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Mystery of Mars still attracts space lovers
Elton John: "Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids." Rick Remender, 39, a writer and artist of the " X - Force ," ''Punisher" and "Fear Agent" comic books, first heard the "War of the Worlds" broadcast when he was in elementary
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New cyberattacks target small businesses
server. Because mass injection can be automated, such attacks have become a staple of the cyberunderground. IBM's X - Force security division monitored and blocked fewer than 10,000 such attacks per month in early 2008. By mid-2009 it blocked
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Social-media tools used to target corporate secrets
data, according to a report released today by IBM’s X - Force cybersecurity team. “Cybercriminals have become more focused of attacks, rather than quantity,” says Tom Cross, X - Force threat intelligence manager. Elite cybercriminals are tapping
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Anticipation runs high for Rockstar Games' 'L.A. Noire'
space-shooter on steroids from the makers of Gears of War and Unreal, written by comic book author Rick Remender (The Uncanny X - Force ). •Killzone 3 ($60, out Feb. 22 for PS3; killzone.com). The war against the alien Helghast continues — this
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Hackers embed malicious links in websites about stars like Biel
can think of to get you to click on bad links. IBM's X - Force security research team has tracked a 508% leap in new turning up in your search results can snare you, says X - Force director Kris Lamb. "There is no such thing as safe browsing
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'Phishing' drops; are scammers switching tactics?
in years past.) "That is a huge, precipitous decline in the amount of phishing," said Kris Lamb, director of the X - Force research team in IBM's Internet Security Systems division, which did the report. But "I wouldn't tell anybody that
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Conficker Predictions - Doomsday Scenarios for April 1
released just today by IBM Internet Security System's X - Force (note to self: rename bowling team "The X - Force ") suggests Conficker's presence in the U.S
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Bad economy helping Web scammers recruit 'mules'
networks increased 30% over the past four months, to more than 2.5 billion attempted incursions worldwide. "Those are very scary numbers," said Gunter Ollmann, chief security researcher for IBM's X - Force security services team.
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Symantec Backtracks on Adobe Flash Warning
being exploited through several Chinese hacker websites," ISS wrote in its advisory on the flaw. "All of the samples X - Force has seen target the vulnerability disclosed in this Advisory." In a note on its Web site, Symantec said that it was
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Google searchers could end up with a new type of bug
a phase where one or two smart guys are attacking a few dozen major websites," says David Dewey, manager of IBM's X - Force security division. "In the next few weeks I would expect to see copycats attacking hundreds of high-profile websites
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Google searchers could end up with a new type of buga phase where one or two smart guys are attacking a few dozen major websites," says David Dewey, manager of IBM's X - Force security division. "In the next few weeks I would expect to see copycats attacking hundreds of high-profile websites
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Malware is Getting Smarter, IBM Warns
the year. So far this year, its X - Force research and development team has sophisticated malware agent. "The X - Force security statistics report for 2006 said Kris Lamb, director of X - Force . "This directly correlates to the
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Attackers Get Chatty on VOIP
should make a big difference as more dangerous VOIP threats are created, he said. Tom Cross, a researcher with the X - Force team at IBM's ISS division, agreed that Skype is in some sense becoming a victim of its own success with the recent
