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    Massive Identity Theft Exposes Troubling Trend
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    Massive Identity Theft Exposes Troubling Trend

    Analysis: One gang of wireless hackers is out of business, but that doesn't mean we're suddenly secure.
    By JR Raphael 16 years ago
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    Eleven Indicted in Massive ID Theft Scheme

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    By Grant Gross 16 years ago
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    Missing Laptop Grounds US Registered Traveler Program

    A laptop containing personal information of 33,000 U.S. travelers goes missing at San Francisco International Airport.
    By Grant Gross 16 years ago
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    Adobe Warns Over Bogus Flash Player Installers

    Hackers are trying to dupe people into downloading malicious software labeled as Adobe's Flash Player, prompting a warning from the company.
    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
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    Microsoft to Give Vendors an Early Peek at Patches

    Black Hat News: This fall, security vendors will get an early look at technical details of Microsoft's monthly security updates.
    By Robert McMillan 16 years ago
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    Security Oversight May Have Enabled Countrywide Breach

    FBI affidavits offer more insight into how a man stole customer data from Countrywide.
    By Nancy Gohring 16 years ago
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    New Browsers Fight the Malware Scourge

    The just-released Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5, and the upcoming IE 8, respond to the growing threat with enhanced blocking features.
    By Erik Larkin 16 years ago
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    Firewall Vendors Scramble to Fix DNS Problem

    Firewall vendors are scrambling to release a bug in their products that undoes part of a recent critical DNS patch.
    By Robert McMillan 16 years ago
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    US Border Agency Says It Can Seize Laptops

    U.S. agents now have the authority to seize and retain laptops indefinitely, according to a new policy detailed in documents issued by the DHS.
    By Agam Shah 16 years ago
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    FBI: Flash Drive Used to Steal Countrywide Data

    Two men were arrested for their alleged roles in stealing and selling personal customer information from Countrywide.
    By Nancy Gohring 16 years ago
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    FCC Rules Against Comcast P-to-P Throttling

    The U.S. FCC orders Comcast to stop slowing peer-to-peer traffic.
    By Grant Gross 16 years ago
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    Apple Finally Patches Dangerous DNS Flaw

    Apple has at last issued a patch for the DNS (Domain Name System) flaw considered one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities to ever affect the Internet.
    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
    Symantec: New Attitude on Security Needed
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    Symantec: New Attitude on Security Needed

    Symantec officials encourage government agencies to take an information-centric approach to security.
    By Grant Gross 16 years ago
    Erik Larkin on the Web

    Norton Safe Web Beta Competes with SiteAdvisor

    Symantec pulls the curtains from its Web search safety rating tool, but it has some catching up to do
    By Erik Larkin 16 years ago
    Extradition Appeal for British Hacker Dismissed
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    Extradition Appeal for British Hacker Dismissed

    UPDATE: A British hacker who broke into U.S. military computers looks set to be extradited to the U.S. after a British court ruling.
    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
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    DNS Attack Writer a Victim of His Own Creation

    One week after releasing attack code, HD Moore has fallen victim to a cache poisoning attack.
    By Robert McMillan 16 years ago
    Privacy Watch

    Check Your Personal Data Before Your Employer Does

    Conducting your own preemptive background check can stave off nasty surprises.
    By Erik Larkin 16 years ago
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    Fugitive Spam King Dead in Apparent Murder-suicide

    Convicted spammer Eddie Davidson has killed himself, apparently after murdering his wife and three year-old daughter.
    By Robert McMillan 16 years ago
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    Attack Code Released for New DNS Attack

    Attack code has been released for a major flaw in the Internet's DNS software.
    By Robert McMillan 16 years ago
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    Parts of San Francisco Network Still Locked out

    The San Francisco DA's office says part of the city's network is still not under control.
    By Robert McMillan 16 years ago
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    Romanian Admits to Phishing, Could Face Five Years

    A Romanian man pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge Tuesday for his role in setting up fake Web sites in order to steal…
    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
    News

    Design Flaws, Besides Vulnerabilities, Hurt Banking Sites

    Banking Web sites suffer from design flaws that can undermine their security exclusive of software vulnerabilities, according…
    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
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    San Francisco’s Mayor Gets Back Keys to the Network

    San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom met with jailed IT administrator Terry Childs Monday, convincing him to hand over the passwords to the city's wide area network.
    By Robert McMillan and Paul Venezia and IDG News Service 16 years ago
    With DNS Flaw Now Public, Attack Code Imminent
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    With DNS Flaw Now Public, Attack Code Imminent

