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  1. Portable smart card readers from SCM Microsystems
  2. Logitech debuts Harmony 900 universal remote with RF tech; $399
  3. Security 101: Look back to advance
  4. Memories of Blaster
  5. Arch Linux 2009.08 released
  6. One in 78: The chances your comms are being monitored
  7. No, you're not infected
  8. Afilias, Neustar Team With ISC on DNS Security
  9. Common PHP Security Mistakes and What You Can Do About Them
  10. jCryption: Javascript HTML form encryption plugin
  11. 4-drive rack mounted NAS servers from Qnap
  12. 12 tips to protect your identity at school
  13. Adobe Reader Patch available, (Mon, Aug 10th)
  14. Protecting enterprises against Web application attacks with IBM
  15. 61% of young adults illegal download music
  16. Police, councils spy on your calls, SMS and email
  17. Windows Event Viewer phishing scam remains active
  18. Secunia PSI Points Out Dangerous Software Holes
  19. 100 dodgy football ticket sellers shut down by cybercops
  20. Event: Gov IT Summit 2009
  21. Malware beyond Vista and XP
  22. New book: "Natural Language Processing with Python"
  23. Twitter security move positive but is it it enough?
  24. EU ombudsman slaps antitrust regulators over Intel case
  25. Fed's RFIDiocy pwnd at DefCon
  26. News to know: SOA, Google Voice app; Twitter bots; Google Wave; Clunkers
  27. Facebook Fans, Postcards, and Free Laptop Stickers
  28. Silence Cyxymu
  29. Cybersecurity: Curiouser and curiouser
  30. Verizon Business to Offer Risk-Based Security Service
  31. Twitter Continues to Battle DDoS Attack
  32. Code Library Bug Is Likely Patch Tuesday Target
  33. Hathaway Resigns From Cybersecurity Czar Post
  34. Twitter Breach Revives Cloud Security Fears
  35. Twitter Attack Was Another Political DDoS
  36. App developers stung by Twitter's DOS woes
  37. Silence Cyxymu
  38. China Nabs Hackers Who Robbed Korean Bank Accounts
  39. XML Exploits are Next
  40. Java SE6 Update Fixes Exploit Linked to ActiveX Flaw
  41. First SMS Worm: Made in China
  42. Apple iPhone Virus: The antivirus solution
  43. Mobile data poses security risk
  44. Law enforcement group expects credit card fraud to grow
  45. White House backing could leave social media sites more vulnerable
  46. Twitter Continues to Battle DDoS Attack
  47. Georgian professor sole target in Twitter hit
  48. Travel e-mail can be hacked
  49. Patients to be given Google health records
  50. Apple's iTunes 9 rumored to have Blu-ray, social media support
  51. Crackdown on biased online product testimonials
  52. Worldwide Slump Makes Nigeria's Online Scammers Work That Much Harder
  53. Tesla Motors Turns a Profit For the First Time
  54. Windows 7 is quietly released to fans
  55. XML Libraries Data Parsing Vulnerabilities, (Sat, Aug 8th)
  56. Twitter DDOS Attack Takes Twists and Turns
  57. Silence Cyxymu
  58. Learning Lessons From the Twitter Outage
  59. Twitter still struggling to recover from DOS attack
  60. Sun OpenSSO Enterprise/Sun Access Manager XML Vulnerabilities, (Sat, Aug 8th)
  61. Facing bankruptcy after $675K piracy verdict
  62. In five years all browsers will block internet advertisements by default.
  63. AMD OpenCL will allows GPU to run on x86
  64. Twitter, Facebook DDoS Attack Targeted One User
  65. "Showstopper" bug in Windows 7, unlikely.
