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	Microsoft names alleged Kelihos botnet creator Microsoft has named a Russian man as the alleged creator of Kelihos, a spammy botnet that abused the company's Hotmail service until the botnet was shutdown last September. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is one of the fastest-growing cloud computing. However, cloud providers usage agreements squarely make the user responsible for protecting servers, applications and data. CloudPassage Halo is the award winning cloud server security platform that has everything you need to secure your cloud servers. 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Accused Kelihos botnet maker worked for two security firms A Russian man who was accused Monday by Microsoft of creating the Kelihos botnet worked for a pair of security-related firms from 2005 to 2011, according to evidence on the Web. Read More Huge 4th Amendment win for privacy: Supreme Court Requires Warrant for GPS Tracking We the People and privacy won while law enforcement suffered a big legal loss on GPS tracking and electronic surveillance, the place where privacy, security and technology intersect and sometimes crash and burn. But like some kind of wickedly twisted two-step, wham bam courtesy of Uncle Sam, a Fifth Amendment privacy loss shadow falls over biggest Fourth Amendment and privacy victory in the digital age. Read More Firesheep moment for SCADA: Hacking critical infrastructure systems now as easy as pushing a button? Remember Firesheep, the add-on that was so easy to use that even the clueless could successfully hack Facebook and Twitter accounts via Wi-Fi? 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