Social Issues

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

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InternetNews December 29, 2005 Roy Mark	Oregon Man Cops Plea in eBay DDOS Attack A 21-year-old Oregon man faces up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty this week for his role in launching a distributed denial of service attack on eBay in 2003.
InternetNews December 29, 2005 Roy Mark	AOL: Spam Down, Sophisticated Methods Up 'Spam mafia gangs' continue to mislead and deceive e-mail users.
InternetNews December 28, 2005 Jim Wagner	Windows Metafile Exploit Could Spell Trouble A new virus that exploits a critical vulnerability in the Windows Metafile Format has been released to the wild and is being used by malware writers.
InternetNews December 28, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	Virus Tempers MSN Messenger Buzz Those who plan to use MSN Messenger 8 should be careful of sites masquerading as betas.
The Motley Fool December 28, 2005 Alyce Lomax	Beware the MSN Messenger Bug Attacks on IM programs are on the rise, and although MSN Messenger is not the top instant-messaging software, one research group found that MSN Messenger has been used quite frequently for such IM viruses, as the newest threat shows.
The Motley Fool December 27, 2005 Rich Smith	A Tip of the Beret to Piracy Plunder is still illegal on the high seas, but the digital equivalent could become a reality in France.
Scientific American December 26, 2005 Luis Miguel Ariza	Virtual Jihad The Internet as the ideal terrorism recruiting tool.
Smithsonian January 2006 Michael Gee	The Last Page - Royal @ In a web-based monarchy, there are no bans on fox-hunting: Now that the real world is an obsolete concept, the Windsors are on even terms with us commoners, at least on the Internet, where they can indulge that most priceless of perks -- anonymity.
InternetNews December 23, 2005 Roy Mark	E-Mail Dominance Faces Challenges E-mail faces significant challenges from real time communications, spam and bugs and viruses, according to a new report from IDC.
InternetNews December 20, 2005 Roy Mark	FTC: CAN-SPAM Is Working With a big helping hand from technology, the Federal Trade Commission say spam volume is declining. But are spammers staying away?
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