The Flashback Trojan Made Its Makers $10,000 a Day
If you’ve ever wondered why people write malware, it’s just like anything else – it’s all about the money. Symantec has worked out that the evil-doing bottom-feeders behind that nasty Flashback Trojan, which caught the Mac world with its pants down, were raking in around $10,000 a day. Apparently Flashback was cheating Google out of…
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Congress Wants Broken Laser to Zap North Korea’s Broken Missiles
North Korea’s missile program seems to be moving backwards, with its latest failed launch crapping out earlier than its 2009 dud. Yet House Republicans still want a flying, missile-zapping laser cannon to stop Pyongyang and its ballistic “threats.” Back in February, the Missile Defense Agency announced the final test flight of the Airborne Laser, the…
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