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New York Times Spams 8 Million People and Then Points the Finger at Hackers

Instead of sending a subscription email to 300 of their customers, New York Times sent it to around 8 million people, initially rushing to deny that the messages are genuine. On Wednesday morning a lot of people woke up to see an email from the Times asking them to reconsider their decision to cancel their home deli...

29 December 2011
08:23 GMT

New York Times Warns Customers Caught in Gawker Leak to Change Passwords

The New York Times is the latest company to advise customers potentially affected by the Gawker accounts database leak to change their passwords.At the beginning of last week Gawker Media, who owns some of the Web's most popular blogs, including Gizmodo and Lifehacker, announced that unauthorized individuals bro...

23 December 2010
02:54 GMT

Scammers Abuse 'Email This' Feature on Legit Websites

Security researchers warn that scammers are abusing the "share via email" functionality of news websites in order to push scam emails that bypass spam filters.In on example presented by Rik Ferguson, senior security advisor at Trend Micro, a classic 419 advance-fee scam was sent through the "email this" feature on th...

13 December 2010
03:51 GMT

Microsoft Legalizes Russian NGOs Pirated Software

In an attempt to protect the Russian nongovernmental organizations and the independent news media from attacks by authorities who accuse them of violating Microsoft's copyrights, the company will temporarily legalize their pirated software.What Microsoft will actually do is issue a “unilateral NGO software...

15 September 2010
06:59 GMT

Internal War Breaks Out at The NY Times over iPad (Unconfirmed)

It has been revealed that two separate sections handling the most prominent US newspaper are fighting each other to get control of content distribution via iPad, as well as pricing. The move couldn’t have come at a worse time for the paper, as digital distribution of such content is set to take off with, or wit...

17 February 2010
05:53 GMT

Nintendo, the Divine Company, First Mentioned in US in 1955

There are a lot of companies in the gaming industry that pride themselves on a vast number of released titles and an outstanding history in the business. But no matter how proud they are, and what their achievements may be, none can really stand up to Nintendo. This isn't just some random fanboy propaganda, sinc...

7 December 2009
08:47 GMT

New York Times Website Hit by Malvertizement

The media and advertising team of the New York Times website is currently trying to track down and remove a malicious advertisement promoting scareware. Users are advised to ignore any alerts that warn them of being infected with malware and offering an antivirus solution.Users started reporting anomalies when visiti...

14 September 2009
04:49 GMT

New York Times Considers a $5 Monthly Fee for Online Content

The economic downturn hasn't been kind to the newspaper business already struggling with fewer readers and diminished advertising revenue. Needless to say, most aren't happy about their situation yet few have made attempts to adapt to a new business model. The prestigious New York Times is contemplating one...

10 July 2009
08:43 GMT

The New York Times Twitter Account Hijacked

The Moment, a popular fashion blog belonging to the New York Times, had its Twitter account commandeered by cyber-crooks. Following the incident, more than half a million users of the micro-blogging platform received adult-oriented spam. A message reading, "Everyone visit http://tinyurl.com/[removed] for 100% FREE w...

15 May 2009
03:57 GMT

International Herald Tribune SQL Injection

The Romanian HackersBlog outfit disclosed a SQL injection vulnerability in the website of the International Herald Tribune, the international edition of the New York Times. A poorly-sanitized parameter allowed the hackers to obtain access to the database, including the table containing the login credentials of the ne...

18 February 2009
03:47 GMT

New York Times Now Has Ads on Its Front Page

Once considered to be a near “sacred” spot, the first page of the famous New York Times newspaper is now opened to commercial ads, despite the fact that it did without them for decades. This concession, which the company management made in front of the economic downturn, goes on to prove the effects that ...

6 January 2009
02:54 GMT

NY Times Launches Free App for iPhone / iPod Touch

The New York Times has released its very own application, offering "a new way to take your news with you on the iPhone and iPod touch." The NYTimes iPhone application allows you to enjoy the high-quality journalism of The New York Times on your iPhone, anywhere.The application is "specifically designed to utilize the...

14 July 2008
17:21 GMT

Iraqis Also Like Phishing

The phishing attacks are probably some of the illegal activities able to cause the most important damage to us, because they are usually attempting to steal login credentials. Obviously, this information could be related to all kinds of accounts including emails, servers and bank accounts. Because of that, it's...

12 December 2007
14:36 GMT

Viruses Might Encourage Companies to Buy Macs

The New York Times is one of the largest publications in the entire world, having millions of readers in both offline and online mode. In order to read all the information provided by the online version, the folks working at the NYT created a special Windows application, codenamed 'Times Reader', that downl...

23 August 2007
03:16 GMT

The Sex Results Spam Google

Search Engine Land reported today that one of the best known online publications, the New York Times, is spamming Google with sex content. It seems that the spam results are displayed when any user searches the Internet for the "sex" keyword, the newspaper being placed on the third position with its internal results....

9 May 2007
04:45 GMT


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