Social Issues

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

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Wall Street & Technology January 5, 2006	Hackers Target Financial Services The financial services industry is the No. 1 target of security probes by criminal hackers, according to a report on network attack trends on vertical industries.
InternetNews January 6, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	EBay, PayPal Rank High on Phish Lists According to year-end 2005 data from research firm Netcraft, eBay and PayPal were the top phishing targets representing 62 percent of attacks.
InternetNews January 6, 2006 Roy Mark	Online Child Pornographer Sentenced A 23-year-old resident of Waterville, Maine, was sentenced to more than five years in prison Friday for distributing child pornography over the Internet.
InternetNews January 5, 2006 Brian Livingston	Secondary Mail Records Invite Spam Many companies are locked in a death struggle with spam. Unfortunately, a simple error in your e-mail setup can allow spam to flood your inbox almost unchallenged.
IEEE Spectrum January 2006 Stephen Cass	Antipiracy Software Opens Door to Electronic Intruders When security researchers in the U.S. and Finland discovered the music CD/rootkit problem, Sony BMG's reaction was so bad that it will probably be seen in future years as a textbook example of a botched corporate response.
Reason January 2006 Julian Sanchez	Stop the Music Since 2003 the Recording Industry Association of America has filed almost 15,000 lawsuits charging computer users with trading music online. Now one of its targets is suing back.
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006 Brian Grow	Gold Rush Online payment systems like e-gold Ltd. are becoming the currency of choice for cybercrooks.
BusinessWeek January 9, 2006	Dr. Jackson's Golden Vision The founder of e-gold, Douglas Jackson, discusses identity theft, regulatory compliance, and his libertarian epiphany
PC Magazine December 21, 2005 Ryan Naraine	The Lookout: Macromedia Patches Flaw The vulnerability is rated "critical" and was flagged in Flash Player 7.0.19.0 and earlier versions.
Wired January 2006 Charles C. Mann	How Click Fraud Could Swallow the Internet Pay-per-click advertising is big, big, big business. So are bogus hits on Internet ads. It's search giants against scam artists in an arms race that could crash the entire online economy.
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