Faked CNN spam blitz pushes fake Flash
August 14, 2008
Bogus alerts purporting to be from CNN are luring victims to over 1,000 hacked websites pushing fake, malware-infested Flash Player software, Internet security watchdogs have warned.
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Emerging countries to take spam lead
August 14, 2008
The majority of the world’s spam continued to be sent from the US during the second quarter of 2008 but experts predict it won’t be long till developing nations take the lead.
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UK government plans to log every call, text and email
August 14, 2008
The Home office has issued a consultation paper for a new law that would force phone companies, ISPs and network operators to record and store every phone call, web page request and text message..
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VMware: Don't shut down that virtual machine
August 14, 2008
Customers who turned off virtual machines running VMware ESX 3.5 Update 2 were unable to turn them back on due to a licensing flaw. But the company has posted a patch.
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Targeted for hacking by reporters at my table
August 14, 2008
A CNET News reporter explains how she may or may not have gotten hacked at the Black Hat security conference.
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Daily Debrief: Online attack, retaliation in Russia-Georgia conflict
August 14, 2008
In Wednesday’s edition of the Daily Debrief, CNET’s Kara Tsuboi and Robert Vamosi discuss the latest exchange of cyberattacks between warring countries Russia and Georgia.
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MIT students: Mass. agency 'misrepresents' what led to lawsuit
August 14, 2008
Both parties in the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority lawsuit tell different stories about the week of negotiations that led to a restraining order against a Defcon talk.
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Defcon ends with researchers muzzled, viruses written
August 14, 2008
Three-day hacker fest ends following a restraining order that killed one talk, a cable TV crew getting thrown out, and general software and hardware hacking tips shared.
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Fallout From TJX Credit Card Scandal
August 14, 2008
Thanks to international cooperation, hackers from outside the U.S. were apprehended in one of the largest identity theft cases ever prosecuted by the Department of Justice.
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Google Sees Massive Spam Spike
August 14, 2008
New message-delivery techniques allow the junk to leak through.
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