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Another denial-of-service bug found in Firefox 2
Date: 11/01/06
Keywords: browser
Mozilla downplays the issue, saying only minor problems have been found in the week after the browser's release.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6131624.html
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Attack code out for Visual Studio flaw
Date: 11/01/06
Keywords: software, security, microsoft
Security hole in Microsoft's developer suite is being exploited in attempts to commandeer PCs running the vulnerable software.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6131545.html
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Google thanks bug hunters
Date: 11/01/06
Keywords: security, web
In the Web 2.0 world, a lack of traditional security alerts means companies have to find a new way to give credit where its due.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6131515.html
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Intelligence czar unveils spy version of Wikipedia
Date: 11/01/06
Keywords: no keywords
The Intellipedia system lets analysts and officials add and edit content, much like its more famous namesake.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6131309.html
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Microsoft targets auctioneers of pirated software
Date: 10/31/06
Keywords: software
Software giant plans to file more than 50 lawsuits worldwide against online merchants who allegedly peddle counterfeit software.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6130910.html
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DIY boarding pass site gets shut down
Date: 10/31/06
Keywords: security, web
Student in FBI probe says he created Web site to underscore security problems with print-at-home airline boarding passes.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6130875.html
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Seagate bakes security into hard-disk drive
Date: 10/30/06
Keywords: technology
Company pitches "DriveTrust" technology as a simpler way to safeguard data stored on laptops and to prevent embarrassing breaches.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6130824.html
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Another IE 7 pop-up security flaw discovered
Date: 10/30/06
Keywords: browser
Browser vulnerability could enable malicious attackers to alter content in a trusted site's pop-up window.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6130614.html
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At 30, crypto still lacks usability, experts say
Date: 10/28/06
Keywords: microsoft
Government controls held back cryptography in the past, but today usability blocks adoption. Microsoft's Ray Ozzie promises a fix.
Photos: Crypto anniversary
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6130442.html
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Did worm infect Alaska candidates' site?
Date: 10/26/06
Keywords: virus, web
A husband-wife team running in the state's governor's race blame a hacker for infecting their election Web site with a virus.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6130025.html
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RFID passports take off
Date: 10/26/06
Keywords: security
Despite security and privacy concerns, all but three of the countries required by the U.S. to issue passports with radio tags are doing so.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6130016.html
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Linux guru warns on security of open-source code
Date: 10/26/06
Keywords: no keywords
Veteran developer Alan Cox cautions that hackers are trying hard to break open-source code and that many projects are far from secure.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6129835.html
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Symantec earnings, outlook come in at low end
Date: 10/26/06
Keywords: software, security
Security software maker cites disappointing sales in Europe as big weakness in the second quarter.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6129794.html
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Mozilla rebuts Firefox 2 bug reports
Date: 10/26/06
Keywords: security
A pair of security flaw reports are "just noise" and don't present any real risk to Firefox users, Mozilla says.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6129663.html
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Spoofing bug found in IE 7
Date: 10/25/06
Keywords: browser, security
Security experts find a weakness in Internet Explorer 7 that could help crooks mask the type of attack the browser was designed to thwart.
Image: IE 7 spoofing bug
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6129626.html
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DVD Jon, DoubleTwist crack Apple's FairPlay
Date: 10/25/06
Keywords: no keywords
Q&A DVD Jon and partner Monique Farantzos work to break through the wall Apple has put up around iPod and iTunes.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6129476.html
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Brokerages lose millions in hacker onslaught
Date: 10/25/06
Keywords: spyware
Trading sites are paying out millions of dollars to make good losses by customers hit by spyware-wielding scammers.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6129391.html
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BT snaps up Counterpane Internet Security
Date: 10/25/06
Keywords: security
Counterpane security guru Bruce Schneier joins BT Group as it tries to increase network security for business customers.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6129284.html
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Zombies continue to chase Windows PCs
Date: 10/24/06
Keywords: software
Of 4 million Windows PCs found to be infected with malicious software, half were running malicious remote control software.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6129235.html
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Florida man charged in botnet attack on Akamai
Date: 10/24/06
Keywords: no keywords
Prosecutors allege he used an e-mail worm to create a network of hijacked PCs that swamped the victim's servers.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6129226.html