http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ en 10 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:57:05 +0200 http://www.tomsguide.com/us/logo_rss.png http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ http://www.tomsguide.com/us/hacker-mckinnon-gary-extradition,news-2490.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/hacker-mckinnon-gary-extradition,news-2490.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:30:09 CEST A French court has approved the extradition of UK hacker Gary McKinnon to the U.S.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/virus-NASA-space,news-2488.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/virus-NASA-space,news-2488.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:50:07 CEST Nasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a virus known as Gammima.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/aviation-faa-airport-flights-resume,news-2482.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/aviation-faa-airport-flights-resume,news-2482.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:50:04 CEST The FAA said that most flights around the country were back to normal Wednesday, after a software malfunction delayed hundreds of flights on Tuesday.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Internet-security,news-2481.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Internet-security,news-2481.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:50:03 CEST Two security researchers have demonstrated a new technique to stealthily intercept internet traffic on a scale previously presumed to be unavailable to anyone outside of intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/security-aviation-U-S-Airports,news-2471.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/security-aviation-U-S-Airports,news-2471.html Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CEST Air traffic at some major U.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Firefox-attack-hacker-eavesdropping,news-2451.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Firefox-attack-hacker-eavesdropping,news-2451.html Tue, 26 Aug 2008 21:10:00 CEST Pittsburg (PA) - A new software released as a browser plug-in by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's School of Computer Science and College of Engineering provides an additional layer of security to warn users of potential eavesdropping when connections to secure websites are established.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Phillip-Thompson-Pedophile-child-arrest,news-2385.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Phillip-Thompson-Pedophile-child-arrest,news-2385.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:20:00 CEST The self-professed “librarian” of a global Internet child abuse ring has been issued with an an indeterminate sentence based on a minimum of three years and nine months. Following this period Phillip Thompson will be eligible for parole.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/walmart-crooks-camera,news-2378.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/walmart-crooks-camera,news-2378.html Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:20:00 CEST Orlando (FL) - Some high tech crooks had the gall to plant a not-so-hidden camera in a Wal-Mart store.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/FaceBook-Beacon-Privacy,news-2362.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/FaceBook-Beacon-Privacy,news-2362.html Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:00:00 CEST Facebook has found itself in more trouble stemming from its controversial Beacon advertisment system, this time in the form of a class-action suit]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Michael-Dolan-AOL-Spammer,news-2355.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Michael-Dolan-AOL-Spammer,news-2355.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:30:00 CEST A Connecticut man was sentenced to seven years in jail for scamming nearly half a million dollars out of AOL users.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Gary-McKinnon-NASA-Pentagon-Hacker,news-2351.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Gary-McKinnon-NASA-Pentagon-Hacker,news-2351.html Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:10:00 CEST A former prosecutor working on the case of UK hacker, Gary McKinnon has said that the alleged cyber criminal is “grasping at straws” and that his extradition to the US is imminent.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Florida-Student-Webcam-Spying,news-2256.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Florida-Student-Webcam-Spying,news-2256.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:10:00 CEST A 23 year old Florida student has been arrested for spying on women via their laptop computers.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/black-hat-defcon-hacking,news-2263.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/black-hat-defcon-hacking,news-2263.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:40:00 CEST Las Vegas (NV) – Three French reporters attending the Black Hat computer security conference have been banned for life for sniffing the press room network.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Wall-Sheep-Black-hat-DefCon,news-2262.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Wall-Sheep-Black-hat-DefCon,news-2262.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:20:00 CEST Las Vegas (NV) – The security pros at Black Hat got a little surprise this year with the appearance of the infamous Wall of Sheep.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/black-hat-defcon-hacking,news-2260.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/black-hat-defcon-hacking,news-2260.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:50:00 CEST Las Vegas (NV) – The press at the Black Hat and Defcon conventions have always been somewhat exempt from hacking, but today we saw journalist on journalist hacking with editors from Eweek and News.com as the victims.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Safari-Apple-Consumer-Report,news-2258.