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'Spam King' escapes from federal prison
Edward "Eddie" Davidson, a notorious e-mail spammer who was sentenced to jail time in April, has escaped from a federal prison camp in Florence, Colorado. Davidson left, also known as the "Spam King, made a run for it when his wife visited him last Sunday and is now officially...
ZDNet – 22 hours, 12 minutes ago ¦ comment?
Edward "Eddie" Davidson, a notorious e-mail spammer who was sentenced to jail time in April, has escaped from a federal prison camp in Florence, Colorado. Davidson left, also known as the "Spam King, made a run for it when his wife visited him last Sunday and is now officially...
ZDNet – 22 hours, 12 minutes ago ¦ comment?
iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws
Security researcher Aviv Raff left has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could turn your iPhone into easy bait for malicious phishing and spamming attacks. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which...
ZDNet – Jul 23, 2008 6:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Security researcher Aviv Raff left has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could turn your iPhone into easy bait for malicious phishing and spamming attacks. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which...
ZDNet – Jul 23, 2008 6:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service
Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...
ZDNet – Jul 23, 2008 6:21 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...
ZDNet – Jul 23, 2008 6:21 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
S.F. Computer Tech Gives Up Password To City Network
Terry Childs has been charged with four felony computer-tampering counts for allegedly locking out system administrators and supervisors from the city's servers.
Information Week – Jul 23, 2008 6:03 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Terry Childs has been charged with four felony computer-tampering counts for allegedly locking out system administrators and supervisors from the city's servers.
Information Week – Jul 23, 2008 6:03 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
U.S. Court Calls COPA Unconstitutional, Again
A U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the ban on the Child Online Protection Act, saying it's too vague, overly broad, and unnecessary.
Information Week – Jul 23, 2008 4:27 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
A U.S. Court of Appeals upheld the ban on the Child Online Protection Act, saying it's too vague, overly broad, and unnecessary.
Information Week – Jul 23, 2008 4:27 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Design Flaws, Besides Vulnerabilities, Hurt Banking Sites
PC World - Banking Web sites suffer from design flaws that can undermine their security exclusive of software vulnerabilities, according...
Yahoo! – Jul 23, 2008 1:20 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
PC World - Banking Web sites suffer from design flaws that can undermine their security exclusive of software vulnerabilities, according...
Yahoo! – Jul 23, 2008 1:20 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Fortify sets off FUD flood
The Fortify study did not say enterprises must avoid open source because all open source is a security risk. But that's how lazy reporters played it. by Dana Blankenhorn
ZDNet – Jul 23, 2008 12:50 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The Fortify study did not say enterprises must avoid open source because all open source is a security risk. But that's how lazy reporters played it. by Dana Blankenhorn
ZDNet – Jul 23, 2008 12:50 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
McAfee: SMBs Underestimate Cybercrime Risks
PC World - A survey by McAfee found that SMBs in North America wrongly conclude their revenue is too low to draw the attention of...
Yahoo! – Jul 23, 2008 11:30 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
PC World - A survey by McAfee found that SMBs in North America wrongly conclude their revenue is too low to draw the attention of...
Yahoo! – Jul 23, 2008 11:30 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position
Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of vulnerabilities found, and providing its own account into the number of vulnerabilities affecting its own products : "A recent...
ZDNet – Jul 23, 2008 11:24 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of vulnerabilities found, and providing its own account into the number of vulnerabilities affecting its own products : "A recent...
ZDNet – Jul 23, 2008 11:24 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
News to know: Yahoo; VMware; Apple; DNS vulnerability
Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...
ZDNet – Jul 23, 2008 09:23 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug Dancho Danchev: Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design...
ZDNet – Jul 23, 2008 09:23 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
