Social Issues

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

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InternetNews February 23, 2005 Jim Wagner	FBI: We're Not Infecting You The culprit, according to e-mail security sites Symantec and F-Secure, could be a new strain of the Sober.K worm, which spoofs the domain addresses of a number of e-mail servers.
InternetNews February 22, 2005 Roy Mark	Teen's Extortion Plot Spims Out of Control A young New Yorker is nabbed in L.A. for "spimming" - sending spam through instant messenger.
InternetNews February 22, 2005 Tim Gray	Spim Tide Rising Report shows instant messaging is becoming a popular target for spammers.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2005 Tim Beyers	Spim Scam IMs Spam The first arrest has been made for a scam that was waiting to happen -- sending unwanted solicitations through instant messaging.
The Motley Fool February 22, 2005 Rich Smith	ChoicePoint Steps Up Identity theft scam shakes confidence in the information broker, despite its efforts to right its wrongs.
InternetNews February 17, 2005 Tim Gray	MyDoom Back For More Another MyDoom variant is back and threatening Internet users by spreading through e-mail addresses found on popular search engines.
InternetNews February 17, 2005 Michael Singer	Cyber Security Heads Grade The System Security groups recommend a more robust partnership between the public and private sectors to protect against cyberspace attacks and physical attacks.
InternetNews February 16, 2005 Tim Gray	Cabir Hits U.S. Finnish antivirus firm F-Secure has detected the first U.S. variants of the Cabir virus, which infects cell phones using the Symbian operating system.
InternetNews February 16, 2005 Roy Mark	House Cuts Cookies From SPY ACT With little fuss and no debate, a House subcommittee today amended an anti-spyware bill to clarify that the legislation does not cover third-party cookies.
InternetNews February 16, 2005 Roy Mark	DOJ Will Appeal Obscenity Ruling Attorney General Gonzales says selling and distributing obscene videos over the Internet is not covered by the First Amendment.
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