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North Channel Sun - Webb said he signed a sworn affidavit on July 6 stating Magnolia Police Department Cpl. Mike Alexander asked hypothetical questions concerning the possible installation of key logger software and other specific questions related to MPD’s network. Key

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You’ve got mail, and a Nigerian scam attempt
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Szymborski’s computer also might have been remotely fitted with a key logger - a device that records keystrokes and stores them. Hackers could have picked up her password. Szymborski still has not been able to reclaim her old e-mail address. She has

KeyBoardNanny - New keylogger utility with screen shot support
pressbox.co.uk - KeyBoardNanny is a small utility that helps you monitor the typing activity of your child even while you are absent. It runs in the background and is invisible for the child. The parent can define a set of words that need to be monitored. The

Hackers Could Meddle With the Voting Campaign
Softpedia - A carefully placed, targeted key logger has the potential to cause material damage to a candidate in the process of an election. Such code may also be targeted towards campaign staff, family members, or others who may be deemed material to the

January 2002
Out-Law - FBI use of key-logger software declared legal Information Commissioner targets web sites Data exports to Canada win EU approval Hong Kong ID cards will offer digital certificates Appeals court supports spam law in California VeriSign to offer domain

Don Parker: Of hackers and ego
Of hackers and ego

Gartner: Antivirus is biggest security expense
Customers are getting more demanding, while security market is seeing a gradual consolidation around fewer players.

Men imprisoned for pornographic spam (AP)
AP - Two men who sent millions of unsolicited pornographic e-mails have been sentenced to more than five years in federal prison as part of the first prosecution under a federal anti-spam law, U.S. Department of Justice officials said Friday.

O2 owned ISP customers still exposed by router snafu

News: Nigeria enlists Microsoft to fight spam scammers
Nigeria enlists Microsoft to fight spam scammers

German Anti-Terror Measures Fight for Life as Opposition Grows
Deutsche Welle - The use of spy software resurfaced as a potential anti-terror measure just days before the alleged attacks on targets in Germany were foiled. Interior Minister Wolfgang Sch uble, long a proponent of the online searches, announced his plans to send e

Microsoft Scrambling to Explain Ballmer Comment on Red Hat Linux

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Vuln: Microsoft Windows URI Handler Command Execution Vulnerability
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Vuln: OpenSSL SSL_Get_Shared_Ciphers Off-by-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OpenSSL SSL_Get_Shared_Ciphers Off-by-One Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

News: Student detained after attacks on Estonian websites
Student detained after attacks on Estonian websites

Reported Assassination of Russian Spammer a Hoax (PC World)
PC World - The reported assassination of an alleged Russian spammer is a hoax, according to security researchers.

Analyst: Virtualization set to boost mobile security
Technology to help tackle problem of data loss from corporate mobile devices, but the tools won’t exist until 2012, Gartner says.

Donations needed for MacOs X Truecrypt implementation

Gmail cookie vulnerability exposes user’s privacy
Program developed by “ethical hacking” group takes advantage of cross-site scripting vulnerability to steal contacts, forward e-mail.

School beating the cyber-bullies
Oldham Advertiser - Now all computer activity in the school is monitored by special spy software created by Securus. Teachers are alerted to abusive messages on any of the school’s PCs and are sent a copy of the offending e-mail along with the identity of the person who

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Mobile spying service leaked sensitive details to the masses
The Register - It’s simple. Parents, employers or jilted lovers install the Mobile Spy software on a handset, then see every text message, incoming or outgoing phone number or web site address that passes through it by accessing logs stored on the Mobile Spy website

September 2006
Out-Law - Google-owned firm Google agrees to hand data to Brazil Hewlett-Packard accused of spying on board members Vintage computer could cause problems for kidnap investigators Franchisee can’t rely on Data Protection Act to avoid sharing data Mobile spy software

Man gets 5 years for cyber sex with teen
WNYT - Bower told police the Internet affair went on for a year before he was caught. The child’s mother in England used spy software when she became suspicious and contacted police. U.S. Marshals arrested Bower at Albany International Airport as he was

MAAWG Attacks BotNets with Walled Garden Best Practices to Protect
Earthtimes - Among other threats, the malware might also include a “key logger” to record users’ keystrokes and capture passwords or sensitive financial information that is forwarded to identity thieves. Chasin said, “This is the first step and we’ll continue to

Taking responsibility
AME Info - Key logger - this hidden program logs all your key strokes, so everything you type in is recorded. This includes things like usernames and passwords on banking sites - anything you type gets transmitted back to the criminal that made it. Spammer virus

January 2002
Out-Law - FBI use of key-logger software declared legal Information Commissioner targets web sites Data exports to Canada win EU approval Hong Kong ID cards will offer digital certificates Appeals court supports spam law in California VeriSign to offer domain

Beyond Keylogger V2.91 Is Out
pressbox.co.uk - This is invisible surveillance tool that registers every activity on your pc to encrypted logs. It allows you to secretly track all activities from all computer users and automatically receive logs to a desire e-mail, Network Folder (LAN) or FTP

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PRWeb - Do you know what a key logger is? If not, your identity could be stolen at any time. Identity theft is more dominant in the cyber world now more than ever. Just this weekend, many were hit with a fake e-mail from one of the largest banks in the world