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V-NewsTicker v2.2
License : Freeware (Enjoy it!)
(c)2003 VASIL DINKOV- PLOVDIV, BULGARIA
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For IE4+, NS4+, Opera5+, Konqueror3.1+
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Get the NewsTicker script at:
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['http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/technology/10digi.html?_r=1&oref=slogin','_blank','Goodbye, Passwords. You Aren’t a Good Defense. (Digital Domain) 08/10/2008','Computer security experts say that choosing hard-to-guess passwords ultimately brings little security protection. Passwords won’t keep us safe from identity theft, no matter how clever we are in choosing them. The solution urged by the experts is to abandon passwords — and to move to a fundamentally different model, one in which humans play little or no part in logging on. Instead, machines have a cryptographically encoded conversation to establish both parties’ authenticity, using digital keys that we, as users, have no need to see.'],
['http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/business/06theft.html?fta=y&pagewanted=print','_blank','11 Charged in Theft of 41 Million card numbers (New York Yimes) 08/05/2008','Federal prosecutors have charged 11 people with stealing more than 41 million credit and debit card numbers, cracking what officials said on Tuesday appeared to be the largest hacking and identity theft ring ever exposed.
The thieves focused on major national retail chains like OfficeMax, Barnes & Noble, BJ’s Wholesale Club, the Sports Authority and T. J. Maxx — the discount clothes retailer that first suggested the existence of the ring early last year, when it said its systems had been breached by hackers.
In public financial filings, TJX said it had spent around $130 million on matters related to the break-in, including legal settlements, and it expected to spend an additional $23 million in the 2009 fiscal year.
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['http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-07-15-coreflood_N.htm','_blank','Russian Coreflood Gang targets online bank accounts (USA Today) 07/15/2008','Over the past 16 months, the Coreflood Gang has infected swaths of PCs inside thousands of companies, hospitals, universities and government agencies, says SecureWorks researcher Joe Stewart, who has tracked and documented the spread of Coreflood over that period.
"It`s spying on you, capturing your log-ons, user names, passwords, bank balances, contents of your e-mail," Stewart says. "It can capture anything."
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['http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-04-10-cybercrime-computer-security_N.htm','_blank','Online crime`s impact spreads (USA Today) 04/11/2008','There appears to be no end to the cybercrime wave despite daily headlines about the latest computer breach and the best efforts of hundreds of security companies. The latest estimate: $200 billion a year, rivaling the illicit markets for drug trafficking and money laundering, according to several security experts and law-enforcement officials.
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['http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-08-04-hacker-cybercrime-zeus-identity-theft_N.htm ','_blank','Meet A-Z: The computer hacker behind a cybercrime wave (USA Today) 08/05/2008','He goes by the nickname A-Z and is one of Russia`s bright young tech stars. He`s a crack programmer, successful entrepreneur and creator of sophisticated software tools that help his customers make millions. Trouble is, A-Z`s masterstroke is a computer program called ZeuS that helps cybergangs steal people`s identity data and pull off Web scams on a vast scale.'],
['http://www.ns.umich.edu/htdocs/releases/story.php?id=6652 ','_blank','Security flaws in online banking sites found to be widespread (University of Michagan NewSource) 07/22/2008','ANN ARBOR, Mich.—More than 75 percent of the bank Web sites surveyed in a University of Michigan study had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves after their money or even their identity. '],
['http://http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/071408-iscunpatched-windows-pcs-fall-to.html?inform?ap1=rcb','_blank','Unpatched Windows PC`s fall to hackers in less than 5 minutes (Network World) 07/16/2008','It takes less than five minutes for hackers to find and compromise an unpatched Windows PC after it`s connected to the Internet, a security researcher said today. Launching your new computer to the Internet without proper safeguards can make it vulnerable to a hacker attack in less than 4 minutes accoring to The SANS Institute`s Internet Storm Center (ISC).'],
['http://http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080519/tc_pcworld/146048;','_blank','CEO “Identity Theft Expert”?? ID compromised 90 times (IDTHEFTsecurity.com) 05/25/2008','The press has recently taken issue with CEO of an identity theft prevention company who has given his SSN out for all the world to see. His identity theft protection service is designed to protect the consumer from identity theft. His identity was compromised financially early on and since has been compromised REPORTED 87-90 TIMES'],
['http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6228552&mtcEmail=larry@biosigid.com&mtcCampaign=5493','_blank','Woman accused of spying for China at Motorola (ABC Local News) 06/25/2008','(WLS) -- A Chinese spy was caught "red-handed," according to federal authorities, as she was about to board a plane at O`Hare bound for Beijing. ...On its Web site, Motorola touts the company`s internal security but declined an invitation from the I-Team to explain how an employee just off medical leave could nearly board a plane to Beijing with $600 million in corporate secrets. That is Motorola`s own estimate quoted by the FBI.'],
['http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20080630/tc_pcworld/147734','_blank','Creator of Nugache Worm Reaches Plea Agreement (IDG News service) 06/30/2008','The teenage creator of a botnet who used a clever worm to infect PCs and then steal users` personal data to order goods online has agreed to a plea deal with federal prosecutors in California.
....But Milmont kept updating the malware. The third version had a keylogging function that was capable of collecting form data from Internet Explorer of the computers he controlled. He then perpetuated identity fraud, collecting credit-card numbers and ordering goods The spam included links to fake Web sites mimicking MySpace or the Photobucket photo-sharing site. '],
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