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'Here you have' e-mail worm spreads quickly
Security experts warned Thursday of a fast-spreading e-mail worm, the first large outbreak of this type in nearly a decade.
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NSF: Time for an Internet do-over
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has doled out grants worth up to $32 million in total to a pack of universities dedicated to rethinking everything about the Internet from from its core routing system to its security architecture and addressing the emergence of cloud computing and an increasingly mobile society.
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Hotel operator warns of data breach
An operator of upscale hotels and resorts under such widely-known names as Marriott, Sheraton and Westin.
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Microsoft plans double-sized Patch Tuesday next week
Microsoft plans to issue nine security updates to patch 13 bugs in Windows, Office and its Web server software next week.
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Cloudmark DesktopOne Basic Stops Spam
Tired of getting e-mail from Nigerian strangers offering to help you claim several million dollars? Don't want your inbox littered with offers to enlarge private body parts? Try Cloudmark DesktopOne Basic (free), which does an excellent job of killing spam before you ever read it. Even if you have a spam filter on your e-mail software, you'll find it useful.
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Report: RBS WorldPay hacker gets four years' probation
The mastermind behind one of the biggest hacking paydays in history has been sentenced to four years' probation and an US$8.9 million fine, according to published reports.
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Hackers exploit new PDF zero-day bug, warns Adobe
Adobe today warned users that attacks have begun exploiting an unpatched bug in its popular Reader and Acrobat PDF viewing and creation software.
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Apple ships iOS 4.1, patches FaceTime flaw
As expected, Apple today released the iOS 4.1 update for its iPhone and iPod Touch and patched two dozen security vulnerabilities in its mobile operating system.
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Apple matches Mozilla, patches DLL hijacking bug in Safari
Apple yesterday patched three vulnerabilities in Safari, including one in the Windows version that quashed a bug Microsoft said individual developers had to fix themselves.
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Mozilla fixes Firefox's DLL load hijacking bug
Mozilla on Tuesday patched 15 vulnerabilities in Firefox, 11 of them labeled critical.
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Symantec: Most hacking victims blame themselves
Just under two-thirds of all Internet users have been hit by some sort of cybercrime, and while most of them are angry about it, a surprisingly large percentage feel guilt too, according to a survey commissioned by Symantec.
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Spammers exploit second Facebook bug in a week
Facebook today said it has fixed the bug that allowed a spamming worm to automatically post messages to users' walls earlier this week.
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On the job
Bob Bragdon says legislative developments can help or hinder the security industry
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Zoomerang vs. SurveyMonkey: Who has the better privacy?
Our privacy columnist takes a close look at the privacy policies of two leading online-survey vendors.
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Police in Europe conduct raids over file-sharing sites
Police across Europe conducted raids against ISPs and private individuals to collect evidence against several Web sites suspected of offering content to file-sharing networks without permission of the copyright holder.
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Microsoft investigates years-old IE bug
Microsoft is looking into a long-known vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that could be used to access users' data and Web-based accounts.
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Microsoft investigates two-year-old IE bug
Microsoft is looking into a long-known vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) that could be used to access users' data and Web-based accounts.
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Secret copyright treaty draft leaked after Washington talks
Another round of negotiations, another leak: Knowledge Ecology International (KEI) published what it says is the latest draft of the secret Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA) over the weekend.
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Can a Relative or Roommate Spy on Me?
If you're both adults, can someone you're living with spy on your Internet habits? nikkiraz asked the Networking forum.
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