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Safari-Apple-Consumer-Report,news-2258.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:00:00 CEST Chicago (IL) – Consumer Reports has published its annual State of the Net survey and found that one of the most common “online blunders” is to believe that a Mac will shield you from malware threats, such as phishing scams.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Kaminsky-DNS-Flaw-Black-Hat,news-2257.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Kaminsky-DNS-Flaw-Black-Hat,news-2257.html Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:30:00 CEST The Internet relies on trust, but what if all that trust comes tumbling down? That’s exactly the problem noted security researcher Dan Kaminsky described today in his Black Hat talk about DNS cache poisoning.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/TSA-Stolen-Laptop,news-2253.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/TSA-Stolen-Laptop,news-2253.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:20:01 CEST At the beginning of the week, the TSA announced that a laptop containing the personal information of passengers enrolled in its fast track screening program had been stolen. However, in what appears to be a case of “Where did you have it last?"...]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iRobot-robot,news-2249.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/iRobot-robot,news-2249.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:00:01 CEST Chicago (IL) - The idea of robots taking over more and more security operations may send chills down the spines of some, but for law enforcement officials and others it can take some of the risk involved in their lines of work and lessen it.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/research-virus-cloud,news-2247.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/research-virus-cloud,news-2247.html Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:50:01 CEST Ann Arbor (MI) - How often have you heard the word "cloud" this week?]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/11-identity-theft-arrests-41m,news-2239.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/11-identity-theft-arrests-41m,news-2239.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:00:00 CEST The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday announced the apprehension of 11 individuals involved in what is believed to be the largest case of hacking and identity theft ever prosecuted by the Department.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/olympics-tourists-naked-electronics-beijing,news-2219.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/olympics-tourists-naked-electronics-beijing,news-2219.html Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:20:00 CEST Beijing (China) - The estimated half a million Olympic tourists are being advised by security experts to go 'naked'.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-Leopard-Mac-OS-X,news-2188.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Apple-Leopard-Mac-OS-X,news-2188.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:00:00 CEST Cupertino (CA) - Apple has begun to more aggressively update its Mac OS X operating system and is now patching the operating system with regular minor security updates and incremental updates pretty much one a month.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-dns-vulnerability-patch-fix,news-2187.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/apple-dns-vulnerability-patch-fix,news-2187.html Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:50:01 CEST Cupertino (CA) - Apple has issued a security patch that promises to fix a DNS vulnerability recently discovered by security researcher Dan Kaminsky, but it appears the fix doesn't actually fix anything.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Gerber-Baby-Food-Poison-YouTube,news-2172.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Gerber-Baby-Food-Poison-YouTube,news-2172.html Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:40:00 CEST A New York man could face jail time after posting some threatening videos on YouTube.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DHS-Laptop-Confiscate-Border,news-2173.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/DHS-Laptop-Confiscate-Border,news-2173.html Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:40:00 CEST Next time you’re going to pack up your stuff and head south for the winter, or indeed anywhere for the winter, you might want to double check you don’t have any questionable content on your laptop, iPod, cellphone or any other gadget...]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/british-hacker-government-extradite,news-2154.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/british-hacker-government-extradite,news-2154.html Fri, 01 Aug 2008 02:30:00 CEST Gary McKinnon, the British hacker accused of hacking into Pentagon and NASA computers has lost his extradition appeal in the UK.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Mozilla-Thunderbird-Firefox,news-2145.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Mozilla-Thunderbird-Firefox,news-2145.html Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:30:00 CEST Chicago (IL) - The hype surrounding recently released Firefox 3 web browser has left Mozilla's popular open-source email client Thunderbird without a significant update since early May.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ballmer-Microsoft-Memo-Leak,news-2102.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/ballmer-Microsoft-Memo-Leak,news-2102.html Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:40:00 CEST The Microsoft CEO has Apple, Yahoo and Google in his sights and will deliver a $300 million ad campaign to address any lingering doubts about Vista.]]> http://www.tomsguide.com/us/missile-nuclear-asleep-switch,news-2090.html http://www.tomsguide.com/us/missile-nuclear-asleep-switch,news-2090.html Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:40:00 CEST Washington DC - A trio of Air Force ballistic missile crew members are being investigated after they literally fell asleep at the switch.]]>