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As Facebook continues to grow, it becomes the target of a worm

by Jodie Andrefski on Mar 9, 2009 at 12:10 PM

As I talked about recently, we all know that Facebook, along with most social networking sites in general, is growing in popularity in a major way as of late.  And with an increase in users comes an increase in the interest of those wanting to target those users maliciously.  So… Continue Reading »

Microsoft offers $250,000 bounty for hackers

by Sue Walsh on Feb 13, 2009 at 07:29 AM

Microsoft has announced it is offering a $250,000 award for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the Conficker Worm.  The worm, also known as Downadup, is the worst worm outbreak the net has seen in years. It takes advantage of a security… Continue Reading »

The new Downadup worm has affected millions of PCs

by Heather Wood on Jan 20, 2009 at 03:14 PM

A new virus, Downadup, is spreading across the virtual community like wildfire and has already affected millions of PCs.  To spread the virus, hackers are directing traffic to bogus Barack Obama websites.  The worm originated back in October and was then known as Conficker.  According to analysts, the worm has… Continue Reading »

SanDisk unveils the WORM “write-once” SD card

by Robert Nelson on Jul 15, 2008 at 06:52 PM

SanDisk first began letting some details slip late last year about the possibility of bringing a write-once memory card to market. Well even though most of us have long since forgotten this concept, it seems SanDisk has been hard at work getting them ready. They have officially announced the WORM… Continue Reading »

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