  66. Microsoft Hardware unveils pressure-sensitive keyboard
  67. Security experts scramble to decipher Twitter attack
  68. Twitter DDoS Attack Politically Motivated, says Report
  69. Twitter DDoS Attack Reminder for Safe Web Habits
  70. Twitter DOS attack targeted Georgian blogger
  71. Consortium proposes a way to secure DNS
  72. Detecting "bot rot" using log management or SIEM
  73. Facebook Fans, Postcards, and Free Laptop Stickers
  74. Silence Cyxymu
  75. Did Russians attack Twitter over pro-Georgian blogger?
  76. Why Twitter went down
  77. Q&A: Dasient and current threats
  78. Silence Cyxymu
  79. Twitter, Facebook attack targeted one user
  80. Spot the difference
  81. Was Twitter, Facebook denial-of-service the result of attack on a single account?
  82. Security: Why Adobe could be the new Microsoft
  83. Hardware Firewalls Bring Security to Small Businesses
  84. Adobe Reader's security woes a boon for up-and-coming rival Foxit
  85. Cyber attackers empty business accounts in minutes
  86. 5 Lessons from Dark Side of Cloud Computing
  87. Novell, CA Push to Secure Identity, Security in Cloud
  88. Facebook confirms DoS attack same day as Twitter
  89. Researcher: Microsoft may launch 'month of ATL' patches on Tuesday
  90. DDoS attack that downed Twitter also hit Facebook
  91. Microsoft offers Office 2008 fix for Open XML documents
  92. Microsoft's Patch Tuesday to fix five critical holes
  93. 4 steps to better network & infrastructure security
  94. IT unemployment reaches five year peak
  95. Scammers post fake job ads; prey on unemployed
  96. Cisco's Pipe Dreams
  97. Chinese internet addict beaten to death in camp
  98. UK ID card hacked, cloned in 12 minutes
  99. Building an inexpensive, high-performance PC for Windows 7
  100. Pirate Bay sale steams ahead, but who's doing the selling?
  101. Toyota Needs More Batteries to Meet Prius Demand
  102. Prison Cell Jamming Bill Close to Senate Passage
  103. Wikipedia dying
  104. UK government shuts down half its websites, 600 more to close
  105. Top 10 of Black Hat and Defcon
  106. Dutch 'Government is ignoring website security'
  107. Is Adobe the next (pre-2002) Microsoft?
  108. Dastardly DDoSers down Gawker
  109. Mac OS X's Reputation for Security Wearing Thin
  110. Hackers turn Wii controller into tool for disabled
  111. Microsoft may launch 'month of ATL' patches on Tuesday
  112. Cyber attackers empty business accounts in minutes
  113. Twitter hit by denial-of-service attack
  114. Denial of Service attack on Twitter
  115. Mobile Guardian Enterprise Edition 6.5 for Mac released
  116. Facebook and Twitter down: Social networking meltdown
  117. Brief: Twitter, Facebook fend off DoS attacks
  118. Brief: Top U.S. cybersecurity aide resigns, report says
  119. Microsoft to Fix Windows, Office Bugs in Critical Updates
  120. Federal forms themed blackhat SEO campaign serving scareware
  121. Facebook and Twitter down: Social networking meltdown
  122. After Twitter attack, Facebook investigates potential foul play
  123. Mac OS X's Reputation for Security Wearing Thin
  124. After Twitter attack, Facebook investigates potential foul play
  125. Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist
  126. Twitter, Facebook Investigating Attack Reports
  127. Expect hacker attacks on XML flaws, analyst warns
  128. Twitter taken down by denial-of-service attack
  129. Taxman's scam warning: Fraudsters want your passwords
  130. Twitter blackout confirmed as denial-of-service attack
  131. Twitter DOS, (Thu, Aug 6th)
  132. Koobface update
  133. Is Adobe the next (pre-2002) Microsoft?
  134. Apple Mac OS X Update Plugs 18 Security Vulnerabilities
  135. Twitter down
  136. Major security holes in popular XML libraries
  137. New tricks for Koobface
  138. Security considerations for ISPs complying with the European Union Data Retention Directive
  139. Doing business on Facebook: What are the risks? [video]
  140. News to know: Apple security; Windows 7 bug?; Cisco; HP
  141. The cybersecurity job no one really wants
  142. Apple patches 18 Mac vulnerabilities, ships OS X 10.5.8
  143. EFF: Technology can help in absence of privacy laws
  144. Apple Mac OS X security holes get plugged with latest update
  145. Malaysia mulls deploying similar ‘Green Dam’ internet filtering
  146. IBM gets $16 million to bolster its brain-on-a-chip technology
  147. Microsoft Admits Fear of Linux
  148. Open source software - Essential Guide
  149. Lenovo Posts First-Quarter Loss on Overseas Sales
  150. Apple’s market share estimate falls by half
  151. Researchers Uncover Critical XML Library Flaws
  152. Just like that, Microsoft to gain 400+ new employees
  153. Apple releases Mac OS X v10.5.8 Update
  154. Cisco profits (nearly) cut in half
  155. Chrome Beta Boosts Performance by 30 Percent
  156. Critical Bug Could Derail Windows 7 Launch
  157. Mozilla shuts Firefox e-store after security breach
  158. PerlMonks: ZF0 Hack Has Wider Implications
