Date: 06/01/05     Keywords: security

CommentaryHere's some advice to the new assistant secretary for cybersecurity on `how not to repeat the mistakes of predecessors.

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Date: 06/01/05     Keywords: no keywords

Windows-based GSM phones encrypt transmissions to prevent conversations from being intercepted and overheard.

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Date: 06/01/05     Keywords: security

New variants are spreading, but won't pose a major threat if people remember to take usual precautions, security experts say.

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Date: 05/31/05     Keywords: security

"Serious" security hole could let hackers launch a denial-of-service attack on VPN routers and crash the machines, the flaw finders warn.

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Date: 05/28/05     Keywords: no keywords

Countries with fewer resources are finding themselves overwhelmed as junk mail senders take shelter there, a new OECD report says.

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Date: 05/28/05     Keywords: no keywords

National watchdog finds sensitive data at risk and problems with internal financial practices at the SEC.

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Date: 05/27/05     Keywords: linux, microsoft

Microsoft and some Linux vendors have yet to patch a hole related to a flaw in some Intel chips, despite having two months' notice.

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Date: 05/27/05     Keywords: security

System tracks the number of newly hacked PCs per hour and is designed to help identify Internet security threats.

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Date: 05/27/05     Keywords: no keywords

Agency's lackluster efforts to guard against Internet attacks may leave the U.S. "unprepared" for emergencies, federal auditors say.

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Date: 05/27/05     Keywords: technology, microsoft

The technology taps into Microsoft .Net to authenticate ID cardholders and people who want to use e-government services.

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Date: 05/27/05     Keywords: security, spyware

Introduces security features designed to protect online banking customers against phishing, spoofing and spyware.

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Date: 05/26/05     Keywords: no keywords

Researchers deduce that the worm was set up to target systems at a U.S. military base. They develop a theory about its author, too.

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Date: 05/26/05     Keywords: web, spam

Spammers and online fraudsters are exploiting Web site features to learn more about their victims and better hone their attacks.

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Date: 05/26/05     Keywords: security

Computer system security breach at Stanford University may have put the personal information of nearly 10,000 people at risk.

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Date: 05/26/05     Keywords: browser, web

New plug-in for open-source Web browser can help protect users against attempts to swipe sensitive information.

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Date: 05/25/05     Keywords: no keywords

Flaw could have been used to prey on people interested in finding out more about the new 360 console.

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Date: 05/25/05     Keywords: security

Companies that offer outsourced enterprise security are overcoming preconceptions and winning over some skeptics.

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Date: 05/25/05     Keywords: asp, virus

Kaspersky Labs has warned that malware authors have worked out that there is more money to be made from causing many low-key virus infestations than single, massive outbreaks.

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Date: 05/25/05     Keywords: software, microsoft

Quicken-maker enters crowded market for software that helps companies manage fixes to Microsoft's operating system.

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Date: 05/25/05     Keywords: yahoo

Piggybacking on the popularity of the new "Star Wars" movie, a new worm and a phishing scam target AOL and Yahoo IM users.

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