    Hackers say that they will soon develop attack code that exploits a recently published, critical DNS bug.
    By Robert McMillan 16 years ago
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    Top Spammer Sentenced to Nearly Four Years

    A court ordered "spam king" Robert Soloway to serve 47 months in prison for spamming.
    By Nancy Gohring 16 years ago
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    Colorado ‘Spam King’ Walks Away From Prison Camp

    Penny-stock spammer Eddy Davidson has escaped from federal prison.
    By Robert McMillan 16 years ago
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    ISP Responds to Lawmaker Concerns About Ad Tracking

    Embarq, a Kansas ISP, says it has no plans to roll out a controversial targeted ad service from NebuAd.
    By Grant Gross 16 years ago
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    Kaspersky Lab’s Malaysian Web Site Hacked

    Russian security company Kaspersky Lab's Web site for Malaysia was defaced on Saturday along with one of its online shopping…
    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
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    Georgia President’s Web Site Falls Under DDOS Attack

    The Web site for the president of Georgia was knocked offline by a distributed denial -of-service attack over the weekend.
    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
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    New Worm Transcodes MP3s to Try to Infect PCs

    A new variety of malicious software could pose a danger to those who download music files on peer-to-peer networks.
    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
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    Lawmakers Call on NebuAd to Change Privacy Notification

    US lawmakers question NebuAd's CEO about the company's Web-tracking service.
    By Grant Gross 16 years ago
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    Losses Likely to Rise From Latest Romanian Crime Ring

    Losses from a Romanian cybercrime ring that was broken up on Tuesday could reach into the millions of euros.
    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
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    Romainian Authorities Arrest Cybercrime Suspects

    More than 20 cybercrime suspects are arrested in Romania.
    By Grant Gross 16 years ago
    News

    Woman Fired Over Death Threat Sent From Work E-mail

    An employee of 1-800-Flowers.com has been fired after an e-mailed death threat was linked to her account.
    By Robert McMillan 16 years ago
    Neil McAllister on Software

    Norton 2009 to Speed Up Malware Screening

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    By Neil McAllister 16 years ago
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    Weight-loss Supplement Dealer Settles Spam Charges

    Marketers of 'bogus' weight-loss supplements settle spam charges brought by the U.S. FTC.
    By Grant Gross 16 years ago
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    Researchers Trace Structure of Cybercrime Gangs

    The chain-of-command of a cybercrime gang is not unlike the Mafia, an evolution that shows how online crime is becoming a…
    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
    News

    Judge Puts off ‘spam King’ Sentencing

    A judge in Seattle did not hand down a sentence for Robert Soloway, known as the spam king, on Monday.
    By Nancy Gohring 16 years ago
    News

    CCTV Camera Identifies People by Race

    The eye of tech-artist Benjamin Males' custom-made surveillance camera is engineered for a black and white world.
    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
    Symantec: Microsoft Access ActiveX Attacks Will Intensify
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    Symantec: Microsoft Access ActiveX Attacks Will Intensify

    An easy-to-use toolkit used to hack computers has now been updated to take advantage of an unpatched security vulnerability in…
    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
    Researcher to Demonstrate Attack Code for Intel Chips
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    Researcher to Demonstrate Attack Code for Intel Chips

    A security researcher plans to demonstrate attack code that targets bugs in Intel's microprocessors.
    By Sumner Lemon 16 years ago
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    ACLU Files Lawsuit to Challenge Surveillance Law

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    By Grant Gross 16 years ago
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    Senators Want Criminal Prosecutions of Passport Snoopers

    Senators grill State Department officials about unauthorized access of passport files.
    By Grant Gross 16 years ago
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    Senators Question NebuAd, Targeted Ad Privacy

    Senators question NebuAd on its information collection practices.
    By Grant Gross 16 years ago
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    The Internet Gets a Patch, as DNS Bug Is Fixed

    Security researcher Dan Kaminsky has discovered a flaw in the DNS protocol that allows attackers to spoof Internet addresses.
    By Robert McMillan 16 years ago
    Neil McAllister on Software

    TrueCrypt 6.0 Improves Data Security Performance

    The latest version of the free drive-encryption tool can shield sensitive data from prying eyes at home and abroad, now faster than ever.
    By Neil McAllister 16 years ago
    Erik Larkin on the Web

    Watch Out for an IE Zero-Day Attack

    There's no fix yet available for the latest attack against Microsoft's browser.
    By Erik Larkin 16 years ago
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    Lithuania: Attacks Focused on Hosting Company

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    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
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    Google Gives Away Free Web Application Security Scanner

    Google has made public a beta version of one of its internal tools used for testing the security of Web-based applications.
    By Jeremy Kirk 16 years ago
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