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8th July 2007 Archive

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  • Time to blacklist blacklists

    Plenty of ways to overcome 'minor inconvenience'

    Blacklists have their place for detecting and identifying malicious content and activity, with the whole signature-based malware detection industry effectively being built around the concept that blacklists are reliable mechanisms. The only problem is that they aren't. They certainly are an important element of security …

    Malware 8 Jul 2007, 16:36

  • PaddyPower pays out for Gore's Prius joyride

    House of Cards Sins of the father?

    Irish bookmaker PaddyPower.com has paid out $13,600 on 14-1 odds that Al Gore would be the next celebrity arrested. PaddyPower, the leading fixed-odds bookmaker in Ireland, has made something of a name for itself on the Emerald Isle by offering bizarre and entertaining betting options for its customers, but this one bizarrely …

    Bootnotes 8 Jul 2007, 16:40