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[News] [Rival] Russian Youth Having Fun with Bill+NSA's Back Doors

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Caucasus foes fight cyber war

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| The people accused of attacking government websites in Georgia's war with 
| Russia are using many methods pioneered by the cyber-criminals. 
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| However, it is far harder to trace hackers who are driven by patriotism 
| rather than profit.  
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7559850.stm

Third parties too:

µTorrent silently fixes long-standing zero-day vuln

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| Popular BitTorrent client µTorrent has quietly patched a vulnerability that 
| created a means for hackers to load malware onto the PCs of file-sharers 
| simply by persuading them to open a poisoned Torrent.  
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/14/utorrent_update/

Windows only.

Report reveals which piracy groups pose significant threat

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| V.i. Labs issued a report revealing that piracy groups are fully exploiting 
| security gaps in the common licensing mechanisms used in electronic design 
| automation (EDA), computer-aided design (CAD), and product lifecycle 
| management (PLM) software to produce counterfeit versions of these 
| high-priced applications.    
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http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=6419

"Piracy"? What's that? Like GPL violations?


Recent:

Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
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