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02 Jul 2009 22:52

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Offbeat: We’re not sure what this sewer monster is, but it’s a YouTube hit

  • This looks like the craziest thing we’ve ever seen, and we’re sure it’s going to eat us. This video managed to top Michael Jackson as the most popular thing on YouTube this week, and we can see why. We’re guessing Jackson died because he was afraid it was going to eat him at his imaginary tour stop in Raleigh. source
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12 Apr 2009 13:03

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Tech: A 17-year-old was behind the StalkDaily Twitter hack

  • I did this out of boredom, to be honest. I usually like to find vulnerabilities within websites and try not to cause too much damage, but start a worm or something to give the developers an insight on the problem and while doing so, promoting myself or my website.
  • Mikeyy Mooney • Who claims he basically did it for purposes of self-promotion, shooting himself in his 17-year-old foot. Good job, jerk. We hate you and your cruddy Web site. • source
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11 Apr 2009 22:47

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Tech: How an ugly worm named StalkDaily grabbed Twitter by the throat

  • one Some evil person who hates you figured out that you can run Javascript code in Twitter bio fields.
  • two When an infected Twitter user’s profile is viewed on the Web, that Javascript executes.
  • three The code propagates quickly, causing lots of scary things to happen to Twitter users.
  • four Panic, fear and crying by Tweeters everywhere takes over the Interweb. PANIC! AHH! source
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14 Feb 2009 09:08

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Tech: MS puts up a big bounty to find worm’s authors

  • $250,000 reward offered by Microsoft to find the authors of the Conficker/Downadup worm
  • 500,000 per day number of infections it’s caused recently, according to security firm Symantec source
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