Day: July 25, 2006

Group appeals government eavesdropping ruling – CNET News.com

Group appeals government eavesdropping ruling | CNET News.com For more info click on above link A coalition of civil liberties groups and technology companies, including Pulver.com and Sun Microsystems, is appealing a federal court ruling that forces Internet service providers to create backdoors for government wiretapping. The coalition on Friday asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., to review a June 9 ruling that sided with the Bush administration. That 2-1 ruling (click here for PDF) said that Internet providers must rewire their networks and follow a complex scheme of eavesdropping regulations. The deadline

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Beware of ransomware, firm warns | CNET News.com

Beware of ransomware, firm warns | CNET News.com For more info click on above link Smaller companies should back up their data if they want to avoid being held to ransom by hackers, a security company has warned. Hackers are using sophisticated ransomware, which is malicious code, to hijack a company’s user files, encrypt them and then demand payment in exchange for the decryption key, Kaspersky Labs said on Monday. The security specialist said that the encryption algorithms used by cybercriminals are becoming increasingly complicated, foxing antivirus companies.

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FTC wants beefed-up powers against Net scammers – CNET News.com

FTC wants beefed-up powers against Net scammers | CNET News.com For more info click on above link WASHINGTON–Past and present Federal Trade Commission officials on Monday renewed their call for Congress to expand the agency’s international Internet policing powers and its ability to slap fines on wrongdoers. The suggestions came at a conference here organized by the Center for American Progress, which bills itself as a nonpartisan research institute that “challenges conservative thinking.” The organization set up the event to outline issues expected to emerge at a four-day, FTC-sponsored series of hearings about the Internet and consumer

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Yahoo, Symantec debut Net security service – CNET News.com

Yahoo, Symantec debut Net security service | CNET News.com For more info clcik on above link Yahoo and Symantec unveiled a joint consumer Internet security service Monday that will help the two companies compete against major rivals such as Google and Microsoft. The two companies said they would offer Symantec’s Norton Internet Security product directly to Yahoo customers in an expected deal that expands an ongoing partnership and seeks to take advantage of growing consumer demand for more Internet protection. The deal also gives Symantec access to the hundreds of millions of customers who use Yahoo services

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Blood-Horse Publications Receives We CARE Award

Blood-Horse Publications Receives Republic Bank We CARE Award for Community Service Lexington, KY—Blood-Horse Publications received the Republic Bank We CARE Award in the medium size business category at the first-annual awards ceremony of its kind which was held at The Clubhouse at Lexington’s historic Red Mile race track. The Republic Bank We CARE Awards recognize companies and employees in Frankfort, Georgetown, and Lexington that demonstrate inspiring examples of community service and support. The award was created by Republic Bank to publicly congratulate companies that stress the four elements contained in the We CARE name itself – Community,

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