Archive for April 1st, 2009

U.S. auto sales plunge but bottom seen near (Reuters)

Written by on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 in 198692.

Reuters – U.S. auto sales fell 37 percent in March, a smaller-than-expected drop that encouraged hope that the world’s largest car market is nearing a bottom after a freefall that has pulled the industry into a deepening crisis.

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Man dies in London protests on G20 summit eve (AFP)

Written by on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 in Latest News.

AFP – Thousands of people demonstrated on the streets of London ahead of the G20 summit here in mad protests that descended into violent battles with police and saw one man collapse and die.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Conficker.C appears on schedule, but only as a whisper

Written by on Wednesday, April 1st, 2009 in Latest News.

The Conficker worm has been a hot topic for months as white hats and black hats have struggled to one-up each other. When security teams broke the randomization cypher Conficker uses and were able to predict which websites the program would target and when, Conficker.B retaliated. That version of the malware used a new encryption cypher to hide its target list (this was broken as well), and was cabable of spreading from infected to non-infected systems over office networks, shared folders, or even USB keys. Click here to read the rest of this article

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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