Date: 03/05/05     Keywords: technology

Agency is to test Amber Alert technology, used to track abducted kids, in program to improve nationwide warning system.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Homeland+Security+picks+up+missing-kid+tech/2100-1009_22-5600459.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/05/05     Keywords: software, ebay

Criminals could use software bug to create a valid eBay link in a scam to rip off people's identity info, the auction giant says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/eBay+scrambles+to+fix+phishing+bug/2100-1009_22-5600372.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/04/05     Keywords: no keywords

Forget about fancy tools, ex-hacker says. Teach your employees not to give information to strangers.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Mitnick%3A+Security+depends+on+workers%27+habits/2100-1009_22-5600202.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/04/05     Keywords: no keywords

Anonymous Internet access may be a thing of the past, according to a doctoral student at the University of California.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Tracking+PCs+anywhere+on+the+Net/2100-1009_22-5600055.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/04/05     Keywords: no keywords

The company says it will exit some parts of the personal data business, as the SEC and others investigate its practices.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/ChoicePoint+faces+inquiry%2C+will+curtail+data+sales/2100-1009_22-5599516.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/04/05     Keywords: no keywords

Redmond to forgo regularly scheduled patch release next Tuesday, after issuing a dozen fixes in last month's update.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+takes+a+patch+breather/2100-1009_22-5599841.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/04/05     Keywords: security

Commetary--Industry watcher Jon Oltsik says that the security business is undergoing profound changes, and not all players are created equal.

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Date: 03/04/05     Keywords: no keywords

E-mail scanning provider GFI accidentally deletes thousands of messages while updating systems.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Security+firm+trashes+customer+e-mails/2100-1009_22-5598860.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

How three researchers rocked the world of cryptography last month by breaking a widely used method for digital signatures.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Fixing+a+hole+in+security/2100-1009_22-5598536.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/03/05     Keywords: no keywords

RealNetworks releases patches for its audio-video players in an effort to prevent attacks via buffer overflows.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Security+patches+issued+for+RealPlayers/2100-1009_22-5598064.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/02/05     Keywords: software, security, virus, spyware

Software that combs through files for viruses, worms and spyware brings the security company a U.S. patent.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Detection+tool+lands+Symantec+a+patent/2100-1009_22-5596656.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/02/05     Keywords: no keywords

Buffer overflow flaws in common component could let intruders run code on compromised machines.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/CA+plugs+holes+in+licensing+software/2100-1009_22-5595233.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/02/05     Keywords: software

The company is readying software that will let employees maintain a single identity when logging into different applications.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/CA+to+launch+identity+management+tools/2100-1009_22-5596185.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/02/05     Keywords: virus

The way viruses spread on the Internet is helping ecologists decipher how pests move in the real world.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Internet+viruses+aid+flea+researchers/2100-1009_22-5596218.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/02/05     Keywords: web

PayMaxx shuttered additional online services this week, after a Web programmer continued to find holes in the system.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Payroll+firm+pulls+Web+services%2C+citing+data+leak/2100-1009_22-5595316.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/02/05     Keywords: security

A new Bagle Trojan horse that hurts security applications is spreading rapidly.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Watchdog-attacking+Bagle+ramps+up/2100-1009_22-5594201.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/01/05     Keywords: security

Online financial firm offers password-generating key fobs to major account holders.
Photo: E*Trade's new security key

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/E*Trade+adopts+additional+security+for+traders/2100-1009_22-5594914.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/01/05     Keywords: no keywords

News Focus: CEO Craig Barrett kicks off a three-day forum in San Francisco this week where Intel plans to show of its next-generation processors.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Intel+Developer+Forum/2100-1009_22-5594759.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/01/05     Keywords: security, web

The variant, BagleDl-L, is said to hurt security applications and attempts to connect with a number of Web sites.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/New+Bagle+damages+security+software/2100-1009_22-5594201.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 03/01/05     Keywords: no keywords

High-profile breaches at ChoicePoint, Bank of America and other data holders spur legislators to action.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/%27Perfect+storm%27+for+new+privacy+laws%3F/2100-1009_22-5593225.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn