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October 03, 2008 News and Trends

Cybercriminals syndicating Google Trends to serve malware

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:32:18 PDT
In an underground ecosystem that is anything but old fashioned when it comes to abusing legitimate web services, cybecriminals have started exploiting the traffic momentum, and by monitoring the peak traffic for popular search queries using Google’s Trends, are syndicating the keywords in order to acquire the traffic and direct it to malware

What's missing from this election? Molly Ivins!

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:23:30 PDT
'The late buckaroo populist and freedom fighter would have had a ball with the insanity of this current news cycle.'It breaks a girl's heart to know that Molly Ivins does not get to have a go at the Republican slate this year. I can see that big, rosy, sunflower face watching this all with astonishment and roaring with laughter.

Meow! Officer expects house cat, gets cougar

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:15:32 PDT
Meow! Officer expects house cat, gets cougarSeeded on Tue Sep 30, 2008 4:15 PM EDT (MSNBC) A police officer didn't think much of a call to shoo off a bothersome "kitty cat" at a Casper home on Monday.msnbci, animal-weirdness, weird-news, world-news10

Interesting Times

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:52:53 PDT
The good news is Congress rewrote their 700 billion dollar bailout bill and turned it into a 800 billion dollar rescue plan. Totally different. Now it's a rescue plan. Instead of a bailout bill. Sounds much friendlier. Besides, what's 100 billion amongst friends?

Cybercriminals syndicating Google Trends keywords to serve malware (ZDNet)

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:22:38 PDT
In an underground ecosystem that is anything but old fashioned when it comes to abusing legitimate web services, cybecriminals have started exploiting the traffic momentum, and by monitoring the peak traffic for popular search queries using Google's Trends, are syndicating the keywords in order to acquire the traffic and direct...

Steve Aschburner: Coaches who could land on the hot seat (Sports Illustrated)

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 13:12:09 PDT
Given our nation's current economic plight, the NBA -- which likes to set trends and provide stellar examples -- ought to consider a departure from business as usual this season. As in, cool it with the pink slips.

Livingston Signs with Heat

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:24:45 PDT
According to the associated press, former Clipper and former fourth overall pick in the draft, Shaun Livingston, has signed a two year contract with the Miami Heat. Why is this such big news? I am not sure if you remember, but Livingston severely injured his leg in a game over 19 months ago...

Silver Summit: Analysts Cry Manipulation

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:52:39 PDT
A couple of very good articles this morning on www.SilverInvestingNews.com. Melissa Pistilli attended the Silver Summit show and attended the presentations by a bunch of the analysts including John Embry, David Morgan, Roger Weigand, Jeffrey Christian, and Al Korelin. She does a good job of summarizing their thoughts.


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