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		<title>FBI, Slovenian and Spanish Police Arrests Mariposa Botnet Creator, Operators</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The FBI, in partnership with the Slovenian Criminal Police and the Spanish Guardia Civil, announced today significant developments in a two-year investigation of the creator and operators of the Mariposa Botnet. A botnet is a network of remote-controlled compromised computers. The Mariposa Botnet was built with a computer virus known as “Butterfly Bot” and was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ifraudalert.org to Rescue Stolen Data</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 14:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Internet Fraud Alert to Help Rescue Stolen Account Credentials Microsoft technology powers early reporting system to help protect consumers and businesses from fraud. WASHINGTON — June 17, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. has joined forces with the National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance (NCFTA), with the support of Accuity, the American Bankers Association, Anti-Phishing Working Group, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spyware Seller Settles FTC Charges; Order Bars Marketing of Keylogger Software for Illegal Uses</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Trade Commission has put the brakes on the business practices of an operation that was selling spyware and showing customers how to remotely install it on other people’s computers without their knowledge or consent. The FTC is announcing a settlement that bars the sellers of the “RemoteSpy” keylogger from advertising that the spyware [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Microsoft Investigators Uncover Emerging Form of Click Fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarekb.com/news/2010/05/19/microsoft-investigates-click-laundering/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 15:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[REDMOND, Wash. — May 19, 2010 — Microsoft Corp. has filed two lawsuits this week in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington detailing evidence of an emerging form of click fraud in online advertising the company has dubbed “click laundering.” One lawsuit is a John Doe suit alleging that unidentified defendants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC Permanently Shuts Down Notorious Rogue Internet Service Provider</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarekb.com/news/2010/05/19/ftc-shuts-down-rogue-isp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 15:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[3FN Service Specialized in Hosting Spam-Spewing Botnets, Phishing Websites, Child Pornography, and Other Illegal, Malicious Web Content At the Federal Trade Commission’s request, a district court judge has permanently shut down a rogue Internet Service Provider that recruited, hosted, and actively participated in the distribution of spam, spyware, child pornography, and other malicious and illegal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Adware Uses Subterfuge to Entice Facebook Members to Click</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarekb.com/news/2010/05/15/adware-uses-subterfuge-to-entice-facebook-members-to-click/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 14:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AVG Researchers Identify Massive Propagation of Rogue Applications Through Social Network Application AMSTERDAM&#8212;AVG Technologies today revealed research into a very aggressive, expansive push by rogue applications on Facebook this past weekend. AVG researchers indicated that from midnight to 9 a.m. EST on Saturday, May 15, 2010, AVG software detected and blocked more than three hundred [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McAfee, Inc. to Offer Anti-Malware for Android</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarekb.com/news/2010/04/29/mcafee-offer-anti-malware-android/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[McAfee VirusScan Mobile Technology Now Available Free of Charge at SK Telecom’s TStore SANTA CLARA, Calif.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;McAfee, Inc. (NYSE:MFE) today announced the availability of its anti-malware solution to secure Android-based smartphones. The McAfee® VirusScan® Mobile technology is available now for users of Android and Windows Mobile-based smartphones from SK Telecom in Korea. The software can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sophos Reveals Latest Spam “Dirty Dozen”</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarekb.com/news/2010/04/28/sophos-reveals-latest-spam-%e2%80%9cdirty-dozen%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 14:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[China Disappears from List of Top Spam-relaying Nations BOSTON&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;IT security and data protection firm Sophos has published its latest report on the top twelve spam-relaying countries, covering the first quarter of 2010. The United States continues its reign as the king of spam, relaying more than 13% of global spam, accounting for hundreds of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unraveling Software Piracy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:42:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PARIS — April 20, 2010 — Say the word “counterfeits” and most people think of cheap knock-offs offered at flea markets or low-quality fake designer goods sold out of someone’s car trunk. These images are at odds with the real story behind software piracy. That story involves highly organized criminals operating sophisticated manufacturing plants to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DOJ Fights IP Crimes</title>
		<link>http://www.softwarekb.com/news/2010/04/26/doj-fights-ip-crimes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 19:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Department of Justice Announces New Assistant United States Attorneys and FBI Agents to Combat Intellectual Property Crimes As part of the Department of Justice’s ongoing initiative to confront intellectual property (IP) crimes, Acting Deputy Attorney General Gary G. Grindler announced today the appointment of 15 new Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) positions and 20 FBI Special [...]]]></description>
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