1. Yahoo Messenger releases security update

    Date: 12/15/06     Keywords: software, security

    Aimed at flaws in software that downloads with Messenger, update is called "highly critical" by one security company.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6144110.html

  2. Homeland Security chief defends Real ID plan

    Date: 12/14/06     Keywords: no keywords

    Dismissing privacy concerns, Michael Chertoff says electronically read IDs will make the country more secure.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6143862.html

  3. Attack code published for third Word flaw

    Date: 12/14/06     Keywords: security, microsoft

    Code could be used to crash PCs and ultimately commandeer them, security firms warn. But Microsoft hasn't confirmed the third Word flaw in two weeks.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6143853.html

  4. Stolen Boeing laptop held ID data on 382,000

    Date: 12/14/06     Keywords: no keywords

    Former Boeing employees, some retirees could be at risk of ID theft; no evidence information has been compromised.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6143780.html

  5. 'Logic bomb' backfires on insider hacker

    Date: 12/13/06     Keywords: web

    Former UBS PaineWebber worker sentenced to 8 years over scheme to make stock market profit from a corporate network attack.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6143563.html

  6. Symantec plugs trio of NetBackup holes

    Date: 12/13/06     Keywords: software, security

    Serious security vulnerabilities in Veritas NetBackup software could let cyberattackers get into corporate networks.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6143551.html

  7. Microsoft pulls Mac security update

    Date: 12/13/06     Keywords: no keywords

    Company encourages consumers to uninstall the patch, which is still being tested.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6143403.html

  8. Symantec files piracy lawsuit

    Date: 12/13/06     Keywords: no keywords

    Eight businesses, seven individuals named as defendants in suit alleging distribution, sales of counterfeit programs.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6143352.html

  9. Microsoft patches zero-day Windows Media flaw

    Date: 12/12/06     Keywords: security, microsoft

    Fix for critical security hole in Windows Media Format was added to Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates at the last moment.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6143086.html

  10. Visa takes carrot-and-stick approach to security

    Date: 12/12/06     Keywords: security

    Offers $20 million in incentives and creates sanctions to spur adoption of security rules for credit card transactions.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6143055.html

  11. UCLA break-in puts data on 800,000 at risk

    Date: 12/12/06     Keywords: no keywords

    For more than a year, an intruder has been accessing private information on students and staff, among others, the university says.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6143003.html

  12. Start-up generates random numbers from space

    Date: 12/12/06     Keywords: technology

    Jeffrey Manber explains technology behind Yuzoz, whose name itself was generated using cosmic events such as solar wind.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6142935.html

  13. Alleged NASA hacker's appeal set for New Year

    Date: 12/12/06     Keywords: no keywords

    Gary McKinnon, the Briton faced with extradition to the U.S., is charged with hacking into U.S. military systems.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6142770.html

  14. Word suffers from second newfound security flaw

    Date: 12/11/06     Keywords: no keywords

    Zero-day flaw, which is could let attacker gain remote access to a system, affects Word 2000, 2002 and 2003 and Word Viewer 2003.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6142531.html

  15. Playing it safe with Windows Vista

    Date: 12/11/06     Keywords: security, web, microsoft

    Microsoft wants to sell Web sites and businesses on security checks of customer PCs. That may not go over so well.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6142265.html

  16. Internet gangs hire students for cybercrime

    Date: 12/08/06     Keywords: no keywords

    Talent culled from schools, computer clubs and online forums to further the exploits of organized criminals, says McAfee study.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6141989.html

  17. Claim forms stemming from ChoicePoint debacle go out

    Date: 12/07/06     Keywords: no keywords

    FTC is mailing forms to consumers who believe they were victims of identity theft.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6141837.html

  18. No fix yet for zero-day flaw in Word

    Date: 12/07/06     Keywords: microsoft

    Microsoft will have patches for Windows and Visual Studio on Tuesday, but apparently not for a Word flaw being used in cyberattacks.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6141796.html

  19. Senate may vote on pretexting bill this week

    Date: 12/07/06     Keywords: no keywords

    Bill would criminalize fraudulently buying or selling phone records; police and spy agencies would be exempt.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6141754.html

  20. Spyware fighters go after MP3 search site

    Date: 12/07/06     Keywords: software

    Two watchdogs ask the feds to take on FastMP3Search.com.ar, which they allege is a front for malicious software.

    Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6141621.html

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