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Friday, July 25, 2008 11:21 AM/EST

Spam King Kills Family in Apparent Murder Suicide

Eddie Lawson, the 35-year-old-convicted "spam king" who walked out of a minimum security prison in Colorado last week where he was several months into his 21 month term there for masterminding pump-and-dump penny stock schemes and other e-mail driven cyber-crimes, has apparently killed himself and his young family.

Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:14 PM/EST

Hackers Expanding Web 2.0 Assaults

Sophos researchers report that infected sites continue to become more pervasive, with social networking services such as Blogspot increasingly being leveraged by badware distributors.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 2:03 PM/EST

Banks' Sites Remain Woefully Vulnerable

A report issued by researchers at the University of Michigan finds that most banking sites have design issues that put users in the crosshairs of potential attacks.

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 12:05 AM/EST

Report Uncovers Online Roid Rage

Researchers have found new evidence that America still has an addiction to online steroid sales.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008 5:22 PM/EST

Convicted Spammer Flees Prison

One of the federal government's prized convicts in its war against spam and cyber-crime has walked away from the minimum security prison where he was serving his 21-month sentence.

Monday, July 21, 2008 11:02 PM/EST

Researchers Uncover BEA Weblogic Apache Vulnerability

Researchers have found a highly critical security flaw in BEA Weblogic software that could lead to DoS attacks.

Monday, July 21, 2008 6:33 PM/EST

No Stopping Storm Variants

Yet another delivery mechanism for the Storm Worm Trojan has emerged over the last month, according to researchers working with BitDefender.

Saturday, July 19, 2008 3:29 PM/EST

Say Hello to Hydraflux

A new botnet control mechanism dubbed hydraflux could make it even harder for researchers to track down command centers and disable active networks of zombie machines.

Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:34 PM/EST

BlackBerry Flaw Highlights Mobile Data Risks

A BlackBerry Server flaw reported by RIM may not be exploited by attacks yet, but one can imagine that the bad guys are looking at these types of vulnerabilities with a great amount of interest.

Thursday, July 17, 2008 5:34 PM/EST

First Half of 2008's Most Bizarre Malware

A wide range of unusual threats have already appeared over the first six months of 2008.

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