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Covert Online Spies

2007-08-01 19:20:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...Spies The Internet is a powerful tool that provides everyone online a way to be connected to each other, gather a lot of information and enjoy convenient services like online shopping and banking. However, many of us Internet users are at constant risk of adware and spyware downloads that make us extremely vulnerable to malicious acts We...
 
Tags: anti spyware program, anti spyware, free anti spyware, proper anti spyware, anti spyware system, spyware, spyware downloads, spyware programs, anti-spyware system
 
 
 
 
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Introducing Iarpa: It's Like Darpa, But for Spies

2008-04-10 04:00:00 by Sharon Weinberger in Wired Security
 
Iarpa, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity is a new agency charged with getting the highest-tech gadgets available to U.S. spies. And, oh yes, it's pronounced "yarpa
 
Tags: research projects activity, spies, iarpa, highest-tech gadgets, intelligence, yarpa, agency
 
 
 
 
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Groups: Ad firm used by ISPs spies on users

2008-06-18 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
A targeted advertising vendor being used by several U.S. broadband providers hijacks browsers, spies on users and employs man-in-the-middle attacks, according to a report released Wednesday by two advocacy groups
 
Tags: users, spies, attacks, report, employs, wednesday, vendor, advocacy
 
 
 
 
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Nation's Spies Say Climate Change Could Spark War

2008-06-23 21:30:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
Environmental groups have been warning for years that global climate change could make already-tense parts of the world even worse, and even spark whole new conflicts. Now, in a classified national document, the nation's spies are saying pretty much the same thing
 
Tags: nation, change, spark, spies, national document, global, environmental, world, already-tense
 
 
 
 
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Spies Want a Second Life of Their Own

2008-07-03 10:09:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
First, American spooks said they wanted to scour Second Life and other virtual worlds for terrorists. Now, the country's spies want to build a Second Life of their own. And they want it to have a time machine
 
Tags: life, virtual worlds, spies, american spooks, time machine, country, terrorists, scour
 
 
 
 
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Corporate Spying

2008-01-16 12:21:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...spies apply a higher level of expertise, honed by government service, to the cruder tactics already practiced by private investigators. One such ploy is pretexting -- obtaining information by pretending to be somebody else. While private detectives have long posed as freelance reporters or job recruiters to get people to talk, former agents...
 
Tags: agents, intelligence agents, wal-mart, off-duty police officers, officers, wal-mart employee fired, cell-phone calls, phone calls, obtain
 
 
 
 
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Combating Computer

2007-08-01 19:16:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...spies and covert operations are found in war grounds or politically tense regions. Now however, you can find spies and covert operations running undetected within your personal computer system as you use your computer and the Internet Have you noticed a suspicious slow down of your computer's processing without any particular reason? Are you...
 
Tags: personal computer system, system, computer, spyware, anti spyware program, spyware creators, spyware cleaners, computer system, adware
 
 
 
 
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PCI compliance, building the base

2008-06-12 11:54:22 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...spies sneaking in under the fence So what does this have to do with PCI compliance for SMBs? Well the process of PCI certification is similar to what a military branch would do to secure their information. Enterprises identify and classify what data falls under PCI compliance. They validate that the systems that contain the information are...
 
Tags: pci compliance, pci compliance requirements, military, top secret information, military branch, information, guard, guard houses, data
 
 
 
 
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PCI compliance, building the base

2008-06-12 11:54:22 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...spies sneaking in under the fence So what does this have to do with PCI compliance for SMBs? Well the process of PCI certification is similar to what a military branch would do to secure their information. Enterprises identify and classify what data falls under PCI compliance. They validate that the systems that contain the information are...
 
Tags: pci compliance, pci compliance requirements, military, top secret information, military branch, information, data, credit data, guard
 
 
 
 
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Cyber spies plan attacks next year

2007-12-28 13:15:45 by Editor in ElectricNews.net - SECURITY
 
Cyber spying will pose the single biggest security threat in 2008, with 120 countries now using the internet for web espionage operations, according to security company McAfee
 
Tags: web espionage operations, security company mcafee, cyber, security threat, single, internet, countries, pose