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Scientists Create Malicious Hardware
April 30, 2008
on Security
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Wolfgang Gruener
Urbana-Champaign (IL) - You are concerned about spam and viruses? Read more
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Microsoft's Forensic USB Key Not As Evil As First Thought
April 30, 2008
on Components
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Humphrey Cheung
Redmond (WA) - The initial uproar over news of Microsoft's forensic USB thumb-drive appears to be misplaced. Read more
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Half A Million Microsoft-powered Sites Hit With SQL Injection
April 28, 2008
on Security
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washingtonpost.com
A new SQL injection attack aimed at Microsoft IIS web servers has hit some 500,000 websites, including the United Nations, UK Government sites and the U. Read more
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Airports Scramble To Change Security Codes After Pilot Loses Laptop
April 28, 2008
on Security
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Humphrey Cheung
Washington DC - 17 airports were forced to change their security codes after a Mesa Airlines pilot had his laptop stolen. Read more
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FBI Concerned About Chinese Counterfeiting Cisco Routers
April 24, 2008
on Security
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Humphrey Cheung
Washington DC - An unclassified government PowerPoint presentation documenting Chinese counterfeiting of Cisco routers has been published on the net. Read more
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Israeli Soldier Jailed For 19 Days For Facebook Photo
April 24, 2008
on Business & Law
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Humphrey Cheung
Tel Aviv (Israel) - A member of an Israeli intelligence unit was jailed for 19 days after military officials discovered that he posted his picture to the popular social networking site Facebook. Read more
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Hackers Hit UN And Other High-profile Websites
April 24, 2008
on Security
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Humphrey Cheung
New York (NY) - Hackers have successfully compromised hundreds of thousands of websites, according to a security advisory by Websense. Read more
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U.S. Government Scraps Virtual Border Fence Prototype
April 23, 2008
on Security
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Humphrey Cheung
Tucson (Arizona) - The Department of Homeland Security has ceased operating its virtual fence near Tucson Arizona because of complaints by Border Patrol officers. Read more
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Privacy: Laptop Content Searches Now At Will of TSA At Borders And Airports
April 22, 2008
on Security
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Humphrey Cheung
San Francisco - A Federal Appeals Court has ruled that US Customs officers do not need reasonable suspicion to search the contents of laptop hard drives and other media. Read more
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CNN.com Hit By Chinese Attackers
April 22, 2008
on Security
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Netcraft
The CNN News website has twice been affected since an earlier distributed denial of service attack last Thursday. Read more
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Hacker Redirects Barack Obama's Site To Hillaryclinton.com
April 22, 2008
on Security
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Netcraft
A security weakness in Barack Obama's website has been exploited to redirect visitors to Hillary Clinton's website. Read more
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PayPal Won't Block Safari, But Browser Still Considered Unsafe
April 21, 2008
on Security
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Christian Zibreg
Chicago (IL) - When PayPal's information security chief recently outlined new measures the company will take to battle phishing attacks and online frauds, it became evident that Apple's Safari browser lacks certain basic security features. Read more
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RFID Industry Touts Accuracy And Speed In Tracking Both People And Products
April 21, 2008
on Security
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Humphrey Cheung
Bangkok (Thailand) - RFID tags have long been touted as the successor to bar codes for tracking products, but did you know that they can help track people as well? Read more
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PayPal To Block Browsers Without Extended Validation SSL
April 18, 2008
on Using the Internet
by
Bestofmedia Team
PayPal is to block any browsers that do not support the Extended Validation SSL Certificate in a move designed to curb phishing. Read more
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Researchers Crack IPhone's Wi-Fi Positioning System
April 14, 2008
on Security
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Wolfgang Gruener
Zurich (Switzerland) - It was just a matter of time: Researchers from the ETH Zurich breached the iPhone's/iPod's Wi-Fi positioning system and found that the technology is vulnerable to location spoofing. Read more
