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Covert Operation Floats Network-sniffing Balloon
After Riviera hotel management nixed his planned demonstration, one defcon hacker found a way to launch what he calls a warballoon.News
EFF to Appeal Court Order Halting Subway Hacker Talk
UPDATE: The Electronic Frontier Foundation plans to appeal a court order halting a Defcon talk about security problems with Boston-area transit smartcards.News
Court Halts Subway Hacker Talk
A Defcon talk on hacking Boston's transit smartcard system has been scrapped, following a court order.News
Wall of Sheep: Coming to Your Company?
Founders of Defcon's Wall of Sheep have started an education and security awareness consultancy.News
Reporters Ejected After Black Hat Network Attack
Three French reporters at the Black Hat security conference were ejected for hacking into the show's press network.News
Cloud Computing: Is Midori Sour or Sweet?
A future Microsoft operating system may be entirely Web-based. Here are the pros and cons of Midori and the "cloud computing" concept.Community Scoop
End of Windows, Gas Crisis Scams, Laptop Seizures
Readers discuss Microsoft's cloud computing project, possible gas crisis scams, and laptop search and seizure policies.News
Spammers Leverage Interest in Olympics
Symantec warns that spammers are trying to take advantage of interest in the Olympic Games.
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Kaminsky: Many Ways to Attack With DNS
Dan Kaminsky says that SSL sites are also vulnerable to the DNS flaw he discovered.News
ID Theft Ring Attacked Retailers on Multiple Levels
Hackers used sophisticated attacks to steal millions of credit card numbers from U.S. retailers, according to court documents…News
Missing Registered Traveler Laptop Found
A missing laptop containing unencrypted personal information of 33,000 travelers has been recovered.News
DOJ Files Complaint Against Online Ad Firm
The U.S. DOJ wants to seize the property of a Florida Internet-based company operating an alleged Ponzi scheme.
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Massive Identity Theft Exposes Troubling Trend
Analysis: One gang of wireless hackers is out of business, but that doesn't mean we're suddenly secure.News
Eleven Indicted in Massive ID Theft Scheme
Eleven people have been indicted in a massive identity theft and computer fraud scheme involving some of the largest data…News
Missing Laptop Grounds US Registered Traveler Program
A laptop containing personal information of 33,000 U.S. travelers goes missing at San Francisco International Airport.News
Adobe Warns Over Bogus Flash Player Installers
Hackers are trying to dupe people into downloading malicious software labeled as Adobe's Flash Player, prompting a warning from the company.News
Microsoft to Give Vendors an Early Peek at Patches
Black Hat News: This fall, security vendors will get an early look at technical details of Microsoft's monthly security updates.News
Security Oversight May Have Enabled Countrywide Breach
FBI affidavits offer more insight into how a man stole customer data from Countrywide.News
New Browsers Fight the Malware Scourge
The just-released Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5, and the upcoming IE 8, respond to the growing threat with enhanced blocking features.News
Firewall Vendors Scramble to Fix DNS Problem
Firewall vendors are scrambling to release a bug in their products that undoes part of a recent critical DNS patch.News
US Border Agency Says It Can Seize Laptops
U.S. agents now have the authority to seize and retain laptops indefinitely, according to a new policy detailed in documents issued by the DHS.News
FBI: Flash Drive Used to Steal Countrywide Data
Two men were arrested for their alleged roles in stealing and selling personal customer information from Countrywide.News
FCC Rules Against Comcast P-to-P Throttling
The U.S. FCC orders Comcast to stop slowing peer-to-peer traffic.News
Apple Finally Patches Dangerous DNS Flaw
Apple has at last issued a patch for the DNS (Domain Name System) flaw considered one of the most dangerous vulnerabilities to ever affect the Internet.
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Symantec: New Attitude on Security Needed
Symantec officials encourage government agencies to take an information-centric approach to security.Erik Larkin on the Web
Norton Safe Web Beta Competes with SiteAdvisor
Symantec pulls the curtains from its Web search safety rating tool, but it has some catching up to do
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Extradition Appeal for British Hacker Dismissed
UPDATE: A British hacker who broke into U.S. military computers looks set to be extradited to the U.S. after a British court ruling.News
DNS Attack Writer a Victim of His Own Creation
One week after releasing attack code, HD Moore has fallen victim to a cache poisoning attack.Privacy Watch
Check Your Personal Data Before Your Employer Does
Conducting your own preemptive background check can stave off nasty surprises.News
Fugitive Spam King Dead in Apparent Murder-suicide
Convicted spammer Eddie Davidson has killed himself, apparently after murdering his wife and three year-old daughter.News
Attack Code Released for New DNS Attack
Attack code has been released for a major flaw in the Internet's DNS software.News
Parts of San Francisco Network Still Locked out
The San Francisco DA's office says part of the city's network is still not under control.News
Romanian Admits to Phishing, Could Face Five Years
A Romanian man pleaded guilty to a federal fraud charge Tuesday for his role in setting up fake Web sites in order to steal…News
Design Flaws, Besides Vulnerabilities, Hurt Banking Sites
Banking Web sites suffer from design flaws that can undermine their security exclusive of software vulnerabilities, according…News
San Francisco’s Mayor Gets Back Keys to the Network
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom met with jailed IT administrator Terry Childs Monday, convincing him to hand over the passwords to the city's wide area network.
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With DNS Flaw Now Public, Attack Code Imminent
Hackers say that they will soon develop attack code that exploits a recently published, critical DNS bug.News
Top Spammer Sentenced to Nearly Four Years
A court ordered "spam king" Robert Soloway to serve 47 months in prison for spamming.News
Colorado ‘Spam King’ Walks Away From Prison Camp
Penny-stock spammer Eddy Davidson has escaped from federal prison.News
ISP Responds to Lawmaker Concerns About Ad Tracking
Embarq, a Kansas ISP, says it has no plans to roll out a controversial targeted ad service from NebuAd.News
Kaspersky Lab’s Malaysian Web Site Hacked
Russian security company Kaspersky Lab's Web site for Malaysia was defaced on Saturday along with one of its online shopping…News
Georgia President’s Web Site Falls Under DDOS Attack
The Web site for the president of Georgia was knocked offline by a distributed denial -of-service attack over the weekend.News
New Worm Transcodes MP3s to Try to Infect PCs
A new variety of malicious software could pose a danger to those who download music files on peer-to-peer networks.News
Lawmakers Call on NebuAd to Change Privacy Notification
US lawmakers question NebuAd's CEO about the company's Web-tracking service.News
Losses Likely to Rise From Latest Romanian Crime Ring
Losses from a Romanian cybercrime ring that was broken up on Tuesday could reach into the millions of euros.News
Romainian Authorities Arrest Cybercrime Suspects
More than 20 cybercrime suspects are arrested in Romania.News
Woman Fired Over Death Threat Sent From Work E-mail
An employee of 1-800-Flowers.com has been fired after an e-mailed death threat was linked to her account.Neil McAllister on Software
Norton 2009 to Speed Up Malware Screening
Symantec has built more than 300 speed and performance enhancements into its forthcoming security products, now in public beta.News
Weight-loss Supplement Dealer Settles Spam Charges
Marketers of 'bogus' weight-loss supplements settle spam charges brought by the U.S. FTC.News
Researchers Trace Structure of Cybercrime Gangs
The chain-of-command of a cybercrime gang is not unlike the Mafia, an evolution that shows how online crime is becoming a…News