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Terrapin Networks - Moving IT Forward Archives: September 2009

29 September 2009

Symantec identifies ‘Dirtiest Web Sites of Summer’

This came out in late August, but is still very relevant - have a look at Symantec’s List of the 100 Dirtiest Web Sites of Summer 2009.
While over half of the sites are porn, that isn’t what Symantec means by “dirty” - they are specifically referring to sites with malware attached, where just viewing the [...]

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28 September 2009

Clampi Trojan Renews Assault on Bank Accounts

Trojans are making a comeback as the preferred way to get info from comprimised users. This article from Channel Insider has details about “Clampi”, a particularly ugly little variant.
Sporadic reports are surfacing that the authentication credential stealing Trojan Clampi is regaining momentum and poised to begin a new round of stealthily siphoning cash from the [...]

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26 September 2009

10 Best Things We’ll Say to Our Grandkids

Wired Magazine has a quick story about the “10 best things we’ll say to our grandkids”.
My favorite is “Our bodies were meat and supported by little sticks of calcium”.
It’s pretty good - check it out here.

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10 September 2009

Hong Kong Named Spam Capital of the World

In a rather dubious honor, Honk Kong wins for the most messy, constant, and destructive spam proliferation. They are truly under attack there right now.
Yahoo’s tech site has an article about this here.
The article says:
Hong Kong is under siege from legions of “zombies” attacking people with spam and leaving in their wake a trail of [...]

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5 September 2009

Commodore 64: A Look Back at a Geek’s First PC

Commodore 64
I never actually had one of those cool Commodore 64 units - I actually got started in the whole thing in the mid-80s direct with PC.
Since you asked, my first unit, purchased in 1985 for about $3000, was an AT&T AT6300 screamer with a 80286 CPU (”Turbo AT”) at 12MHz, with 640mb of RAM [...]

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