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Researchers predict new computer security threat for wireless networks: Typhoid adware (w/ Video) – Eureka! Science News
There’s a potential threat lurking in your internet cafĂ©, say University of Calgary computer science researchers. It’s called Typhoid adware and works in similar fashion to Typhoid Mary, the first identified healthy carrier of typhoid fever who spread the disease to dozens of people in the New York …
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Researchers spy on BitTorrent users in real-time (Dan Goodin/The Register)
Dan Goodin / The Register:
Researchers spy on BitTorrent users in real-time — User uploads and downloads revealed — Researchers have devised a way to monitor BitTorrent users over long stretches of time, a feat that allows them to map the internet addresses of individuals and track the content they are sending and receiving.
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Google Search Results Manipulated? Clooney Clue Tips Off Researchers (Donna Howell/IBD Click)
Donna Howell / IBD Click:
Google Search Results Manipulated? Clooney Clue Tips Off Researchers — Security researchers say attackers have gotten into Google’s PageRank system to boost their own sites in search results, to reach more victims. And by similar means, attackers have infected major online ad systems.
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