Date: 03/01/05     Keywords: security

Standards group document provides road map for federal agencies to bolster computer system security.

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Date: 02/28/05     Keywords: security

Online merchants saw 88 percent rise in revenue as they turned to automated tools to fend off security risks, according to VeriSign.

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Date: 02/26/05     Keywords: web

Flaw in PayMaxx Web site exposed the financial information of customers' workers, the payroll-services firm acknowledges.

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Date: 02/26/05     Keywords: no keywords

Backup tapes containing the financial information for 1.2 million government employee credit cards have gone missing.

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Date: 02/25/05     Keywords: no keywords

The online posting of an amateur sex video of singer Fred Durst could help police track down the Paris Hilton T-Mobile hacker.

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Date: 02/25/05     Keywords: spyware

In the depths of its licensing agreement, Redmond promises a wee bit of compensation if its anti-spyware tool messes up your hard drive.

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Date: 02/25/05     Keywords: web

The update fixes vulnerabilities that could enable an attacker to create a fake Web site for a phishing scam.

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Date: 02/25/05     Keywords: web

The update fixes a vulnerability that could enable an attacker to create a fake Web site for a phishing scam.

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Date: 02/25/05     Keywords: no keywords

The cellular service provider's default phone settings could allow attackers to access a victim's voice mail and settings.

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Date: 02/25/05     Keywords: software, security, virus

A flaw in Trend Micro's software lets attackers run a virus instead of stopping it, in the third such security hole found this month.

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Date: 02/24/05     Keywords: microsoft

Microsoft uses Windows Update to fix a problem that caused PCs to show the "blue screen of death."

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Date: 02/24/05     Keywords: software, web, spyware, microsoft

A Dutch Web site has accepted an apology from Microsoft after it was blacklisted by the software giant's anti-spyware tool.

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Date: 02/24/05     Keywords: no keywords

Will the partnership help Symantec extend its reach into the corporate and government sectors?

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Date: 02/24/05     Keywords: security, virus, web

British government creates a Web site with virus alerts and security advice for home PC users and small businesses.

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Date: 02/24/05     Keywords: security

PayMaxx shutters part of its site after a security researcher claims it exposed data on more than 25,000 people.

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Date: 02/24/05     Keywords: security, web

Vulnerabilities plague self-publishing Web tools, security experts warn, exposing users to attacks.

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Date: 02/23/05     Keywords: no keywords

News Focus: Three sets of e-mails promising either nude pictures (Paris Hilton), an offical response (FBI), or a secret admirer (I love you) deliver a nasty surprise.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Intruder+alert%3A+Paris+Hilton%2C+FBI%2C+love/2100-1009_22-5587372.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/23/05     Keywords: no keywords

An offshoot of the Sober worm that promises explicit pictures of the hotel heiress is on the loose, experts have warned.

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Date: 02/23/05     Keywords: web

E-mail warns recipients that the government has monitored their Internet use and that they have "accessed illegal Web sites."

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Virus+arrives+in+e-mail+allegedly+sent+by+FBI/2100-1009_22-5587012.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 02/23/05     Keywords: no keywords

Verification gadgets range from tokens to cell-phone-based systems, but cost keeps them from catching on.
Photo: In an antiphishing huddle

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