Open-source electronic voting
July 29, 2008
A group is advocating the use of open-source software and a unique tablet PC and printer as a solution to concerns surrounding voting integrity.
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Inside CNET Labs podcast…thanks for the attachment
July 29, 2008
Someone sends CNET Labs an unsolicited attachment.
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Kiwi hacker walks free from court
July 28, 2008
A teenager from New Zealand accused of writing malware that could have stolen millions of pounds has walked free from court and may be recruited by the local police.
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MoD admits to widespread data losses
July 28, 2008
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has admitted to the loss of 658 laptops and 121 USB data drives since 2004, a far greater number than had been admitted earlier..
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Escaped 'spam king' allegedly kills self, family
July 28, 2008
Bodies of Eddie Davidson–who was serving prison time for a spam conviction–his wife, and their 3-year-old daughter are found in an SUV in Colorado.
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SF employee accused of setting network sabotage time bomb
July 28, 2008
San Francisco city computer engineer remains held on $5 million bail, accused of hijacking city network and arranging it to self-destruct during the next routine maintenance or outage.
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'Hijacked' SF passwords made public
July 28, 2008
District attorney’s office has apparently taken usernames and passwords ‘hijacked’ by a city network admin and made them public in a new court document.
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Users can automatically encrypt Gmail connection
July 28, 2008
Gmail now lets users automatically encrypt all communications with Google’s e-mail servers–that is, as long as they’re willing to take a performance penalty.
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US government releases security guidebook for IT managers
July 25, 2008
The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a publication to help IT managers assess security controls.
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New Trojan in the wild targeting multimedia files
July 25, 2008
Secure Computing is warning of a new Trojan in the wild that is infecting multi-media files on a victim’s hard disk.
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