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Who and What is Behind the Malware Proxy Service SocksEscort?

Krebs on Security

Malware-based anonymity networks are a major source of unwanted and malicious web traffic directed at online retailers, Internet service providers (ISPs), social networks, email providers and financial institutions. com was registered in 2008 to an Adrian Crismaru from Chisinau, Moldova. DomainTools says myiptest[.]com

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This is the old ChiefTech blog.: ThinkFree Portable Review

ChiefTech

This is pretty good value when you consider that in Australia the basic Microsoft Office Standard 2007 suite for commercial users retails around AU$700. To get something for the same price you would need to look at something like Microsoft Works instead , however in Australia even the basic Works version retails at around AU$85.

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This is the old ChiefTech blog.: The Hidden Web: Microformats and the The Next Internet

ChiefTech

In the future you will boot up your shopping application of choice; maybe its open source or even provided by a retailer. So, what does this mean for the average user? Well let’s say you need to buy something. Either way you won’t type in a URL. Further Reading Articles and Papers Book Reviews and More Intranet 2.0

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Types of Malware & Best Malware Protection Practices

eSecurity Planet

In 2008, the Kraken botnet with 495,000 bots infected 10% of the Fortune 500 companies. Since 2008, RAM scraping has been a boon for retailers. However, a growing number of botnet attacks are used against IoT devices and their connected networks. Additional features of botnets include spam, ad and click fraud, and spyware.

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