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China link suspected in lab hacking

December 9, 2007 A cyber attack reported last week by one of the federal government’s nuclear weapons laboratories may have originated in China, according to a memorandum.The New York Times TAGS: laboratory, computer security, cyber security, China, cyberattack, attacker, phishing, agency, security, attack, researcher, e-mail, database

Digital kids: Growing up wired

November 15, 2007 CNET News.com examines the young generation's unique immersion in the Web, cell phones, IM and online communities. TAGS: virtual worlds, margin, researcher, blog, IM, e-mail, video

Bug hunting start-up: Pay up, or feel the pain

August 3, 2007 VDA Labs, which finds flaws in software, has a unique business model that's at the center of a debate over bug disclosure. TAGS: LinkedIn, extortion, business model, deadline, security flaw, vendor, bug, security, consulting, e-mail, researcher, attack, toolbar, software company

Security expert proposes hackers' union

November 20, 2003 A proposal to create an association to represent the interests of hackers and vulnerability researchers is gaining support. TAGS: Thor Larholm, researcher, vulnerability, hacker, disclosure, guideline, DMCA, interest, security, vendor, organization, software company, Microsoft Corp., e-mail

Tool mines personal data from across Net

April 19, 2007 Security researcher crafts product that associates data from multiple sources and could provide enough information for ID fraudsters. TAGS: LinkedIn, search, MySpace, domain name, e-mail address, researcher, search engine, e-mail

SNARFing your way through e-mail

December 2, 2005 Microsoft researchers come up with tool that enables you to sort your in-box based on who you know--and like. TAGS: inbox, researcher, message, e-mail, accounting, Microsoft Corp.

Microsoft sees Dance Dance Revolution in e-mail

February 28, 2006 Software maker's research team looks to fancy footwork as the key to wading through messages. TAGS: feet, worker, researcher, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, software company, photograph

Bug hunters, software firms in uneasy alliance

September 6, 2005 Security researchers and companies that write commercial software seek common ground over how to report flaws. TAGS: researcher, Cisco Systems Inc., disclosure, flaw, security, alliance, software company, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, e-mail

Microsoft debates spoofing as security flaw

November 2, 2004 Microsoft rejects claims from security researchers that a spoofing technique discovered on Internet Explorer is a vulnerability. TAGS: BugTraq, security flaw, technique, Microsoft Internet Explorer, link, researcher, security, Microsoft Corp., HTML, e-mail, Microsoft Windows

iDefense ups the bidding for bugs

July 27, 2005 One day after a rival announces it will pay for details on security bugs, iDefense says it will double its payouts. TAGS: TippingPoint Technologies, iDefense, 3Com Corp., payout, Black Hat, researcher, vulnerability, security, hacker, security company, Las Vegas, bug, e-mail

Microsoft wants to know who your friends are

March 4, 2004 The company's research unit looks to help computer users manage the thousands of e-mails and other electronic communiques they get each day. An automatically updated "inner circle" is one approach. TAGS: contact, Microsoft Longhorn, Redmond, researcher, Microsoft Corp., idea, e-mail

Cisco warns customers of site breach

August 3, 2005 Company sends e-mails to site's users and advises people to change their passwords. TAGS: Cisco Systems Inc., incident, vulnerability, password, researcher, security, e-mail

Crypto flaw cracks Office open

January 20, 2005 Password-protected files at risk, researcher warns. Also: Baba offshoot makes false promises about erasing smut. TAGS: virus, flaw, researcher, webcam, Microsoft Office, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Computer, password, Apple Mac OS, e-mail, Microsoft Corp.

Net watchers wary of Sasser fallout

May 6, 2004 A researcher warns that a hybrid worm could be spun off Sasser, as companies are told to include the money spent cleaning up such attacks in the cost of owning technology. TAGS: Sasser worm, Debby Fry Wilson, worm, Gartner Inc., researcher, patch, threat, security, Microsoft Corp., e-mail, Microsoft Windows

Stardust virus lands on OpenOffice

May 31, 2006 In a blast from the past, a new macro virus infects OpenOffice and StarOffice, open-source rivals to Microsoft's Office. TAGS: macro virus, Stardust, OpenOffice, Kaspersky Lab, StarOffice, virus, macro, researcher, Microsoft Office, open source, Microsoft Corp., security, e-mail

Phishing attacks take a new twist

May 5, 2005 Schemes involving malicious code that intercepts passwords and usernames are on the rise, Websense Security Labs reports. TAGS: Websense Inc., keylogger, phishing, malicious code, bank, researcher, e-mail, password

Pros point to flaws in Windows security update

August 18, 2004 German security company says it found minor problems in SP2; researchers predict more critical issues will emerge. TAGS: Thor Larholm, Service Pack 2, flaw, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack, researcher, firewall, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, security, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Web browser, e-mail

Sendmail flaw opens door to intruders

March 22, 2006 Unless people make recommended fixes, remote attackers could gain control to their systems. TAGS: Sendmail Inc., intruder, vulnerability, flaw, SMTP, attacker, fix, e-mail server, patch management, researcher, open source, e-mail, security, server

New phishing attack uses real ID hooks

May 16, 2005 Researchers are tracking an emerging form of phishing that uses stolen identity information to target individuals and their bank accounts. TAGS: phishing, bank, Real ID Act, attack, form, researcher, e-mail, security

This week in Net attacks

April 29, 2005 Security researchers have discovered an attack aimed at would-be visitors to Google.com. TAGS: Netscape Communications Corp., attack, security company, spyware, security, researcher, Google Inc., virus, conference, Web browser, e-mail
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