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Security Briefing: October 15th

I feel wretched. As I sit here drinking tea and alternating between shivering and sweating, I found these gloves … Eureka! I’m in need of more rest, it’s obvious, I’m going back to bed – have a great Wednesday.

Signed,

The Intern

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And now, the news…

  1. Photo CAPTCHAs have been cracked – Slashdot Why is it still so hard for humans though?
  2. Feds shut down world’s largest spam operation – The Globe and Mail I’m a personal email user, I don’t work professionally and I get about 3,000 spam messages per month… what are the chances I’ll only get 2,900 now?
  3. Microsoft patches critical holes in IE, Office – The Register Whoa, is it Tuesday again already?
  4. US telco: Public Broadband is illegal – The Register What a sorry waste of time and resources – if only the telco could be held liable for all costs incurred along the way.
  5. Intellectual Property Bill Becomes Law– Dark Reading More commentary on Bush’s latest “war”, the one on copyright.
  6. Self implantation of RFID, now on video – Boing BoingDon’t try this at home.
  7. Having a Ball with helper ‘bots on Mars – CNN
  8. DarkMarket carder forum as FBI sting – The Register Zoinks Scoob!

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