Apple patches 30 six-month old Java bugs (PC Advisor)

Flaws could have been used for malware Apple this week patched almost 30 Java vulnerabilities in its Mac OS X operatimg system. The Apple fixes came up to six months after Sun Microsystems, Java’s developer, fixed most of the same flaws for other operating systems.


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FTC get CyberSpy’s RemoteSpy banned in the U.S. (Geek.com)

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has been successful in its bid to get the RemoteSpy spyware application released by CyberSpy Software banned in the U.S. For now the ban is temporary, but the FTC are pushing to make it permanent. The ban stems from a complaint (PDF) lodged by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) back [...]


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UnitedLayer COO: Giving access to InterCage is an issue of ethics (BetaNews)

Richard Donaldson, COO of co-location provider UnitedLayer, knows that his new client InterCage is unpopular. It’s just that he’s not sure that hosting botnets, malware, and spam services deserves a lifetime of incarceration.


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Microsoft to offer free security in 2009 (ITP.net)

‘Morro’ to protect Windows users from malware including viruses, spyware, rootkits and trojans


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AT&T, NBC lump piracy in with spam, malware as net pollution (Ars Technica)

Arts+Labs is out to save our digital skies from “net pollution,” including spam, viruses, malware, hackers, and—oh, yes—illegal file trafficking. AT&T, NBC, Viacom, Microsoft, and Cisco are backing the new group. Read More…


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