Social Issues

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

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InternetNews December 20, 2005 Jim Wagner	Guidance Software Investigating Stolen Data Computer forensic specialist Guidance Software found itself on the receiving end of a malicious hacking attack that managed to swipe sensitive information on reportedly thousands of customers.
InternetNews December 20, 2005 Jim Wagner	Santa IM Worm Making a List The IM.GifCom.All worm, which targets the three major instant messaging networks, is spreading its payload to buddy lists.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Wikipedia Calls Security The online encyclopedia steps takes greater precautions following a recent controversy. Judging by some Internet trends, that step can't come too soon.
InternetNews December 16, 2005 Jim Wagner	Dasher Worm No Friendly Reindeer Corporations are at the most risk from a recently discovered worm.
InternetNews December 15, 2005 Clint Boulton	W3C to Workshop Web Security Dissatisfied with the way the current security methods that protect people using the Internet, the World Wide Web Consortium will conduct a two-day workshop to discuss better options.
InternetNews December 14, 2005 Roy Mark	Grokster Ruling Slows Illegal Downloading Six months after the Supreme Court ruled that P2P developers are legally responsible for the illegal acts of their users, illegal music sharing has dropped 11 percent.
InternetNews December 14, 2005 Roy Mark	Software Pirate Set For April Sentencing Feds bust the largest for-profit software piracy site ever shut down by the government.
InternetNews December 13, 2005 Roy Mark	Cyber Security Group Flunks Washington Neither the Bush administration nor Congress is providing significant leadership or legislation to secure the United States against cyber attacks, the Cyber Security Industry Alliance charged Tuesday.
InternetNews December 8, 2005 Jim Wagner	Sober Worm Has Nazi Connection The infamous Sober worm is set to rear its ugly head again in a New Year's activity that has security officials expecting the worst.
InternetNews December 7, 2005 Michael Hall	Chatty Worm-Bot Coaxes Malware Download A new worm making the rounds on AIM simulates a real person to coax users into accepting its payload.
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