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BlackBerry update bursting with spyware
An update pushed out to BlackBerry users on the Etisalat network in the United Arab Emirates appears to contain remotely-triggered spyware that allows the interception of messages and emails. 2009-07-16 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11555 Web attacks hit U.S., South Korean sites In its fourth day, a widespread distributed denial-of-service attack continued to inundate U.S. government and South Korean Web sites with network traffic. 2009-07-08 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11554 iPhone crashing bug could lead to serious exploit One security researcher claims he can knock your iPhone off the network, and perhaps, he just might be able to do a lot more. 2009-07-03 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11553 FTC persuades court to shutter rogue ISP A federal district court shuts down Triple Fiber Network, after the Federal Trade Commission documents the Internet service provider's cooperation with online criminals and child pornographers. 2009-06-05 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11552 Obama launches cybersecurity initiative The U.S. president announces that the nation's networks will be considered a "strategic national asset" and creates a top position in the White House to formulate a better cybersecurity policy. 2009-05-29 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11551 OpenSSH chink bares encrypted data packets Cryptographers urge users of the widely employed network protocol to make sure they're running the latest version. 2009-05-22 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11550 Browsers bashed first in hacking contest A security researcher keeps a vulnerability on ice for an entire year, before using it at the Pwn2Own contest to exploit Apple's browser. Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 falls soon after. 2009-03-18 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11549 Experts: U.S. needs to defend its "cyber turf" The United States must develop a Monroe Doctrine for the Internet, defining what constitutes its cyberspace and pledging to defend its virtual borders, security experts told Congress. 2009-03-11 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11548 Advisor: U.S. needs policy to defend cyberspace An Obama transition-team member argues that any future cyber policy needs to deal with the role of the intelligence community, the militarization of cyberspace and designating a lead disaster agency. 2009-02-19 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11547 Cabal forms to fight Conficker, offers bounty Microsoft offers $250,000 for information leading to the arrest of the author and, along with security firms and Internet service providers, pledges to work to prevent the prolific worm from spreading further. 2009-02-13 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11546 |
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