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Acquisition Helps Ready Internet Security Software Firm For Web 2.0
(Investor's Business Daily)
- Investor's Business Daily - Most people know Websense as the forbidding white page that pops up when you try to visit a Web site your employer doesn't care for. But that business isn't enough in the ever more complex world of Internet security.
Defense: Prosecutors bending law for MySpace hoax
(AP)
- <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_us/internet_suicide"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080722/i/r893465982.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=_De8dXJy30.3fr4ORtAiPw--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A screen grab of MySpace.com. MySpace will join the OpenID alliance to begin letting its users take their online identity to other sites and social networks without having to register again. REUTERS/www.myspace.com" border="0" /></a>AP - A defense attorney for the Missouri woman charged in a MySpace hoax that allegedly led to a 13-year-old girl's suicide argued in court papers that prosecutors are bending a cyber crime statute to prosecute his client.</p><br clear="all"/>
Court says Britain should not send hacker to U.S.
(Reuters)
- <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080814/wr_nm/europe_britain_hacker_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080814/2008_08_13t174633_298x450_us_europe_britain_hacker.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=ASJWLBuGB.3gCFcYdKr9oA--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Gary McKinnon leaves Bow Street magistrates court in central London May 10, 2006. (Kieran Doherty/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A European court has asked Britain to
delay sending a computer expert to face trial in the United
States until it can review his request to block his
extradition.</p><br clear="all"/>
Attacks on Georgia Web Sites May Not Be 'Cyberwar'
(NewsFactor)
- <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20080813/bs_nf/61318"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080814/2008_08_12t094655_450x399_us_georgia_ossetia.jpg?x=130&y=115&q=85&sig=jvQFZ0hOxB2PiK265knuRg--" align="left" height="115" width="130" alt="Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili speaks during a rally in Tbilisi August 12, 2008. (David Mdzinarishvili/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>NewsFactor - Security researchers are still trying to work out exactly who is responsible for the cyberwar tactics that have knocked many Georgian government Web sites offline. While Georgian officials blamed Russia, many security experts have pointed the finger at the Russian Business Network (RBN), a shadowy outfit -- that may no longer even exist -- which has previously provided network services for Russian criminal gangs.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hackers want to be your (malicious) friend
(USATODAY.com)
- USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook isn't just popular with consumers and marketers. Hackers are finding flaws in computer-programming language JavaScript and planting malicious code in the profiles on the popular social-networking site and its rivals.
Georgian Sites Were Scouted Before Mass Attack
(NewsFactor)
- NewsFactor - Russia is not only attacking Georgia by land and by air, but hackers are attacking Georgia's computer systems. Cyber attackers began launching virtual missiles at Georgian servers on Aug. 8.
PC Tools' Security Software Adds ThreatFire
(PC Magazine)
- PC Magazine - PC Tools said Monday that it had begun shipping the 2009 versions of its security suite and desktop tools. In addition to the expected improvements in detection, both the Internet Security 2009 suite and Spyware Doctor 6 include "Behavior Guard," a fancy name for the ThreatFire behavioral technology PC Tools previously offered as a standalone product.
Court blocks MIT students from showing subway hack
(AP)
- AP - A federal judge ordered three college students to cancel a Sunday presentation at a computer hackers' conference where they planned to show security flaws in the automated fare system used by Boston's subway.
iPhones-Macintosh computers become apples of hackers' eyes
(AFP)
- <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080810/tc_afp/usitinternetcrimecompanyappledefcon"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080810/capt.cps.nfz16.100808070745.photo00.photo.default-344x512.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=6V8ubIbpVl9vKmkhYnzDtg--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="A 3G iPhone is displayed in this file photo. Security specialists said Saturday that hackers are taking increasing aim at iPhones and Macintosh computers as the hot-selling Apple devices gain popularity worldwide.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Valerie Macon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Security specialists said Saturday that hackers are taking increasing aim at iPhones and Macintosh computers as the hot-selling Apple devices gain popularity worldwide.</p><br clear="all"/>
Google "gadgets" called gateways for hackers
(AFP)
- <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080809/ts_alt_afp/usitinternetcrimehackergoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080809/capt.cps.nfv87.090808175224.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=nuQ40Weu79HSkJOsJmvftg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The logo of Internet search engine company Google its headquarters in Mountain View California. Hackers turned computer security specialists accuse Google of setting users up for online disasters by letting them personalize home pages with applications that could be tainted.(AFP/File/Nicholas Kamm)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Hackers turned computer security specialists accuse Google of setting users up for online disasters by letting them personalize home pages with applications that could be tainted.</p><br clear="all"/>
Hackers mull physical attacks on a networked world
(AP)
- AP - Want to break into the computer network in an ultra-secure building? Ship a hacked iPhone there to a nonexistent employee and hope the device sits in the mailroom, scanning for nearby wireless connections.
Hackers Use Facebook for Malware Attack
(NewsFactor)
- NewsFactor - Popular social-networking Web site Facebook is fighting back against hackers.
French reporters booted from US computer security conference
(AFP)
- <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/tc_afp/usfranceitinternetcrimeblackhat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080808/capt.cps.nfr33.080808201411.photo00.photo.default-512x355.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=iFHA_cBDeoFr64k6LJDXSQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="Members of the media, seen August 1, 2008, go online at the main press center on the Olympic Green in Beijing. Reporters from an online French magazine were booted from the world's premier computer security conference Thursday after reportedly hacking a press room network to teach reporters about how easily Internet transmissions could be intercepted while covering the Olympics.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Reporters from an online French magazine were booted from the world's premier computer security conference Thursday after reportedly hacking a press room network and stealing peers' passwords.</p><br clear="all"/>
Get Panda Internet Security for Free After Rebate
(PC Magazine)
- PC Magazine - A three-user license for Panda Internet Security 2008 is now available from Newegg.com for free, after rebate.
Online social networking sites are hacker playgrounds
(AFP)
- <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080808/tc_afp/usitinternetcrimesocial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080808/capt.cps.nfl31.080808043448.photo00.photo.default-512x279.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=kapQoIIwluKdSxCEoIauuQ--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="The logo of social networking website 'Facebook'. Computer security researchers on Thursday warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers who can easily take advantage of people's trust.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Computer security researchers on Thursday warned that online social networking websites are playgrounds for hackers who can easily take advantage of people's trust.</p><br clear="all"/>
Even computer security pros vulnerable to scams
(AP)
- AP - Computer security professionals tend to be a highly paranoid bunch, seeing potential threats everywhere. It turns out that some aren't cautious enough, though.
iPhone 'Blacklist' Noted as 'I Am Rich' App Disappears
(NewsFactor)
- NewsFactor - After some snooping into the core of an iPhone 3G, a hacker has reported finding a blacklist of sorts that could allow Apple to remove malicious or unauthorized applications from iPhones.
Looking inside the Storm worm botnet
(CNET)
- CNET - LAS VEGAS--On Wednesday, Joe Stewart, director of malware research for SecureWorks, presented his work on protocols and encryption used by the Storm worm botnet at Black Hat 2008.
Major Internet security flaw also affects e-mail
(AP)
- <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080807/ap_on_hi_te/tec_internet_security_hole"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080806/capt.cps.nfd01.070808015215.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=b_UkucQJxaBfIpl6b6MNxg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A skull-and-crossbones symbol is placed over a computer keyboard at a 'hacker academy' in Paris, France. Computer security professionals crammed into a Las Vegas ballroom on Wednesday for the first public briefing on an Internet flaw that lets hackers hijack traffic on the World Wide Web.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)" border="0" /></a>AP - A newly discovered flaw in the Internet's core infrastructure not only permits hackers to force people to visit Web sites they didn't want to, it also allows them to intercept e-mail messages, the researcher who discovered the bug said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Internet flaw a boon to hackers
(AFP)
- <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080806/ts_alt_afp/usitinternetsoftwarecrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080806/capt.cps.nfd02.070808015215.photo00.photo.default-512x342.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=vCH0GHmdOok_XPZQ2HHEqA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A skull-and-crossbones symbol is placed over a computer keyboard at a 'hacker academy' in Paris, France. Computer security professionals crammed into a Las Vegas ballroom on Wednesday for the first public briefing on an Internet flaw that lets hackers hijack traffic on the World Wide Web.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Computer security professionals crammed into a Las Vegas ballroom on Wednesday for the first public briefing on an Internet flaw that lets hackers hijack traffic on the World Wide Web.</p><br clear="all"/>
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Ireland investigating fake credit card reader scam
- Irish officials say scammers replaced credit card readers and snagged data from 10,000 or so cards.
Android security team appeals to bug hunters
- Security team for Google's nascent open-source mobile platform has attempted to raise its profile with the security community.
Judge lifts MIT students' card-hacking gag order
- In an abrupt reversal, federal judge rejects the Massachusetts transit agency's attempts to bar three students from discussing subway card vulnerabilities--until sometime next year.
Snake-arm robot works in tight quarters
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Snake-arm robot works in tight quarters--Joystick guides robo-snake in orifice surgery.
Sci-fi pros focus on e-books at Denvention 3-- Peter Glaskowsky attends Denvention 3, the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, and hears a lot about electronic publishing from writers, agents, editors publishers, and fellow fans.
Calling Ralph Lauren--Luxury retailer becomes the first of its kind to try on mobile-shopping capabilities in its quest to satisfy the impulses of every Silicon Valley CEO.
Change the default folder view in Vista--With a few minutes of folder clicking, you can stop Vista's content sniffing and get the view you prefer in all your folders.
Sci-fi pros focus on e-books at Denvention 3
- At the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, writers, agents, editors, publishers, and fans have a lot to say about electronic publishing.
Symantec to buy PC Tools
- The purchase of the PC utilities software maker will allow Symantec to expand its reach in emerging regional markets, the company said.
More security holes plague MySpace, possibly Facebook
- MySpace works to close hole that lets strangers read what friends write on members' private pages, while Facebook looks into security issues with new apps.
MIT student defends MBTA hacking research
- In an interview with The Boston Globe, the student said there was never any intention to cause "havoc."
MIT students fight to keep card hacking material confidential
- A hearing in Boston is likely to resolve the question of whether or not students who found farecard vulnerabilities must turn over unpublished material to the Massachusetts transit agency.
Apple .Mac customers targeted for fraud
- Phishers apparently take advantage of the difficulties that occurred when Apple transitioned users from .Mac to Mobile Me service last month.
Massachusetts: MIT students deserve 'no First Amendment protection'
- The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority ratchets up the rhetoric against three MIT students who are the subject of a court-imposed restraining order that a federal judge has declined to modify.
Judge leaves gag order intact on subway card-hacking students
- In a setback to Electronic Frontier Foundation, judge postpones decision on whether three MIT students can reveal "information" about security problems in Boston subway cards.
Daily Debrief: Online attack, retaliation in Russia-Georgia conflict
- In Wednesday's edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET's Kara Tsuboi and Robert Vamosi discuss the latest exchange of cyberattacks between warring countries Russia and Georgia.
Don't click that headline, security researchers warn
- E-mails pretending to contain video from MSNBC have links to malicious software, security companies are reporting.
VMware: Don't shut down that virtual machine
- Customers who turned off virtual machines running VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 were unable to turn them back on due to a licensing flaw. But the company has posted a patch.
Kids, not Russian government, attacking Georgia's Net, says researcher
- Attacks on Georgia's Internet may be the work of "overexcited" youths and not Russian officials, according to the Zero Day Emergency Response Team's founder.
Transit agency wants MIT students to stay gagged
- Federal judge will hear arguments Thursday from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and lawyers for three MIT students, who are the subject of a gag order over subway card security.
MIT students: Mass. agency 'misrepresents' what led to lawsuit
- Both parties in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority lawsuit tell different stories about the week of negotiations that led to a restraining order against a Defcon talk.
Russia and Georgia continue attacks--online
- Details are surfacing on the Internet side of the Russian and Georgian hostilities. Researchers studying botnets report an increase in attacks.
Microsoft fixes 26 flaws with 11 patches; six are critical
- Updates affect Microsoft Office suite and individual applications as well as Internet Explorer.
Alleged NASA hacker gets temporary reprieve
- Gary McKinnon, a British man who claims to have hacked into U.S. military systems amid an obsession with UFOs, is granted a two-week stay of extradition.
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