Social Issues

Magazine articles on the internet's impact on society, privacy, spam, hacking, scams, regulation.

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InternetNews April 12, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Beware of Browser-based Attacks Hackers entering through holes in browsers 'may pose the next significant security threat to IT operations,' a new report warns.
InternetNews April 12, 2004 Ron Miller	DRM Conference to Tackle Content Rights Issues Jupitermedia's Digital Rights Management show in New York this week features debate between online media companies and their critics.
InternetNews April 8, 2004 Robyn Greenspan	The Deadly Duo: Spam and Viruses, March 2004 The spam ratio only grew by 1 percentage point, but the economic damage from malware was staggering.
InternetNews April 8, 2004	Buffer Overflows Found in RealPlayer A private security research firm on Thursday warned of a potentially critical security flaw in the RealPlayer software distributed by RealNetworks that could allow malicious hackers to hijack vulnerable computers.
InternetNews April 7, 2004 Roy Mark	Ballmer Leads Off Security Road Show Microsoft's CEO Steve Ballmer calls for industry-wide cooperation on security, while nodding to Sun and jabbing Linux.
InternetNews April 7, 2004 Vince Barnes	An Hour with Kevin Mitnick, Part 2 We conclude our talk with Kevin Mitnick as he provides a glimpse into the mindset of a hacker, discusses attitudes toward security spending and gives a reason to think twice before taking caller ID at face value.
PC World May 2004 Andrew Brandt	The Credit Card Fraud That Would Not Die After finding out about suspicious activity on his credit card, Jonathan Kamen cancelled it and had a new number issued. American Express gave the new number to AOL without the his knowledge, leading to more fradulent charges.
PC World April 2, 2004 Andrew Brandt	Three Minutes With Spybot's Patrick Kolla The author of Search & Destroy wages war against ever-sneakier spyware and competitors who poach on his name and reputation.
Bank Technology News April 2004 Karen Krebsbach	Goin' Phishing Growing e-mail attacks threaten banks' bottom lines
T.H.E. Journal April 2004 Bob Kruger	Failing Intellectual Property Protection 101 Character education may be the key to piracy prevention.
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