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Bosses get into 007 gadgets
Date: 11/17/06
Keywords: no keywords
Heads of companies with secrets to protect are picking up countersurveillance tech toys typical of James Bond.
Photos: Gadgets play supporting role to 007
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6136615.html
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Japanese tech enables instant tsunami alerts
Date: 11/17/06
Keywords: no keywords
Seismic activity in monitoring system's geographic range detected and evaluated within minutes.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6136455.html
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Experts raise Windows security alarm
Date: 11/16/06
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Code that exploits a "critical" Windows flaw has been posted on the Net, opening the door for a worm to be created.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6136310.html
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Software maker in data leak makes deal with feds
Date: 11/16/06
Keywords: software, security
Guidance Software, which exposed data on its government and law enforcement customers, agrees to install tighter security safeguards.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6136165.html
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SANS names top hacker targets
Date: 11/15/06
Keywords: security, microsoft
Microsoft's IE and Office, Apple's Mac OS X and people themselves are among the Internet's weak links, the security group says.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6135844.html
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Microsoft plugs Windows worm holes
Date: 11/14/06
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Fixes are in for eight flaws related to Windows, including three holes that could compromise PCs without the user having to do anything.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6135534.html
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Microsoft offers businesses a security test drive
Date: 11/14/06
Keywords: security
Forefront Client Security will go up against established security products from companies such as Cisco Systems, Symantec and McAfee.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6135412.html
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Microsoft flags Gmail as a virus
Date: 11/14/06
Keywords: security, virus, microsoft, google
An error in Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare security product caused it to flag Google's Gmail service as a virus.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6135154.html
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Broadcom flaw could allow Wi-Fi hijacks
Date: 11/14/06
Keywords: software
Vulnerable software was shipped in PCs and networking gear from HP, Dell, Gateway, eMachines and others.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6135120.html
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With IE 7, green means go for legit sites
Date: 11/13/06
Keywords: browser, web, microsoft
The Microsoft browser will soon use a green address bar to indicate that you can trust a Web site--but it will leave some smaller businesses out.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6134647.html
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Phishers chase the well-heeled
Date: 11/09/06
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People with high incomes attract more scam e-mails, and they lose more cash when they're duped, according to a Gartner report.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6134224.html
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Microsoft to patch zero-day XML flaw
Date: 11/09/06
Keywords: xml, security
Fix for XML Core Services to arrive in one of six security bulletins expected on next week's Patch Tuesday.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6134137.html
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Google accidentally sends out e-mail worm
Date: 11/09/06
Keywords: google
Kama Sutra worm goes out to about 50,000 subscribers of a Google Video e-mail group.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6133829.html
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Mozilla fixes 'critical' flaws
Date: 11/09/06
Keywords: security
Security vulnerabilities affect 1.5 versions of Firefox and Thunderbird as well as version 1 of the SeaMonkey application suite.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6133821.html
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Check Point debuts wireless router for secure home
Date: 11/07/06
Keywords: security
ZoneAlarm Secure Wireless Router Z100G is company's first dedicated home network security device.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6133217.html
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Attackers dig into zero-day flaw
Date: 11/07/06
Keywords: microsoft
Limited attacks are already emerging for the 'extremely critical' flaw in ActiveX Control, Microsoft acknowledges.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6133028.html
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Wikipedia used to spread malicious code
Date: 11/06/06
Keywords: virus, antivirus
Entry in German version of online encyclopedia hijacked to direct users to malicious code, says antivirus vendor.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6132733.html
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Police blotter: Child porn blamed on computer virus
Date: 11/03/06
Keywords: virus
In this week's installment, a former eighth-grade teacher blames a virus when police discover computer images of child porn.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6130218.html
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Attack code out for new Apple Wi-Fi flaw
Date: 11/01/06
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Researchers rap Apple for mishandling flaws and kick off a "month of kernel bugs" by publishing an exploit for a new Mac Wi-Fi bug.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6131711.html
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McAfee: Watch out for 'island-hopping' spam
Date: 11/01/06
Keywords: security
Small, tropical islands are becoming a favored home for junk e-mailers, the security company's researchers have found.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6131693.html