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File sharing sites snapping shut like scared clams in MegaUpload backwash

24

Jan

2012

Major file sharing sites have freaked out, closing down or locking their gates to keep out U.S. IP addresses following the FBI’s Megaupload takedown over the weekend. Since Saturday, when the file-sharing company’s founder, Kim Dotcom, was tossed into a New Zealand jail, similar sites have been taking unprecedented steps to avoid a similar fate. […]

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Video of Gadhafi’s Death Being Used for Spam

27

Oct

2011

We’ve been seeing a particular social engineering lure in spam runs in the past, where spammers leverage the death of a known celebrity or political figure. Recent examples of this include the death of Steve Jobs, and Amy Winehouse. In this spam run using Gadhafi’s death, however, a more compelling lure is being used to […]

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British intelligence vandalizing extremist online magazines

02

Jun

2011

An article in the Washington Post reports that members of British intelligence vandalized an issue of the Inspire magazine. Inspire is the English-language lifestyle magazine of Al-Qaeda, published online in PDF format. They have published five issues so far. When the first issue was published last year, most jihadists ended up downloading a corrupted version […]

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