Date: 08/11/05     Keywords: technology, security, tracker

Antitheft technology for notebooks includes a LoJack-style tracker and a controversial security chip.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Gateway+puts+a+trace+on+laptops/2100-1009_22-5827500.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/10/05     Keywords: spam

Gold bars, cash and a fully loaded Hummer H2 are among the prizes AOL is offering as it celebrates a settlement with a spammer.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/This+spammer%27s+stash+could+be+yours/2100-1009_22-5826897.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/10/05     Keywords: software

Software giant will also give New York state some of the $ 7 million culled from the company's settlement with Scott Richter.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft+to+fight+crime+with+spammer%27s+money/2100-1009_22-5826561.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/10/05     Keywords: no keywords

George Mason University researchers who say they've found a new way to trace Net-phone calls receive a $307,436 federal grant.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Feds+fund+VoIP+tapping+research/2100-1009_22-5825932.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/10/05     Keywords: microsoft

Microsoft plugs six holes, including an IE bug that could expose a PC user to attack just for looking at a picture.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/IE+flaw+opens+door+to+infection+on+sight/2100-1009_22-5825669.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/09/05     Keywords: browser, security, web

New version of Netscape 8 brings it as up to date on security as its underlying Firefox Web browser.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Netscape+catches+up+to+Firefox+patches/2100-1009_22-5825342.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/09/05     Keywords: technology, spam, microsoft

Lack of popularity of Microsoft's antispam technology could make it harder to reverse consumers' eroding faith in e-mail.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Sender+ID%27s+fading+message/2100-1009_22-5824234.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/09/05     Keywords: security

Homeland Security hopes the chips, embedded in customs forms, will make entry and exit speedier and more secure for foreign visitors.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Feds+pilot+RFID+controls+at+U.S.+borders/2100-1009_22-5823958.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/09/05     Keywords: security

Homeland Security hopes the chips, embedded in customs forms, will make entry and exit speedier and more secure for foreign visitors.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Feds+test+RFID+controls+at+U.S.+borders/2100-1009_22-5823958.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/08/05     Keywords: software

The operation is gathering personal data from "thousands of machines" using keystroke-logging software, Sunbelt Software says.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/ID+theft+ring+hits+50+banks%2C+security+firm+says/2100-1009_22-5823591.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/08/05     Keywords: no keywords

Commentary--In response to numerous occurrences of data theft, standards were designed to protect cardholder information and must be implemented--or else.

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Date: 08/06/05     Keywords: microsoft

Yet another way emerges to bypass Microsoft's validation tool meant to stop people with the pirated OS from getting downloads.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Another+way+past+Windows+antipiracy+found/2100-1009_22-5821113.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/05/05     Keywords: virus, microsoft

New shell targeted by a virus writer won't be part of the next client Windows, Microsoft says, after reports that the OS is under threat.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Microsoft%3A+Virus+target+won%27t+be+in+Vista/2100-1009_22-5820706.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/05/05     Keywords: virus

New command-line shell that may be part of the new Windows OS is already being probed by a virus writer.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/First+potential+virus+risk+for+Windows+Vista+found/2100-1009_22-5819428.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/05/05     Keywords: no keywords

Scientists outline a way that attackers could subvert the early-warning systems meant to detect threats.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Worms+could+dodge+Net+traps/2100-1009_22-5819293.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/04/05     Keywords: microsoft

Microsoft says it will plug six holes in the operating system in its upcoming monthly bulletin.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Patches+on+the+way+for+Windows+flaws/2100-1009_22-5818881.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/04/05     Keywords: no keywords

Number of e-mail messages with fake stock tips has grown over the past six months, a study warns.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/It%27s+a+bull+market+for+stock+spam/2100-1009_22-5818416.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/04/05     Keywords: security

Security vulnerability in BrightStor backup products could put corporate networks at risk of cyberattack.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/CA+plugs+serious+hole+in+backup+software/2100-1009_22-5817704.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/04/05     Keywords: linux

Serious bugs in the latest Linux kernel have been fixed, a sign that the open-source OS is maturing.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Key+bugs+in+core+Linux+code+squashed/2100-1009_22-5817471.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn

Date: 08/03/05     Keywords: security

The unpatched flaw in a core component of the OS has no workaround and could be used to create a worm, a security firm warns.

Source: http://news.zdnet.com/Worm+hole+found+in+Windows+2000/2100-1009_22-5817400.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdnn