Judge delays trial of accused Palin e-mail hackerOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 13 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags judge, delays, trial, palin, email, hacker, Search All Tags
"The Tennessee college student indicted a month ago for allegedly breaking into the e-mail account of then-Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin will face trial in May 2009..." read more »
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Apple plays catch-up, adds anti-fraud safeguard to SafariOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 16 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags gregg keizer, apple, safari, microsoft windows, bugs, browser, Search All Tags
Gregg Keizer posts "Apple Friday added anti-phishing protection to Safari, the last major browser to receive the feature that blocks known identity-stealing sites. The company also patched 11 securi read more »
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Lenovo Introduces Protection and Data Recovery ServicesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by mo7 16 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags networkworld, lenovo, pc protection, data recovery service, faulty hard disk, notebooks, Search All Tags
Posted on Networkworld: "Lenovo Friday introduced two new service offerings -- PC protection service that insures Lenovo notebooks from accidental damage and Data Recovery Service that rescues users read more »
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Google patches Chrome file-stealing bugOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 16 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags chrome 0.4.154.18, vulnerability, hackers, mark larson, chrome, gregg keizer, download, html, Search All Tags
Chrome 0.4.154.18, which was released Tuesday, fixes a vulnerability that could be exploited by hackers. According to Mark Larson, Chrome's program manager "We now prevent local files from connecti read more »
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A sneaky security problem, ignored by the bad guysOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 16 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags robert mcmillan, rootkits, rustock.c, frank boldewin, gad, antivirus, Search All Tags, ,
Robert McMillan talks about rootkits, and specifically about Rustock.C. Frank Boldewin, a security researcher with German IT service provider GAD, believes that Rustock.C had been around for nearly read more »
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Spam sees big nosedive as rogue ISP McColo knocked offlineOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 19 days ago (http://arstechnica.com)
Category: security | Tags spam, rogue, isp, mccolo, Search All Tags, , , ,
Joel Hruska reports that spam supporting ISP McColo has been disconnected by the ISP backbone providers. read more »
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$10k hacking contest announcedOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 18 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags dancho danchev, hacking contest, gizmox, visual webgui, open source, secret agent, Search All Tags, ,
Dancho Danchev writes about a hacking contest, "Gizmox, the developer of Visual WebGui open source platform, today announced a contest, sponsored by the Company, which will pay $10,000 to anyone who read more »
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Lads from Lagos target FacebookOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 20 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags lagos, facebook, nigerian, scammers, Search All Tags, , , ,
Lester Haines reports that Nigerian scammers have begun utilizing Facebook as another method for connecting with potential victims. read more »
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