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Security

February 2008

February 26, 2008

E-Mail Death Threats a Hoax, FBI Says

An e-mail scam has resurfaced in which an alleged assassin offers to let recipients live if they pay a fee, reports The Washington Post .   The death threats are a hoax , according to the FB... More >

Federal Efforts to Protect Data Found Lacking

Many federal agencies still aren't doing enough to secure the information they collect and store, reports The Washington Post , citing a report by the Government Accountability Office.   Thou... More >

VMware Warns of 'Critical' Vulnerability in Shared Folders

VMware has notified customers of a "critical" vulnerability in several of its products, including Windows versions of VMware Workstation 6.0.2 and earlier versions, Player 2.0.2 and earlier and ACE... More >

February 22, 2008

Computer Intrusion Growing at Banks, Wall Street

Bank computer intrusions are becoming more common and more costly , reports Washington Post blogger Brian Krebs, citing a report by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The federal entity, which ov... More >

Hack Found for Encrypted Data

Princeton University researchers have discovered a way to hack into encrypted data by exploiting a vulnerability in DRAM chips, reports The New York Times .   The chips hold the keys to data-... More >

February 20, 2008

DoS Attack Targets WordPress

The WordPress.com blog-hosting service experienced a denial-of-service attack from Saturday through Tuesday, though some problems were lingering, reports Computerworld .   Matt Mullenweg, spo... More >

February 19, 2008

Utility Workers' Info Stolen in Burglary

Personal information on all 8,275 employees of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was compromised when computer equipment was stolen in a burglary, reports The Los Angeles Times .   ... More >

Laptop Designed to 'Self-Destruct'

A British company has developed an application using Wi-Fi and RFID that enables a laptop to "self-destruct" if it's taken outside its designated space, reports vnunet.com .   BackStopp softw... More >

February 18, 2008

Hacker Might Get to Keep Stock-Market Profits

When is insider trading not insider trading? Apparently when it's done by a hacker.   Ukranian Oleksandr Dorozhko made $250,000 profit in the stock market after he allegedly hacked into the co... More >

February 8, 2008

A Dozen Patches Each for Microsoft, Firefox

Microsoft on Tuesday will issue 12 security bulletins , including fixes for seven "critical" vulnerabilities that would allow remote execution of code, reports vnunet.com .   They include thre... More >

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