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Apple patches QuickTime for Macs, Windows
Date: 09/12/06
Keywords: software, security
Seven serious security flaws in QuickTime media player software put both Windows PCs and Macs at risk of attack.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6115076.html
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No fix yet for Word 2000 flaw
Date: 09/12/06
Keywords: security, microsoft
Microsoft releases patches for three security holes, but does not have a fix for a Word 2000 flaw being used in attacks.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6114932.html
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Sky hit by Windows Media DRM crack
Date: 09/12/06
Keywords: software
British broadcaster suspends movie downloads after arrival of new software that breaks Windows Media patch.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6114921.html
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Going the distance—Securing the last mile
Date: 09/12/06
Keywords: security
Commentary--Reactivity's Joelle Gropper Kaufman says one of the most critical stages of network security is the final connection of applications to the enterprise's application infrastructure.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6114887.html
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Morocco jails two over Zotob worm
Date: 09/12/06
Keywords: no keywords
Prison sentences for two men found guilty of unleashing worm that disrupted networks across the U.S.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6114847.html
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Phishers catch on to the Net's 'long tail'
Date: 09/12/06
Keywords: no keywords
Online scammers are no longer targeting just the best-known brands, according to a new report.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6114815.html
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Symantec, Juniper Networks partner
Date: 09/12/06
Keywords: technology, security
Symantec moves beyond storage security, includes more of its technology in Juniper networking devices.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6114758.html
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Schwarzenegger PC may have been hacked
Date: 09/12/06
Keywords: no keywords
Police are investigating whether hackers illegally downloaded a private taped conversation from state computers.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6114549.html
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'Second Life' suffers real-world breach
Date: 09/11/06
Keywords: security
The online virtual world suffers a computer security breach that exposed the real-world personal data of its users.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6114046.html
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Security breaches are wake-up calls to phone companies
Date: 09/08/06
Keywords: no keywords
Experts say phone companies lag behind other industries in keeping customer information under wraps.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6113905.html
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Chase puts credit card data in the trash
Date: 09/08/06
Keywords: no keywords
Personal information on 2.6 million Circuit City credit card holders is mistakenly thrown out.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6113738.html
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Security firm: Samsung site hosts Trojan
Date: 09/08/06
Keywords: web, spam
Malware that steals access codes sits on Samsung server and is spread by malicious spam and IM, Websense says.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6113611.html
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Post-9/11 privacy and secrecy: A report card
Date: 09/08/06
Keywords: no keywords
news analysis Since Sept. 11, the federal government has been trying to learn more about us, while keeping us from knowing what it's doing. Is this wise?
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6113518.html
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Credit card companies form security council
Date: 09/08/06
Keywords: security
The five major credit card companies team up in the interest of better security.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6113512.html
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'Critical' patch for Office coming
Date: 09/07/06
Keywords: microsoft
Plus two less serious updates for Windows, making it a quiet Patch Tuesday for Microsoft next week.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6113332.html
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Software vendors add tips to flaws database
Date: 09/07/06
Keywords: software, database
The National Vulnerability Database expands its information to include comments from software vendors on reported flaws.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6113232.html
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Post-9/11 antiterror technology: A report card
Date: 09/07/06
Keywords: security
As Sept. 11 nears, News.com examines five useful ways of improving security--and five that should raise eyebrows.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6113064.html
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Virginia court upholds antispam law
Date: 09/06/06
Keywords: spam
Court denies convicted spammer's appeal, rejects argument that the state law is unconstitutional.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6112967.html
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Fiddling while Rome burned
Date: 09/06/06
Keywords: security
Commentary--Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says corporate America needs a wake up call--in the worst way--about data security.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6112857.html
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Word flaw hit with zero-day attack
Date: 09/05/06
Keywords: microsoft
"Extremely critical flaw" in Microsoft Word 2000, which has no released patch, could lead to remote execution of code.
Source: http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6112265.html