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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 759 days ago
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I was a teenage zombie masterA young hacker accused of helping to corral more than 400,000 computers into a money-making botnet has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with the scheme, which he admits damaged US military computers.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 759 days ago
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/02/12/bot_herder_cops_plea/By Dan Goodin in San FranciscoThe Register12th February 2008A young hacker accused of helping to corral more than 400,000 computers into a money-making botnet has pleaded guilty to criminal charges in connection with the scheme, which he admits damaged US military computers.The defendant was identified only by the the initials B.D.H. because he was a juvenile when the crimes were committed. He is better known by the handle "SoBe" in int read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 750 days ago
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http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39170099,00.htmBy Nick HeathSilicon.com19 February 2008The government has admitted almost 200 laptops have been stolen from various departments, including the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), since 2001.The figures for phone, laptop and PDA loss and theft across government departments reveal the MoJ has had 135 laptops and 56 mobile phones stolen, with a further 34 laptops and 116 phones gone missing since 2001.It was disclosed that other department losses since 2 read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 739 days ago
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http://sundaygazettemail.com/News/200803010561By Andrew ClevengerStaff writerThe Charleston GazetteMarch 2, 2008A Charleston lawyer could be suspended from the State Bar after admitting that he accessed another law firm's computer system because he suspected his wife was having an affair.According to a brief filed with the state Supreme Court by the Bar's Lawyer Disciplinary Board, Michael P. Markins repeatedly accessed e-mail accounts at Offutt, Fisher and Nord, where his wife, Andrea N. Markins, worked a read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 723 days ago
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Movie-munch miscreant on trial for copyright infringementA Japanese man has confessed to creating a data-destroying Trojan horse.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 723 days ago
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http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20080319TDY02306.htmThe Yomiuri ShimbunMarch 19, 2008KYOTO -- A 24-year-old man on trial in the Kyoto District Court charged with violating the Copyright Law admitted Tuesday he created a computer virus and used copyrighted animation footage to spread it on the Internet.Masato Nakatsuji, a graduate school student of Osaka Electro-Communication University, made the admission during the first hearing of his trial, where he is answering charges of infringing copyright and read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 716 days ago
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Microsoft's security team acknowledged Tuesday that it knew of bugs in its Jet Database Engine as far bask as 2005 but did not patch the problems because it thought it had blocked the obvious attack vector. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 710 days ago
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7323698.stmBBC News31 March 2008A US defence department analyst has admitted giving classified information about military communication systems to a businessman working for China.Gregg Bergersen, 51, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to disclose national defence information "to persons not entitled to receive it".Mr Bergersen faces up to 10 years in prison when he is sentenced on 20 June.Correspondents say his admission comes amid growing concern in Wash read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 673 days ago
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http://www.motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/05/8165_white_house_adm.htmlBy Nick BaumannMother Jones Blog05/06/08The White House acknowledged in a court filing last night that it no longer has backup tapes of email from between March 1 and May 22, 2003, a period that includes the beginning of the Iraq war.Yesterday's filing (PDF) [1] is the latest development in the ongoing White House emails lawsuit, in which two non-profits, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) and the Nationa read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 567 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:08:54 -0500 (CDT)http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=103368By Jeremy KirkIDG news service21 August 2008Nokia has confirmed that its widely used Series 40 operating system has security vulnerabilities that could allow stealth installation and activation of applications.But the company is evasive on whether it paid €20,000 (£15,854) to researcher Adam Gowdiak of Security Explorations, who wanted payment for the six-mont read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 566 days ago
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Red Hat confirmed Friday that hackers compromised infrastructure servers belonging to the company and the Fedora Project, including systems used to sign Fedora packages. read more »
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