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zdnet.com » Security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Aug 27, 2008
Photo: NASA Is the International Space Station just another bot in a botnet? Are criminal hackers tapping away in some dark warehouse now in control of critical command-and-control systems on board? No, that would make …
Also tagged: security, virus, corporate governance, password, nasa, board, business operations, laptop computer, viruses and worms, corporate law, cyberthreats, spaceref
zdnet.com » Hardware News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Aug 26, 2008
Worried you'll miss it the second John McCain announces his veep choice? After all, the GOP isn't offering a text-message alert the way Obama did. (Not that that worked so well.) Well, maybe young mothers won't be …
Also tagged: rss, hardware, internet, mobile, marketing, consumer electronics, personal technology, nbc, handhelds, reporter, smart phones, google inc, cellular phones, shafer, advertising and promotion, farhi
zdnet.com » Security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Aug 20, 2008
Great way to end a Tuesday! Federal Judge George O'Toole ungagged the three MIT students who had planned to speak at Defcon on weaknesses in the Boston T's CharlieCard system. The T's operator, the Massachusetts Bay …
Also tagged: security, productivity, t, student, massachusetts institute of technology, mbta
zdnet.com » Security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Aug 15, 2008
The MIT students currently under a gag order not to speak about their research into security holes in the Boston's CharlieCard system will spend the weekend still gagged. A federal judge today declined to lift a …
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zdnet.com » Security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Aug 14, 2008
Something most troubling in the email exchange between Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer Jennifer Granick and MBTA attorney Leuan Mahony, posted by News.com. The essence is that MBTA itself included the MIT …
Also tagged: security, e mail, card, electronic frontier foundation, online communications, essence, mbta, charlieticket
zdnet.com » Security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Aug 14, 2008
Gadi Evron, former head of Israel's CERT, says the evidence in the attacks on Georgia's government websites points to "enthusiasts" not the Russian government. "Not all fighting is warfare," he says. While Georgia is …
Also tagged: hacking, security, internet, government, georgia, cyberattack
zdnet.com » Security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Aug 14, 2008
Phishing, spyware and viruses cost consumers $7.1 billion in 2007, $5 billion in 2006. The Federal Trade Commission received 226,000 complaints of Internet-related fraud. But who cares? Not state attorney generals …
Also tagged: security, internet, spam, spyware, litigation, phishing, fraud, business operations, internet crime, spam and phishing, viruses and worms, cyberthreats, spyware adware and malware
zdnet.com » Security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Aug 13, 2008
Gary McKinnon, who may be a somewhat deranged alien hunter or "the world's most dangerous hacker," as U.S. authorities style him according to the Guardian won a temporary stay of his extradition to the U.S. Last month …
Also tagged: security, u s, stay, gary mckinnon
zdnet.com » Security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Aug 12, 2008
As widely reported (ZDNet's Zero Day blog summarizes the events as well as anyone), Georgia government websites site down were attacked in just about the time frame as Russia's Prague 1968-style attack of the country …
Also tagged: security, government, georgia, attack, vnunet, russian government
zdnet.com » Security News items, Blog posts | ZDNet - Aug 12, 2008
The talk by three MIT students was to be titled "The Anatomy of a Subway Hack: Breaking Crypto RFIDs & Magstripes of Ticketing Systems." It was to be delivered Sunday at Defcon. Then the Massachusetts Bay …
Also tagged: security, productivity, electronic frontier foundation, massachusetts institute of technology