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Exploit Exposes PowerPoint Zero-Day Vulnerability
TechWeb   Saturday, 14 October 2006
TechWeb - Code posted on a hacker site attacks a zero-day vulnerability in PowerPoint 2003; Microsoft is investigation, but no attacks have been reported so far.
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Microsoft Restructures Its Windows Core OS Division
PC Magazine   Friday, 13 October 2006
PC Magazine - The sofware giant creates five teams, one of which brings its security, Trustworthy Computing and Engineering Excellence teams together in one group.
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Expert: Hackers Will Break Vista's PatchGuard
PC Magazine   Friday, 13 October 2006
PC Magazine - A computer security expert speaking at the Virus Bulletin conference predicts that hackers will crack the controversial kernel anti-tampering technology within a year of the final release of Windows Vista.
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Symantec Says The Worm And Virus Problem Is Solved. Here's What's Next
TechWeb   Wednesday, 11 October 2006
TechWeb - Phishing and other attempts to steal data and money are the real problems, CEO John Thompson says. So Symantec's next group of security offerings will focus on the integration of technologies that protect information.
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Chinese Hackers Attack Commerce Department
NewsFactor   Tuesday, 10 October 2006
NewsFactor - For the second time in four months, Chinese hackers have been discovered trying to crack U.S. government computers. This time, the brazen attacks zeroed in on computers within the U.S. Department of Commerce.
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Hackers Post Fake Notice On Google Blog
TechWeb   Tuesday, 10 October 2006
TechWeb - A bug in Blogger enabled an unauthorized user to post a bogus notice on the Google Blog Saturday, claiming Google Inc. discontinued its AdWords click-to-call test with eBay Inc.
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Hackers not burglars 'biggest fear' for Britons
AFP   Monday, 09 October 2006

A man works on his desktop computer in Chengdu in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, July 2006. More people worry that their PCs are under constant attack from hackers than they do about their homes being ransacked by burglars, according to the latest government survey.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - More people worry that their PCs are under constant attack from hackers than they do about their homes being ransacked by burglars, according to the latest government survey.


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Chinese computer hackers target US Commerce Department
AFP   Saturday, 07 October 2006

The words "Cyber War!" are projected on a screen at the beginning of a conference on cyber attacks. Computer hackers based in China have launched sustained attacks on the computers of a US Commerce Department technology export office, a department official said.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Computer hackers based in China have launched sustained attacks on the computers of a US Commerce Department technology export office, a department official said.


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Chinese Hackers Hit Commerce Department
TechWeb   Saturday, 07 October 2006
TechWeb - It's the second major attack originating in China that's been acknowledged by the federal government since July.
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India Weighs Tougher Cybersecurity Laws After TV Expose
TechWeb   Saturday, 07 October 2006
TechWeb - Following a U.K. documentary claiming India's outsourcing industry is infested with hackers and identity thieves, Indian authorities are feeling the heat to push through proposals that would toughen security.
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Hacker Kit Use Surges, Means More Malicious Sites
TechWeb   Wednesday, 04 October 2006
TechWeb - A security researcher says about 1 in every 6 sites set up by criminals to steal information is created with hacking-for-dummies-style 'toolkits.'
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