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Change in Focus
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Twitter attacker had proper credentials
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PhotoDNA scans images for child abuse
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Conficker data highlights infected networks
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Google offers bounty on browser bugs
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Cyberattacks from U.S. "greatest concern"
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Microsoft patches as fraudsters target IE flaw
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Attack on IE 0-day refined by researchers
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Monster botnet held 800,000 people's details
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Google: 'no timetable' on China talks
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Latvian hacker tweets hard on banking whistle
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MS uses court order to take out Waledac botnet
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Enterprise Intrusion Analysis, Part One
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Responding to a Brute Force SSH Attack
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Data Recovery on Linux and <i>ext3</i>
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eweek Security News:
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Dangers of copy&paste
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Observant reader Roy caught an interesting exploit attempt against his SMTP server. His review of th ...(more)...
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The Register Security News
Galloping Trojans ahoy
Facebook has taken the unusual step of warning users about a bogus password reset scam designed to trick victims into downloading a password-stealing Trojan.?
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Pre-teenage kicks
One in four UK youngsters have tried hacking into Facebook or webmail accounts, according to a new survey.?
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Repo man rampage
A disgruntled worker allegedly caused chaos after he hacked into a vehicle immobilisation system and remotely disabled cars, Wired reports.?
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Really does keep going and going
"It keeps going and going and going" may be the slogan coined for Energizer batteries, but the same holds true for a nasty trojan backdoor that mysteriously slipped into software used to monitor rechargeable versions of the product.?
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'House 17' and the secret algorithm
A federal grand jury has indicted two computer programmers on fraud and conspiracy charges for developing programs used by Bernard Madoff to cook the books in his billion-dollar ponzi scheme.?
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Zeus botnets' tangled web
Researchers at RSA have identified the network framework that endows some of the worlds most notorious botnets with always-on connections that are virtually immune from takedowns.?
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Botnet-ready? Excellent
Vodafone Spain has again supplied a HTC Magic smartphone that came pre-infected with the Mariposa botnet client and other malware crud.?
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Released on bail
Jeremy Colman, the ex-Auditor General for Wales, has appeared before magistrates on 14 charges of making and possessing child sexual abuse images and failing to disclose a password.?
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Cracking on steroids
Russian password cracking firm ElcomSoft is using the latest graphics cards from ATI to double the speed of its iPhone password breaker and wireless security auditor products.?
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Capo gets poked and cuffed
Italian police successfully used Facebook to track down a Mafia suspect.?
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Hijacked accounts = easy money
The US Securities and Exchange Commission accused a Russian man of earning more than $255,000 in illegal stock sales by using hijacked brokerage accounts to artificially manipulate the price of shares in more than three dozen companies.?
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Insert ironic comment here
Undercover US agents are infiltrating MySpace, Facebook, and other social networking sites with false online profiles in an attempt to nab users under investigation for breaking the law, a Justice Department document reveals.?
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Up to 90,000 zombies freed
Communications within the notorious Waledac botnet have been "effectively decimated," thanks to a novel takedown approach that combined court actions with a variety of technical measures, a Microsoft program manager said Tuesday.?
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CSI UK High Street
Transaction security firm Trusteer has launched a remote forensics service designed to allow banks to diagnose if a client's PC has been infected with malware following incidents of suspected fraud.?Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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No you're not
PayPal's chief of legal affairs has apologised to Cryptome after the eBay-owned payment service confiscated its funds without explanation. John Muller, ultimately responsible for setting PayPal's guidelines, says the payment company made a mistake. He adds that he was a fan and former donor to Cryptome.?
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CERT Security News:
Securing Wireless Networks
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Understanding Your Computer: Web Browsers
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Understanding Your Computer: Operating Systems
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Protecting Portable Devices: Data Security
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Understanding Encryption
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Understanding Digital Signatures
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Protecting Portable Devices: Physical Security
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Recognizing and Avoiding Spyware
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Understanding Denial-of-Service Attacks
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Avoiding Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks
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