  159. Presentation sharing website hit by hackers to distribute rogue anti-virus
  160. Feds at DefCon Alarmed After RFIDs Scanned
  161. Blizzard Responds to World of Warcraft Hacking
  162. CTA hacker - no harm no foul
  163. Inside the World’s Most Hostile Network
  164. Are You A Phisherman? Take My $10 Paypal Challenge!
  165. How to securely manage remote IT equipment
  166. Nine U.K. Workers Fired For Tapping Into National Identity Database
  167. Hackers post violent photos on Kadima Web site
  168. Hacker Deletes 3,000 Photos From Man's Flickr Account
  169. Hanging with hackers can make you paranoid
  170. New phone apps seek to 'augment' reality
  171. Researchers Uncover Critical XML Library Flaws
  172. Microsoft Bing Benefits from Ads for Illegal Online Pharmacies, Report Charges
  173. Mac OS X 10.5.8 released
  174. Absolute Software downplays BIOS rootkit claims
  175. Security Update 2009-003 / Mac OS X v10.5.8, (Wed, Aug 5th)
  176. Mac OS X 10.5.8 released
  177. Security software maker PC Tools enters Mac market with antivirus utility
  178. Marines ban Facebook, Twitter
  179. Security risks of Web 2.0 tools should not be overlooked by enterprises, individuals
  180. Open-source XML-enabled application risk identified
  181. How to Ensure Your Company's PCI DSS Compliance
  182. Mozilla shuts online store after security breach
  183. Multiple critical security issues in XML libraries
  184. Cyber attacks at U.S. energy companies
  185. Has unified mobile management for business arrived?
  186. Mozilla shuts Firefox e-store after security breach
  187. New malware tests find poor detection rates
  188. Microsoft slammed over Bing's sponsored online drug ads
  189. WatchGuard buys BorderWare to change tack
  190. Security job security
  191. InfoWorld confirms critical Windows 7 bug
  192. Scientists boot one million Linux kernels as virtual machines
  193. Defcon badges - designed to be hacked
  194. CSI releases preliminary analysis of the new recommendations from NIST
  195. A closer look at GFI LANguard 9
  196. fwknop Windows UI Morpheus 0.7 now available
  197. Microsoft sponsoring ads for rogue Internet pharmacies?
  198. KDE 4.3.0 released
  199. After links to cybercrime, Latvian ISP is cut off
  200. Case studies in working with law enforcement (Part 1)
  201. Firefox Update Fixes Serious SSL, Other Bugs
  202. Pressure on Obama to move fast on cybersecurity appointment
  203. Marines solidify ban on Facebook, Twitter
  204. LSN Password Safe Helps You Stow Your Secrets
  205. Pentagon Orders Review of Social Networking
  206. Marines ban Facebook, Twitter
  207. Fake Microsoft patch malware campaign makes a comeback
  208. Has government red-tape and politics hurt cybersecurity efforts?
  209. Fake 'Blue Screen of Death' pushing scareware
  210. Cyber-Thief Sold Stolen Domain to NBA Player, Police Charge
  211. Java Security Update , (Tue, Aug 4th)
  212. Marines block social networks, concerned about security
  213. FSF petitions against Amazon's Big Brother attitude
  214. Shaking that false sense of (IT) security
  215. U.S. Marines ban Facebook, MySpace, Twitter
  216. Verity shows off CD destruction box
  217. Brief: Top U.S. cybersecurity aide resigns, report says
  218. Brief: Apple patches iPhone SMS vulnerability
  219. ISACA survey: Two-thirds of firms failing to measure IT value
  220. Twitter's malware filter has 'disappointing results', say security experts
  221. Brief: Apple patches iPhone SMS vulnerability
  222. Brief: Defense deputy calls for identity chief
  223. sslsniff 0.6 released
  224. Firefox Updates, (Tue, Aug 4th)
  225. Firefox 3.5.2 and 3.0.13 security updates
  226. Review: Cyber Crime Fighters: Tales from the Trenches
  227. Security journalists fail to protect themselves from online threats
  228. New Firefox versions released to plug two critical holes
  229. Twitter Now Filtering Malicious URLs
  230. WatchGuard acquires BorderWare Technologies
  231. News to know: Microsoft; Apple; Google; Hack attacks
  232. Mozilla patches three public Firefox bugs
  233. Vegas ATM Malware Demonstrates Banking Security Woes
  234. Report: Chinese hackers deface Melbourne film festival site
  235. Fast-Food FAIL: Drive-Thru Displays Point-of-Sale LAN Info
  236. Is Your Linksys or Netgear Router Open to Attack?
  237. Twitter now blocking bad URLs, but imperfectly
  238. Kevin Mitnick seeks refuge from hackers
  239. Rogue AV Using Malware Domains List
  240. Vulnerability in Apple keyboards allows key logging
  241. Multiple Adobe security holes closed
  242. What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)
  243. Intel confirms data corruption bug in new SSDs, halts shipments
  244. Rivalry Between Apple and Palm Intensifies Over Access to iTunes
  245. RIAA Claims Another File-Swapping Win
  246. Microsoft Bing gains another market share point
  247. LimeWire chairman: P2P concerns overblown
  248. White House acting cyberspace chief resigns
  249. Rogue AV Using Malware Domains List
  250. Former Google VP Suggests User-Based Security