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Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:08:00 GMT

US wants privacy in new cyber security system

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections. The pilot program, known as Einstein 3, was
Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:08:00 GMT

iPhone crashing bug could lead to serious exploit

Updated This story was updated to correct factual errors contained in an (http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/070209-apple-patching-serious-sms-vulnerability.html If you own an iPhone, security researcher Charlie Miller can knock it off the network.
Fri, 3 Jul 2009 00:07:00 GMT

Wanted: New McAfee channel chief

Application development, Authors, Barbara Darrow, Channel, Channel partner programs, Cisco, Colin Steele, Collaboration software, Data storage management, Direct reseller channel conflict, Email -- Exchange, Outlook, Enterprise applications, George
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:54:00 GMT

Mobile phones at the mercy of hackers and viruses

Mobile phones are the least protected devices in the entire computing arena leaving them at the mercy of internet evils Increased access to the internet via mobile phones has increased the risk of being targeted by the viruses and hackers that prowl the
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:42:00 GMT

US moving cautiously on new cyber security program

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections. The pilot program, known as Einstein 3, was
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:42:00 GMT

US moving cautiously on new cyber security program

The Obama administration is moving cautiously on a new pilot program that would both detect and stop cyber attacks against government computers, while trying to ensure citizen privacy protections. The pilot program, known as Einstein 3, was supposed to
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:41:00 GMT

Cybersecurity Plan Means New Jobs

Agencies, Contractors Need Advanced Skills Now Print Email Save Digg Delicious Reddit Please login or register to save this article. So, the Obama administration has presented its cybersecurity plan establishing the practice as a major, new national
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:40:00 GMT

U.S., Europe Team Up Against Cyber Crime

The U.S. Secret Service and the European Union have announced they will create a joint task force charged with preventing identity theft, hacking and other cyber crimes. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, the unit will be based in Rome. It
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:30:00 GMT

Heartland Completes First Phase of Encryption Pilot

Princeton, N.J.-based payment processor Heartland Payment Systems has implemented a live AES encryption transmission process between merchants and its processing platform, according to a press release. The company's encryption work comes close on the
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:30:00 GMT

Heartland tests new encryption

)--Heartland Payment Systems, one of the nation's largest payments processors, successfully completed the first phase of its end-to-end encryption pilot project Monday in response to last year's data breach. The company announced in January that its
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:26:00 GMT

Court Orders Spammers to Pay $3.7 Million

A U.S. district court has ordered members of an alleged international spam ring to give up US$3.7 million that they made while sending out illegal e-mail messages pitching bogus weight-loss products and human growth hormone pills. The operation, with key
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:22:00 GMT

"Fourth of July" hacker jailed after hospital hack

A Dallas hospital guard was ordered to jail following his arrest on charges of breaking into computers, planting malicious software and planning a massive distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attack on the Fourth of July. Jesse William McGraw, who calls
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:21:00 GMT

iPhone hacker reveals SMS vulnerability

A security researcher on Thursday unveiled a new iPhone SMS vulnerability, according to reports out of the SyScan Conference in Singapore. Presenting at the show, Charlie Miller, a well-known Mac hacker who works for Baltimore-based Independent Security
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:21:00 GMT

Hacker News and the NoSQL Movement

I love Hacker News (aka news.ycombinator.com). I read it at least once a day and it sends this blog more traffic than anything other than Google and Twitter. This is the refer log for AVC for the past month. But like every great web service out there,
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:09:00 GMT

Roger King Exits McAfee, Global Channel Office Vacant

McAfee's Roger King is leaving the security vendor to pursue new career opportunities. McAfee launching search for a replacement. Roger King, the executive vice president of worldwide sales and the de facto global channel chief at McAfee, is exiting the
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:04:00 GMT

Avanti Mining says early release of escrow securities

July 2 - Avanti Mining Inc: Announces early release of escrow securities Says made neces... economy 2 July 2 - Avanti Mining Inc: Announces early release of escrow securities Says made necessary filings for release from escrow of 1,012,497 shares,
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 23:02:00 GMT

Why is U.S. using all its might to extradite this naive hacker to face 60 years in jail ... and why aren't our MPs trying to stop it?

