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Submission + - Bot infestations "surge" to nearly 1.2M

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mengel
mengel writes: "Accrording to the folks at SecurityFocus the number of bot-infested systems has surged to nearly 1.2 Million. This after a big drop in December when lots of people replaced/upgraded systems.

Time to upgrade your spam filtering software, the onslaught is coming..."
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Submission + - Arizona gov admits to seeing Phoenix lights

Submitted by stratjakt
stratjakt writes: The governor of Arizona now admits to having seen the Phoenix lights.

Symington says he saw a large triangular "craft of unknown origin" with lights, moving slowly. "It was dramatic. And it couldn't have been flares because it was too symmetrical", he says. "It had a geometric outline, a constant shape."
I for one welcome our crazy republican overlords.
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Submission + - FBI in Cohoots with Verizon, AT&T, MCI

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mrbluze
mrbluze writes: "In the ongoing FBI probe, Wired News confirms that the FBI did enter into contracts with telephone companies to "harvest" telephone records.



"The contract essentially pays for the man hours or the personnel cost for the people who have to do the work," said FBI Assistant Director John Miller in an interview with Wired News last night. "We want dedicated people who handle our requests or do nothing else."


I have read elsewhere that security organizations have deals with operating system and other software manufacturers to provide back-doors to PC's. How widespread is all of this privacy invasion in reality?"

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