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Ellie K writes:
Researchers at PandaLabs said yesterday they have uncovered a network that sells bots targeting social networks and Webmail systems. The publicly available site contains an extensive catalog of programs aimed at social networks and services, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Friendster, Gmail, and Yahoo... Each entry explains the reason why the bot has been created and activities it can perform: creating multiple accounts simultaneously; identity theft; stealing friends, followers or contacts; and automatic sending of messages.
12894388
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Ellie K writes:
Ask any layperson about credit card fraud and they will inevitably link the subject to the Internet. But credit-card companies invested so much to add security to the internet that they forgot to take a closer look on the real world. In fact, is easier to copy (a.k.a. “clone”) a credit card off-line.
12264520
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Ellie K writes:
If approved, President Obama's nominee for the Supreme Court, former Harvard Law School Dean Ellen Kagan would be the first appointee in 38 years who had never had experience as a judge. The 50-year old Kagan would be 40 years younger than Justice Stephens who she'd be replacing, and five years younger than any of the other current Supreme Court judges.
The Yahoo article offers two striking photos, both large color images, of U.S. Solicitor General Kagan carrying out her current duties.
12154734
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Ellie K writes:
Google Analytics Application Gallery extend Google Analytics with 38 new apps including these:
Analytics HD: AnalyticsApp is an app for Google Analytics on the iPad
Analytics Visualizations:The Referrer Flow visualization shows you what sites link to you and which content works best. The Keyword visualization displays the most frequently used search keywords and how they are used together.
BTBuckets: BTBuckets is a free segmentation and optimization webapp that allows sites to create user segments and take actions upon them in real time.
CallTrackID: CallTrackID allows telephone enquiries to be tracked from various traffic routes, including direct, organic, PPC ad, affiliate and offline straight into Google Analytics.
ShufflePoint Studio for PowerPoint: ShufflePoint Studio allows you to associate PowerPoint text, table, and chart placeholders with refreshable Google Analytics data
and 33 more, see Google Analytics blog http://analytics.blogspot.com/2010/05/google-analytics-releases-38-features.html
12104294
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Ellie K writes:
Flaws in security in the U.S. Coast Guard IT system caused weakness in the Department of Homeland Security.
12103284
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Ellie K writes:
Adobe's New Privacy Feature For Flash Clashes With Online Fraud Detection: Financial institutions, ecommerce sites will no longer be able to rely on Flash objects, cookies to help ID legitimate users, experts say ...
12102476
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Ellie K writes:
Identities of individuals charged with illegal peer-to-peer file sharing can be revealed to the copyright holder who is filing the charges...The RIAA had detected infringing activity on the network, and traced the IP address back to the individual. After filing something known as a "John Doe" lawsuit, the RIAA managed to force the ISP to hand over the user's identity.
