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California Jane Doe Challenges RIAA Subpoena

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Lawyers representing a California woman who was targeted by a Recording Industry Association of America subpoena have filed a motion in U.S. federal court challenging the subpoena as an unconstitutional invasion of privacy. The woman, whose motion was filed under the name Jane Doe, is an Internet subscriber of Verizon, which is one of two…

SoBig.F Piles On the Worm Effect

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

At the tail end of what could be called this summer’s “Worm Week,” antivirus and security experts watched carefully as the spreading SoBig.F variant flooded in-boxes around the Internet with millions of virus-laden e-mails. Antivirus researchers said the worm, which was set to activate a barrage of e-mail from infected machines Friday, was not especially…

Symantec Preempts Virus Fight on Handhelds

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Antivirus giant Symantec is touting features like centralized management and wireless Web updates in its new AntiVirus for Handhelds line that will be available in consumer and corporate versions beginning in September. Symantec joins other antivirus and security companies, including Network Associates, Trend Micro and Computer Associates, that have aimed their defense against viruses, worms…

Spotlight Forces Exit of New Zealand Spam King

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A New Zealand man who bore the brunt of the recent backlash against unwanted e-mail — known as spam — has said he is leaving the business that fills e-mail boxes with solicitations and suspect messages. After an article in a local newspaper identified him as a major spammer, Shane Atkinson said he was inundated…

SoBig FBI Probe Continues Amid Ongoing Concern

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

As law enforcement officials continue their search for the origin of the SoBig.F computer worm that clogged servers and networks last week, security experts are watching for the next variant and worrying that antivirus defenses might be flawed. The FBI, which subpoenaed an Internet service provider in Arizona, is working on leads in the case…

Symantec Moves Against Piracy with Product Activation Requirements

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

This week, security software developer Symantec announced Norton Antivirus 2004, the newest version of the company’s antivirus software. While this product will provide consumers with new kinds of protection against certain emerging nonvirus threats — such as spyware and keystroke-logging programs — what is particularly noteworthy about the announcement is that it marks a major…

Feds Nab Blaster Suspect, Continue Tracking SoBig.F Writer

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Federal officials reportedly have closed in on an 18-year-old man believed to be the author of a variant of the Blaster worm, which affected nearly half a million computers earlier this month. An announcement of the suspect’s arrest was expected Friday in Seattle, Washington, near the headquarters of Microsoft, whose Windows operating system was the…

Denial of Service – Exposed

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Analysts credit advance warning about the Blaster worm, in addition to Microsoft’s clever rewriting of standard Internet-connection protocols, as the weapons used in defeating a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against the software company’s Windows help Web site on August 16th. The Blaster worm, which infected more than one million computers worldwide in August, created a legion…

Newest Worms Dominate Ugly Month

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

SoBig.F, Blaster, Nachi and MiMail — the most frequently occurring viruses in August — helped make last month the worst in the history of computer security, according to antivirus firm Sophos. The business-focused antivirus company, in its monthly virus ranking, pegged the newest viruses as the top four, with SoBig garnering a whopping 37.6 percent…

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