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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 12 hours ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: barack obama mobile phone records hacked verizon wireless employee comments Discuss  
President-elect Barack Obama's cell phone calls and wireless account records were hacked by a Verizon Wireless employee, Verizon Wireless admitted Nov. 20. Verizon Wireless said Bacack Obama's device was a simple voice phone, not a BlackBerry or other smartphone or mobile device designed for e-mail or other data services. In a statement, Verizon Wireless President and Chief Executive Lowell McAdam apologized to Obama and said all employees who had had access to Obama's account, whether authorized or not, w read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 12 hours ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: botnet operators change tactics wake mccolo intercage isp shutdowns comments Discuss  
Botnet operators may change their tactics due to the shutdowns of ISP Intercage and Web hosting company McColo. Security researchers predict a shift to a more distributed botnet model and redundant command and control servers. - Between the shutdownof Web hosting company McColo Nov. 11 and the death of ISP Intercage, akaAtrivo, in September, we may be entering a new phase of Internet security onewhere every part of the Internet's ecosystem takes a more proactive role insecuring Web users. But attackers read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 12 hours ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: script fragmentation attack hackers dodge antivirus detection comments Discuss  
Stephan Chenette of Websense describes a new Internet attack vector that could allow hackers to bypass anti-virus protection at both the gateway and the desktop. The technique, called script fragmentation, involves breaking down malware into smaller pieces in order to beat malware analysis engines. Web 2.0 requires new ways of thinking about browser security. - Security researcher Stephan Chenette opened up to eWEEK about a new Webattack vector that could potentially render desktop and gateway anti-viru read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 12 hours ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: do laptops are comments Discuss  
Laptop thefts are a huge problem for individuals and companies of every size. Personal and corporate information are at risk when they're stored on devices that can pick up and walk away easily. This video discusses tools that help prevent laptop theft and that minimize the damage in case a mobile machine is stolen. - Video Content.... read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 15 hours ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: google analytics yes security risk comments Discuss  
Obama's website, Mountain View's javascriptAnalysis Judging from some of the comments responding to our story about security sloppiness on Barack Obama's website, it's clear a discussion about the risks of third-party javascript is in order. Contrary to what many commentators believe, widgets used by Google Analytics and similar services do represent a threat, especially if you're a high-profile target.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 19 hours ago
Via: http://feeds.infoworld.com | Tags: google broadband energy policies comments Discuss  
The U.S. government may be poised to reverse course on its market-only approach to rolling out broadband and a smart electricity grid to all corners of the country, advocates said Thursday. read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 23 hours ago
Via: http://voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: spamhaus microsoft th spam friendly isp comments Discuss  
Microsoft is rising quickly on a running list of the Top 10 Worst Spam Service ISPs as maintained by spamhaus.org, a group that tracks unsolicited commercial e-mail. The software giant debuted on the list earlier this month at number 9 (one being the worst), and has slid over the past few days down to number 5. Spamhaus says spammers and scam artists are abusing Microsoft's live.com and livefilestore.com properties to redirect visitors to sites that...Please click on the title to continue reading this entr read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 23 hours ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: egold directors avoid jail comments Discuss  
Controversial money transfer service given second chanceThree directors of digital currency firm e-gold avoided a spell behind bars on Thursday after earlier pleading guilty to offences for money laundering and running an unlicensed money transfer business.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 1 day 42 minutes ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn orphaned bots necessarily free clean comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:21:30 -0600 (CST)http://www.darkreading.com/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=212101163By Kelly Jackson HigginsDarkReadingNov 20, 2008It has been a week since a half-million bot-infected machines were suddenly freed from their "master" botnet servers after ISPs pulled the plug on the illicit McColo hosting service. So now what happens to those orphaned bot machines?Researchers have spotted these errant bots over the read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 1 day 42 minutes ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn arrest interpol official sparks security breach concerns comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:22:03 -0600 (CST)http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/americas/11/19/mexico.arrest/MEXICO CITY, MexicoCNNNov 19, 2008A vicious turf war between drug cartels and Mexican authorities that has left as many as 4,300 dead so far this year may have caused a breach in the internal security systems of Interpol, the international police organization.Interpol, which is based in France, announced Wednesday it is sending a team of investigators to Mexico t read more »
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