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Seagate ships hard drives with encryption
Date: 03/12/07
Keywords: technology
ASI will be the first to sell a laptop with Seagate's hard drive with built-in encryption technology.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6166180.html
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New shield foiled Internet backbone attack
Date: 03/09/07
Keywords: technology
ICANN report says new load-balancing technology helped the Internet withstand a February attack on the domain name system.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6166107.html
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Microsoft takes a 'Patch Tuesday' break
Date: 03/08/07
Keywords: security
Company won't release any security bulletins on its monthly patch day, though there are several zero-day flaws yet to be fixed.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6165647.html
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eBay CEO: Phishers threaten user trust
Date: 03/08/07
Keywords: web, ebay
Meg Whitman describes how eBay, Paypal are combating phony e-mails and Web sites that may ensnare unsuspecting users--and drive away customers.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6165628.html
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Bug may expose encrypted e-mail
Date: 03/07/07
Keywords: technology
Weakness in open-source GnuPG cryptography technology could let miscreants tamper with digitally signed, "secure" messages.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6165277.html
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Two accused in Cisco fraud plots
Date: 03/07/07
Keywords: no keywords
Contractor charged with defrauding the company of $10 million. Also: Mass. man allegedly uses false identities to order parts.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6165122.html
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'Adult' spam hits all-time low
Date: 03/07/07
Keywords: spam
"Offensive" or "inappropriate" spam has been steadily declining, and in February only constituted 3 percent of junk mail, Symantec says.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6164992.html
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Intruder adds back door to WordPress blog software
Date: 03/07/07
Keywords: blogging, software
Unknown attacker breaks into a WordPress server and adds a remote control tool to downloadable versions of widely used blogging software.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6164967.html
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Study: Identity theft keeps climbing
Date: 03/06/07
Keywords: no keywords
Victims of the crime are also losing more money and getting less of it back, research from Gartner shows.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6164765.html
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Security flaws found in fix for Firefox, SeaMonkey
Date: 03/06/07
Keywords: browser
Mozilla Foundation says patch issued in mid-December introduced vulnerability to browser and application suite.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6164702.html
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McAfee names ex-EMC executive as new CEO
Date: 03/06/07
Keywords: security
The security company, which has been without a permanent CEO since October, taps Dave DeWalt to be its new chief.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6164540.html
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Microsoft patches Xbox 360
Date: 03/05/07
Keywords: linux
Vulnerability could have let Xbox owners run their own applications or operating systems like Linux on the console.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6164515.html
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Apple plugs eight QuickTime holes
Date: 03/05/07
Keywords: software
Vulnerabilities in Apple's widely used QuickTime media player software can expose both Macs and Windows PCs to attack.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6164496.html
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Hacker steals data from French presidential candidate
Date: 03/05/07
Keywords: no keywords
Hacker used the Internet to steal list of officials who had agreed to back far-right presidential candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6164327.html
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In 'Second Life,' the ring of revolution?
Date: 03/05/07
Keywords: no keywords
Spotlight hits political activism in virtual world. Naturally, mainstream media wants to know if terrorism is next.
Images: In-world griefing attacks
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6163917.html
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Intel 'hacker' sentence expunged
Date: 03/04/07
Keywords: no keywords
Randall Schwartz, a former Intel contractor, has been cleared of a conviction for hacking into Intel systems.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6164113.html
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Researcher launches Month of PHP Bugs
Date: 03/02/07
Keywords: security
Initiative focuses on the widely used scripting language with the aim to improve security.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6163822.html
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Your Wi-Fi can tell people a lot about you
Date: 03/02/07
Keywords: no keywords
People sniffing wireless network traffic have many tools at their disposal to intercept sensitive data from PCs.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6163666.html
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New hacker trick may expose Oracle databases
Date: 03/01/07
Keywords: security
Technique lets intruders exploit flaws previously thought to be insignificant, security researcher says at Black Hat DC.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6163545.html
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Homeland Security offers details on Real ID
Date: 03/01/07
Keywords: no keywords
States have until 2013 to federalize licenses; rules don't require encryption on new IDs to protect drivers' privacy.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6163509.html