To all who know him, Gary McKinnon is a harmless computer nerd obsessed with proving the existence of 'little green men'. Yet the U.S. authorities insist the British UFO fanatic is a 'cyber-terrorist' who hacked into top-secret Pentagon and NASA
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:59:00 GMT

Betrayal of a naive hacker: Why are our MPs doing nothing to help Asperger's victim Gary?

To all who know him, Gary McKinnon is a harmless computer nerd obsessed with proving the existence of 'little green men'. Yet the U.S. authorities insist the British UFO fanatic is a 'cyber-terrorist' who hacked into top-secret Pentagon and NASA
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:25:00 GMT

Future Lighting Solutions SSL Designer accelerates LED system development

Canada - Future Lighting Solutions ( http://www.futurelightingsolutions.com ) released SSL Designer, the first online design tool for solid-state lighting applications that combines the ability to set and optimize design parameters based on target
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:21:00 GMT

Data Security Firm McAfee In High Ground

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Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:18:00 GMT

Is Obama's Consumer Financial Protection Agency a Fascist Trojan Horse?

(LPAC)As part of its rearranging the deck chairs of the U.S. financial regulatory system, the Obama Administration has proposed the creation of a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency, the purpose of which, allegedly, is to protect Americans from
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 22:12:00 GMT

MIKULSKI, RUPPERSBERGER ANNOUNCE NEW FUNDING FOR CRITICAL BALTIMORE COUNTY 911 CENTER UPGRADES

(Congressional Documents and Publications/ContentWorks via COMTEX) -- July 1, 2009 Contact: Rachel MacKnight/Cassie Harvey, 202-228-1122 MIKULSKI, RUPPERSBERGER ANNOUNCE NEW FUNDING FOR CRITICAL BALTIMORE COUNTY 911 CENTER UPGRADES BALTIMORE, MD - U.S.
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:47:00 GMT

NetBank still reeling from cyber attack

A denial-of-service attack is the most likely cause of severe disruption to the NetBank service of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, which has created problems for online banking users for four days running. Many clients are still only able to view
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:44:00 GMT

Google: Spammers regroup after ISP takedowns

(Network World Middle East Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Spammers are pumping out an increasing number of garbage messages as they regain their capacity to send spam through hacked PCs, according to the latest statistics released by Google Inc.
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:40:00 GMT

NetBank still reeling from cyber attack

Abstracted from The Sydney Morning Herald A denial-of-service attack is the most likely cause of severe disruption to the NetBank service of Commonwealth Bank of Australia, which has created problems for online banking users for four days running. Many
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:39:00 GMT

Bulgaria PM Stanishev's Site Hacked by "Furious Citizens"

Thursday Unidentified hackers, self-proclaimed to be angry ordinary Bulgarians, appear to have attacked the personal site of the country's Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev late on Wednesday. Instead of the name of the prime minister, a sign reading
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 21:33:00 GMT

How to Improve IT Cyber-Security with Visual Analytics

Few disciplines require the comprehension of as much information in so little time as computer security. With billions of data records piling up daily for large organizations, no technique holds as much promise as using computer-generated images to tell
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:57:00 GMT

Waledac worm targeting July 4 spam offensive

Researcher warns people to be cautious clicking on links related to Independence Day videos in e-mails over the holiday.
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:51:00 GMT

Lockheed Martin Opens Baltimore Data Capture Center

Lockheed Martin has opened a new facility in Baltimore County, Maryland to support data processing efforts for the 2010 US Census. The company said the 236,500-square-feet Baltimore Data Capture Center will house more than 2,500 professionals providing
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:34:00 GMT

Mobile phones at the mercy of hackers and viruses

Increased access to the internet via mobile phones has increased the risk of being targeted by the viruses and hackers that prowl the internet. Security experts today all concur that mobile phones are the least-protected devices in the entire computing
Thu, 2 Jul 2009 20:27:00 GMT