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Latest Security & News Info

• Phishers automate attacks using 'Google hacking'
• Webroot Wakes Up, Dumps Bullshit Ask Toolbar
• Windows 7 Beta WGA

ASCII In Spam?, Malware In Adwords, Security Risk In A Question, New Genuine Nagware

Latest Security & News Info

• ASCII: New Spam Display Form?
• Why Can't Google Stop Malware In Adwords?
• 'Forgot Your Password' Security Risk?
• New Genuine Nagware Coming For XP Pro

Firday Nite Links July 18

Latest Security & News Info

• Familiar With Cloaking?
• Crooks Charge For Evasive Trojan
• Message Labs: Spam 81% Of Email
• MS Office Team Uses Botnets For Security
• Malware Up 278% First Half Of '08
• MS WGA OGA Servers Down
• Courts Rule In Favor Of Smartcard Crackers
• ISP's 'Stand' Against Pr0n, Really Isn't

Early Feb 22 News Links

• Latest Security & News Info Feb 22
  Malware Infected Hosts As Stepping Stones

• Recent Forum Discussions Feb 22
  MS Removes Another One Of WGA's Fangs

Todays Links

There is a new tactic malware scum are trying out. Rather than telling users they need a codec to install, instead they say there is an error with playback to get their crap installed. Found by MS MVP WinHelp2002, Read more about it...

Researchers at F-Secure claim malware has risen 100% over the last 12 months, doubling the amount it took 20 years to get to. Pretty scary....comment here

To soften the bad PR they have gotten, MS has decided to soften their policy on pirated software and re-do the whole set up. See the details here

Come into the forums and meet our latest moderator, he's been with us since the get go....Meet Johnincal

MS Learning From WGA Fiascos, To What End?

Based on the last summers fiasco with WGA, MS claims it's learning from those mistakes. Some people would suggest to simply dump it. What do you think?

MS WGA Servers Fixed

Well it appears that the WGA servers have been fixed. According to MS, only about 12,000 machines were affected. And I think more than half of them posted somewhere about it. Read More Here

MS WGA Servers Down, Chaos Ensues......Not Really

UPDATE: MS Claims to have fixed the problem, see forum thread.

Ok, it would seem there is a glitch with MS Windows Genuine Advantage servers. Users are being told thier copies of Windows are invalid. It affects Vista users more than most others. Just what MS didn't need. Read More Here