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E-Voting Gaffe Reported
TechWeb   Monday, 06 November 2006
TechWeb - Elections Science Institute says e-voting systems could have been exposed to computer viruses.
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Stopping Today's PC Spies at the Gate
NewsFactor   Sunday, 05 November 2006
NewsFactor - Although spyware has been called the plague of the Internet, many people still regard the invasive software as a kind of digital Avian flu. "Yes, it's bad and potentially very threatening, but it's the kind of thing that only happens to other people,not me."
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FBI cyber crackdown leads to 16 arrests
USATODAY.com   Friday, 03 November 2006
USATODAY.com - SAN FRANCISCO - In its latest crackdown on cybercrime, the FBI planned to announce Friday the arrests of 16 people in the USA and Poland suspected of participating in a website where stolen personal data were traded and phishing attacks were launched. Individuals were arrested in Atlanta and Columbus, Ohio. Raids were conducted in New York, Texas, Tennessee, Nebraska, Georgia and Ohio, the FBI said.
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Computer Security Touches Even Most Trusted Workers
Investor's Business Daily   Thursday, 02 November 2006
Investor's Business Daily - Some companies eye new hires or part-time employees as potential tech security threats.
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Hackers Aim At Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
TechWeb   Thursday, 02 November 2006
TechWeb - Exploit code for a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 is circulating and attackers may already be using it to hijack PCs, Microsoft acknowledged Wednesday.
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Stration Worm Cracks Oct. Top 10
TechWeb   Wednesday, 01 November 2006
TechWeb - The wildly prolific Stration worm used extremely aggressive tactics to crack October's top 10 list of most prevalent malware.
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Tricky New Malware Challenges Security Vendor
PC World   Tuesday, 31 October 2006
PC World - Constantly changing worm has infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide.
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Public key cryptography celebrates anniversary
InfoWorld   Friday, 27 October 2006
InfoWorld - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- Dignitaries from the computer security field took the stage at the Computer History Museum Thursday evening to note the 30th anniversary of public key cryptography and wax historical about academic, governmental and commercial developments in security and ponder the future.
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Secunia Claims Second IE 7 Flaw
PC World   Thursday, 26 October 2006
PC World - Security firm finds a bug that could allow hackers to spoof Web sites; Microsoft says there's an issue.
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BT buys security specialist Counterpane, co-founded by cryptologist Schneier
Canadian Press   Thursday, 26 October 2006
Canadian Press - SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - BT Group PLC (NYSE:BT), the former British telecom monopoly, said Wednesday it bought Silicon Valley-based Counterpane Internet Security Inc. to boost its computer security services for corporate customers.
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Hackers disrupt on-line brokers
Reuters   Wednesday, 25 October 2006

A woman types on a keyboard in an undated file photo. High-tech crooks using spyware are costing U.S. discount brokerages millions of dollars to repay clients who have been victimized by fraud, the brokerages said in recent days. (Catherine Benson/Reuters)Reuters - High-tech crooks using spyware are costing U.S. discount brokerages millions of dollars to repay clients who have been victimized by fraud, the brokerages said in recent days.


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