Comment Maybe they're new to this but... (Score 1) 250
it's not April Fools day...
Comment The Internet is a series of tubes... (Score 1) 206
What if their blogs are hosted outside of Vietnam? Say, a webserver in Sweden or something?
Can't they still just use IRC or something?
Can't they still just use IRC or something?
Comment Re:What a fucking stupid idea! (Score 1) 540
Why do you think I bought my eeepc?
FTC Kills Scareware Scam That Duped Over 1M Users 329
coondoggie writes "The Federal Trade Commission today got a court to at least temporarily halt a massive 'scareware' scheme, which falsely claimed that scans had detected viruses, spyware, and pornography on consumers' computers.
According to the FTC, the scheme has tricked more than one million consumers into buying computer security products such as WinFixer, WinAntivirus, DriveCleaner, ErrorSafe, and XP Antivirus. The court also froze the assets of Innovative Marketing, Inc. and ByteHosting Internet Services, LLC to preserve the possibility of providing consumers with monetary redress, the FTC stated."
Air Force To Re-Open Pursuit of Cyber Command 142
GovTechGuy writes "Top Air Force leadership has decided to pursue forming a Cyber Command to defend Defense Department networks and to launch cyberattacks against foes, after putting the project on hold in August."
