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U.S., China lead world in botnet attacks
Government agencies, companies and individuals in the United States need to look to the security of their own systems, if they want to halt the botnet threat, a report states. 2008-09-24 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment McAfee snaps up Secure Computing The security firm announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to buy network security vendor Secure Computing in a cash transaction valued at $465 million. 2008-09-22 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Two-thirds of firms hit by cybercrime The Department of Justice releases survey data from 2005, finding that telecommunications companies and computer-system design businesses were hardest hit by online attacks. 2008-09-22 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Palin e-mail intruder left digital trail One screenshot left by the attacker shows enough detail to likely foil any anonymization, while law enforcement authorities investigate a trail pointing to the son of a Democratic lawmaker. 2008-09-19 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment EFF files suit against NSA, President The Electronic Frontier Foundation sues the National Security Agency, President George W. Bush and others on behalf of AT&T customers, requesting that the courts stop the "unconstitutional" surveillance. 2008-09-18 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment "Anonymous" hackers expose Palin's e-mail Political hacktivists claiming to belong to the grassroots anti-Scientology movement Anonymous appear to have compromised the private e-mail account of Alaskan governor Sarah Palin. 2008-09-17 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Bill seeks to document laptop border searches A lawmaker introduces legislation that would force the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to disclose its procedures for searching computers and devices at the border. 2008-09-17 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft to release secure coding model The software giant plans to allow other companies to use its model for securely developing software and recommend consultants who are knowledgeable about its practices. 2008-09-16 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Student faces charges for hack-and-tell A 20-year-old college student faces charges after he allegedly broke into his school's network and sent network administrators a 16-page report on the security issues he discovered. 2008-09-15 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Hackers defaced collider site, say reports A group of online vandals compromise the security of a server at the Large Hadron Collider, putting up a Web page mocking the site's security but not the experiment, according to U.K. news reports. 2008-09-12 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment |
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