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WikiLeaks: U.S. Army Intelligence planned to destroy WikiLeaks »

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CNET: Malware found on HTC Android phone distributed by Vodafone »

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Internetnews: Navy Brass Latest Hacking Victim of the Deceptive Duo »

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SearchSecurity: Microsoft repairs Excel flaws, warns of new IE vulnerability »

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Government IDG: Malware attack uses China World Expo guise

IDG: Malware attack uses China World Expo guise »

Image: Arenece IDG: Malware attack uses China World Expo guise. A malware attack dressed up as an e-mail from organizers of the upcoming Shanghai World Expo targeted at least three foreign journalists in China, in the...

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CNET: GoDaddy to stop registering domains in China

CNET: GoDaddy to stop registering domains in China »

Image: Min’s CNET: In response to a new government policy that requires extensive information about registrants, GoDaddy will no longer offer new .cn domain names. “Internet censorship is a challenge that no particular industry–much less any...

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computerworld: Hacker busts IE8 on Windows 7 in 2 minutes »

computerworld: Hacker busts IE8 on Windows 7 in 2 minutes

Image: Prosavage2600 computerworld: Hacker busts IE8 on Windows 7 in 2 minutes. Dutch researcher bypasses DEP, ASLR to bring down Microsoft’s browser. Two researchers won...

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ComputerWorldUK: Zeus 1.3 comes with hardware-based anti-piracy protection »

ComputerWorldUK: Zeus 1.3 comes with hardware-based anti-piracy protection

Image: Ssolbergj ComputerWorldUK: The newest version of Zeus, the do-it-yourself crimeware kit most used by criminals specialising in financial fraud, now comes with anti-piracy provisions...

Mar 18 2010news / 1 comment / Read More »

Four charged in N.J. with hacking into Ticketmaster.com and other Web sites »

Four charged in N.J. with hacking into Ticketmaster.com and other Web sites

Image: Michael Karshis. AP: Four charged in N.J. with hacking into ticket Web sites. Wiseguy Tickets, allegedly devised computer programs that impersonated individual ticket buyers...

Mar 10 2010search / No comment / Read More »
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V3: Intel latest to admit January hacking attack »

V3: Intel latest to admit January hacking attack

Image: BrokenSphere V3: Intel latest to admit January hacking attack. The company said on Tuesday in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission...

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How Many Key Possibilities are in 128-bit Encryption? »

How Many Key Possibilities are in 128-bit Encryption?

Image: Andrea Danti – Fotolia.com Simple answer is 2^128. This is an extremely large number that cannot be comprehended: 340,282,366,920,938,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 or 340 undecillion key possibilities. In order to understand a number this large, we need to put it into smaller comprehendible units, consider the...

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DigitalIDNews: Tens of millions of payment card numbers compromised. »

DigitalIDNews: Tens of millions of payment card numbers compromised.

Image: פיקוס (Flickr) DigitalIDNews: Different technologies vie to protect payments. Banks are fighting back with Chip and PIN, End-to-End Encryption, Tokenization, Virtual Terminal, Mag Stripe and Dynamic Cryptograms. View full article here. VIDEO BELOW Bookmark This Site (IE)! Bookmark This Site (FireFox)! guidelines...

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The Register: Texas Instruments to patch smart meter crypto blunder »

The Register: Texas Instruments to patch smart meter crypto blunder

Images: Ken Evans – Fotolia.com The Register: Texas Instruments plans to patch a cryptography flaw in a widely used chip that could allow attackers to remotely tamper with electronic power meters and other devices that connect to smart electricity grids. View full story here. RELATED STORY:...

Jan 15 2010news / 1 comment / Read More »
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Reuters: Google slams Viacom for secret YouTube uploads »

Reuters: Google slams Viacom for secret YouTube uploads Reuters: Google slams Viacom for secret YouTube uploads. Google Inc accused Viacom Inc of secretly uploading its videos to YouTube. Viacom tried to buy YouTube...

Mar 18 2010help / 1 comment / Read More »
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Wireless marketwire: Fortinet Announces Secure Wireless LAN Strategy With Introduction of Thin Access Points

marketwire: Fortinet Announces Secure Wireless LAN Strategy With Introduction of Thin Access Points

marketwire: Fortinet Announces Secure Wireless LAN Strategy With Introduction of Thin Access Points. FortiAP/FortiGate architecture will tunnel all the wireless traffic to undergo intrusion prevention and cleansing, identity-aware policy, and Layer 7 application...

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Reuters: Google slams Viacom for secret YouTube uploads

Reuters: Google slams Viacom for secret YouTube uploads

Reuters: Google slams Viacom for secret YouTube uploads. Google Inc accused Viacom Inc of secretly uploading its videos to YouTube. Viacom tried to buy YouTube before suing it for alleged copyright infringement says...

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United States CNET: Experts warn of catastrophe from cyberattacks

CNET: Experts warn of catastrophe from cyberattacks

Image: U.S. Navy photo CNET: Experts warn of catastrophe from cyberattacks. A hearing of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation acknowledges that “Computer-based network attacks are slowly bleeding U.S. businesses. The U.S....

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IDG: Malware attack uses China World Expo guise

IDG: Malware attack uses China World Expo guise

Image: Arenece IDG: Malware attack uses China World Expo guise. A malware attack dressed up as an e-mail from organizers of the upcoming Shanghai World Expo targeted at least three foreign journalists in China,...

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Networking computerworld: Hacker busts IE8 on Windows 7 in 2 minutes

computerworld: Hacker busts IE8 on Windows 7 in 2 minutes

Image: Prosavage2600 computerworld: Hacker busts IE8 on Windows 7 in 2 minutes. Dutch researcher bypasses DEP, ASLR to bring down Microsoft’s browser. Two researchers won $10,000 each at the Pwn2Own hacking contest by bypassing...

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CNET: US Navy Orders new Radios with Programmable Cryptography

CNET: US Navy Orders new Radios with Programmable Cryptography

Military & Aerospace Electrics: PATUXENT RIVER NAS, Md. U.S. Navy officials are surveying industry for manufacturers of a potential future multifunction data link radio buy. View full story here. View RFI here. UPDATE:...

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Features newser: French Cops Nail Man Who Hacked Obama Twitter

newser: French Cops Nail Man Who Hacked Obama Twitter

CNET: French Cops Nail Man Who Hacked Obama Twitter. An unemployed 25-year-old (“Hacker Croll”—the nom-de-Web) was arrested by authorities in his native France for hacking the Twitter account of President Obama—apparently on a...

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Weak in Review 01/20/2010 – Notes

Weak in Review 01/20/2010 – Notes

Links to Featured Stories: China Hacked Google And the Rest of the World… China Hacked India… Smart Meter Crypto Blunder… Kingston owns up to USB stick hack ABC News: Hacked Drones: How Secure Are U.S. Spy Planes?...

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