Tag: Spyware
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Why So Little Attention to Botnets?
Our collective battle against botnets is going badly, according to Ryan Naraine’s recent article in eWeek. What’s that? You didn’t know we were battling botnets? You’re not alone. Though botnets are a major cause of Internet insecurity problems, few netizens know what they are or how they work. In this context, a “bot” is a…
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NYU/Princeton Spyware Workshop Liveblog
Today I’m at the NYU/Princeton spyware workshop. I’ll be liveblogging the workshop here. I won’t give you copious notes on what each speaker says, just a list of things that strike me as interesting. Videos of the presentations will be available on the net eventually. I gave a basic tutorial on spyware last night, to…
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Spyware Workshop, March 16-17
Helen Nissenbaum and I are co-organizing an interdisciplinary workshop on spyware, in New York on March 16 (evening) and March 17 (day). We have a great-looking lineup of speakers, reflecting a range of viewpoints on technical, legal, and policy aspects of the spyware problem. The workshop is free and open to the public, but we…