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Firefox fans put new spin on browser protection
News Does safe sex sell? Amid reports of security holes, Firefox partisans acknowledge their core sales pitch is under threat.
Tags: Web browsers
New worm a precursor for future attacks?
News Computer security experts fear a new worm which is spreading rapidly across several Asian countries could be a precursor for more concerted attacks in future.
Tags: Viruses and worms
'Zombie' PCs caused Web outage, Akamai says
News Attackers built a "bot net" of unknowing home PCs to bring down Google and other sites, the company says.
Plan to extend police-hacking powers gathers pace
News The Home Office is working with the European Parliament on plans to extend police powers to remotely search PCs without a warrant.
Tags: Corporate law, Web 2.0, Hacking, Police, European Parliament, Officer, computer security expert, Computer, phone, Wi-Fi
UK to monitor, store all social-network traffic?
News The U.K. government's proposed Interception Modernisation Programme would enforce tracking and retention of all U.K. citizens' Web communications, including IM conversations.
Tags: Privacy, Mobile platforms/communications, MySpace, Traffic Data, data retention, Tim Berners-Lee, Bebo, Government, Internet Service, IMP
Kashmiri hackers attack BBC news service
News The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has confirmed that hackers supporting the liberation of Kashmir have attempted to break into a server used to provide information to BBC staff around the world.
Symantec: Security reporting chain is broken
News Security expert says failure to scrutinize log data is putting companies at risk; U.K. police renews calls for greater co-ordination with businesses in fighting cybercrime.
Tags: Security, Business security
Microsoft critic fired
News A computer security expert who contributed to a paper deeply critical of Microsoft has been dismissed by his employer, a consulting company that works closely with the software giant.
Report slams DC agency 's computer security practices
News Computer systems at more than 60 agencies in the District of Columbia remain at risk because of shoddy computer security practices at the DC Department of Public Works, the General Accounting Office (GAO) said Wednesday.
Intel grapples with security glitch in server
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Hackers plan global game of 'capture the flag'
News Online attackers will take on one another in a massive Internet exercise. Could it spill out into the real world?
Tags: Hacking
Microsoft takes stake in messaging services provider
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Activists unveil stealth browser
News Firefox spin-off Torpark conceals users' IP information and can be run directly from a USB drive.
Tags: Web browsers, Privacy
Trojan rides in on unpatched Office flaw
News A dangerous Trojan horse exploits a hole in Microsoft's Office software that has remained unfixed for five months.
Tags: Security
Report: Computer hijacking on the rise
News "Zombie" attacks quadrupled in recent months, reports antivirus company McAfee. Spyware and adware are on the rise too.
Tags: Data security
