Date: 07/15/05     Keywords: web

Combined mass-mailing worm and network worm attempts to hijack computers and to launch a DOS attack on Symantec's Web site.

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Date: 07/15/05     Keywords: spam

Service aims to tell subscribers if their network is home to compromised PCs being used to send spam.

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Date: 07/15/05     Keywords: no keywords

Attack on SpreadFirefox.com, the online hub for Mozilla's Firefox marketing efforts, may have exposed user data.

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Date: 07/15/05     Keywords: no keywords

Q&A An unemployed North Londoner has been accused of committing the biggest military computer hack of all time by the U.S. government.

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Date: 07/14/05     Keywords: no keywords

Networking giant points out several vulnerabilities in its products, one of which could take down Cisco IP telephony networks.

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Date: 07/14/05     Keywords: security

Takeover of security intelligence firm is intended to boost VeriSign's managed security services.

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Date: 07/14/05     Keywords: security

Stewart Baker, an influential and polarizing Washington figure, is chosen to oversee Homeland Security's new policy-planning efforts.

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Date: 07/14/05     Keywords: software, technology, security

"Critical" flaws in widely used security authentication technology could expose many software products to hacker attack.

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Date: 07/13/05     Keywords: security

New official in the Department of Homeland Security will lead the fight against "cyber and telecommunications attacks."

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Date: 07/13/05     Keywords: no keywords

Man accused of hacking government sites says he was initially trying to prove the feds know about the existence of extraterrestrials.
Newsmaker: Gary McKinnon

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Date: 07/13/05     Keywords: database

Company's database, application server and 11i E-Business Suite are covered in the quarterly update.

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Date: 07/13/05     Keywords: browser, security

Mozilla fixes several security flaws in the open-source browser, but is still mum on what some of the problems are.

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Date: 07/13/05     Keywords: security, microsoft

Microsoft issues three "critical" security alerts and warns that miscreants are already exploiting two holes in Windows.

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Date: 07/12/05     Keywords: security

Commentary--Workshare CEO Joe Fantuzzi says a run of security leaks around e-documents is part of a worrisome trend.

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Date: 07/12/05     Keywords: microsoft

Authentication is a key part in the fight against ID theft and phishing, says Microsoft's chief privacy strategist, Peter Cullen.

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Date: 07/12/05     Keywords: spyware

Newly formed Anti-Spyware Coalition hopes its work will help consumers keep their PCs clean.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Group+delivers+definition+of+spyware/2100-1009_22-5783926.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 07/12/05     Keywords: yahoo

Yahoo, Cisco and partners have submitted DomainKeys Identified Mail, which helps verify the sender of a message, to a standards body.

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Date: 07/12/05     Keywords: virus, antivirus, spyware

"Zombie" attacks quadrupled in recent months, reports antivirus company McAfee. Spyware and adware are on the rise too.

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Date: 07/11/05     Keywords: security

Security group says law may lead to a "compliance-based approach rather than a risk-based approach," compromising information security.

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Date: 07/11/05     Keywords: security

But some security firms aren't celebrating--for 20 years, Phrack gave them an insight into how hackers' minds were working.

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