S. asks Internet firms to save data
Application Security, Inc. Executives to Discuss Best Practices in Compliance and Database Security at Several Industry (Market Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Application Security, Inc. (www.appsecinc.com) will participate in four key industry events in June, beginning with the Software Security Summit East, June 5-7 in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Spyware pushers tricks of the trade or how to trash a machine with one bundle of spyware
I often hear questions asked about why do spyware pushers trash machines with their large bundles of garbage-ware and how do they do it. Last year I wrote about Spyware Tricks, including the money trail. Nearly all of the top 10 spyware tricks of 2005 involved affiliate's distributing spyware through illegal means without notice or [...]
Zango gets botnet action
Things have been quiet on the 180solutions front for a while, but now they are back in the news with Zango adware being pushed by a botnet, discovered and detailed by Paperghost at VitalSecurity, complete with screenshots. The story goes like this. The IRC topic set by the Channel OP happened to be a link to the executable, [...]
IM browser hijack with music
From FaceTime’s Greynets Blog — I’m not kidding — spread through instant messaging, a browser hijacker that plays music and is named Safety Browser. Oh, the irony.
Rootkit-spyware pusher ContextPlus shuts down
ContextPlus, known for the Apropos rootkit which plagued thousands of internet users, has shut down operations according to a notice on their homepage.
Warner Bros. partners with 180solutions
Warner Bros. partners with 180solutions -- "Deception" being marketed with 180's Zango adware.
Anti-spyware program installs WhenU adware
A few days ago, it was discovered that anti-spyware program SpywareCleaner has a new "free" version that is sponsored by adware from WhenU.
Spyware pusher shut down and fined million
Sanford Wallace (nicknamed Spamford for his history of spamming) and his company Smartbot.net have been ordered to shut down operations and give up ,089,500 of their ill-gotten gains.
New security program to prevent exploits — it works!
SocketShield is a new security application just launched by Exploit Prevention Labs, founded by two veterans of the anti-malware/anti-spyware business, Bob Bales and Roger Thompson, both former executives of Pest Patrol which was bought by Computer Associates two years ago.SocketShield is designed to stop exploits and block malware at the gate. Since we've seen several zero-day exploits [...]
Crime on the internet
Does the press exaggerate the dangers of the internet? Here is one take that’s definitely worth the click.
RIAA and DMCA madness
The RIAA has struck again, this time suing a family that has no computer and no internet connection. When told of the lawsuit, James Walls said he was unaware of the lawsuit since he had not been served yet – he asked, "How can they sue us if we don’t even have a computer?"
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