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spam-and-the-fortune-1000

There is an interesting article on the Register about bots in large company networks. I always assumed that the massive bot armies of spammers and phishers consisted of the PCs of unsophisticated home users. I think this has tremendous implications. If you're PayPal and Oracle is sending PayPal spam, can you do something about it? Yes, I think.

south-carolina-considers-taking-dna-from-anyone

Hat tip: To The People for pointing out that South Carolina is considering creating a DNA database of the presumed innocent.

Senate President Pro Tem Glenn McConnell says swabbing a suspect's mouth is no more invasive than taking fingerprints.
Except that there is an actual database of fingerprints to check them against, correct? There isn't a huge federal DNA database. Is there? Or is that part of TIA?

banks-thinking-strategically-about-security

Bank Lawyer's Blog has an interesting post about an American Banker editorial (apparently not available online) about the new FFIEC guidelines for stronger authentication for online banking.

congratulations-to-local-boys-spi-dynamics

on their acquisition by HP and to me, since I was an early angel investor in SPI - so long ago I cannot remember what year it was. Their application to the ATDC had just been rejected as they were viewed as 'unreceptive to coaching', IIRC. I was an entrepreneur-in-residence at ATDC at the time, so it must have late 2000. For what it's worth, they were indeed unreceptive to coaching, except from Brian Cohen who has done a great job as CEO.

air-marshalls-arrested-for-drug-smuggling

According to this Time article two Air Marshalls were arrested in Houston for allegedly smuggling cocaine.

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