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Archive - Jan 27, 2004

cnn.com: E-mail Scam Uses Anti-Terrorism Hook

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Tue, 01/27/2004 - 2:00am

A new scam is claiming that the FDIC has pulled insurance from millions of bank accounts. To get it back, you need to fill out a form ... which sends all your banking info to crackers overseas. Read the full story.

cnn.com: Tricky MyDoom E-mail Worm Spreading Quickly

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Tue, 01/27/2004 - 2:00am

The worm attempts to capture keystrokes from infected machines an launch a denial of service attack against the SCO Group. I've already received 12+ of the damn things. Read the full story.

Harsh Mistress Coming to Theatres?

Posted in by Kenneth Newquist on Tue, 01/27/2004 - 2:00am

SCI-FI.com is reporting that Tim Minear has been hired to do the screenplay adaptation for Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. That's excellent news -- the novel's been in limbo for forever and a day. The weird thing is how SCI-FI describes the book: "The novel deals with a 2076 rebellion on a former penal colony on the moon and has been read as an allegory about libertarianism and its costs."