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Submission + - Egyptian government to adopt FLOSS on larger scale (mcit.gov.eg)

Submitted by ezabi
ezabi writes: After announcing a 43 Million USD license agreement with Microsoft, the Egyptian government was faced with a protest from FLOSS enthusiasts staging a stand before the cabinet http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/activists-protest-microsoft-deal
Later, representatives from the community had a meeting with the minister of communications and information technology, such a meeting led to the ministry issuing a press release (in Arabic) stating its commitment to gradually move to open source as a strategic option for future projects.
It's worth mentioning that all governmental websites used in the elections and constitution referendum were all based on open source solutions.
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Legitimate ISP a Cover-up For a Cybercrime Network 68

Posted by Soulskill from the e-front-affront dept.
ezabi writes "TrendWatch, the malware research arm of TrendMicro, has posted a white paper titled 'A Cybercrime Hub' (PDF, summary here) describing the activities of an Estonian ISP acting as a cover-up for a large cybercrime network. It's involved with malware distribution and DNS hijacking, which leads to credit card fraud. The story's interesting, and a typical internet user would be exposed in such a situation. What security measures should be taken to prevent normal users from falling victim to such malicious bodies? Note that they are represented legitimately and are offering real services like any other internet company."
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Submission + - Legitimate ISP a cover-up for a cybercrime network 1

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ezabi
ezabi writes: "TrendWatch, the malware research arm of TrenMicro, has posted a white paper "A Cybercrime Hub" describing the activities of an Estonian ISP acting as a cover-up for a large cybercrime network, such network is involved with malware distribution, DNS hijacking with last but not least leads to credit card fraud.
The story's interesting and any internet Joe User is exposed to that.
My question to Slashdot users is what security measures should be taken to prevent normal users from falling victims to such malicious bodies, note that they are represented legitimately and are offering legitimate services such as any other internet companies."

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