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  1. Spam server shutdown has little effect
  2. Computex Attendance Falls but Android Dazzles
  3. Tech tip: How to erase files permanently from your PC
  4. The pirates will always win
  5. Hands-on Unboxing: Palm Pre
  6. Man made $112,000 in bank account hacking scheme
  7. What's coming in 2.6.30 - Architecture and infrastructure
  8. seclists.org post - "Like Checkpoint Tmobile has been owned for some time"., (Sat, Jun 6th)
  9. Browsers indicating Sourceforge.net connection issue, (Sat, Jun 6th)
  10. ARRA/HIPAA Breach Reporting Dates Approaching, (Sat, Jun 6th)
  11. FTC shuts down Cutwail botnet but it makes a comeback
  12. Man made $112,000 in bank account hacking scheme
  13. Summer Reading for Security Pros: Schneier or Sagan?
  14. Is PCI compliance a ticket to the boardroom?
  15. Blind Japanese woman receives IBM's top award
  16. Hacker-Tool Law Still Does Little
  17. Happy National Change Your Password Day
  18. Japan bans 'sexual torture' software
  19. Money mule cops plea in online brokerage hacking scam
  20. Jobs is back: with a new iPhone
  21. ATM Malware Spreading Around the World
  22. Mac and Linux Users Can Use Chrome -- But Beware!
  23. Build a Linux Media Server Using Ubuntu 8.10
  24. Fusion dreams delayed
  25. Social Engineering Fueled by Social Networks is a Potent Threat
  26. Astalavista.com destroyed by anti-sec group
  27. Hackers Arrested In China After Feud Causes Major Outage
  28. UK Communist website abused by Chinese hackers
  29. Air France Flight 447 Catastrophe Being Used to Drop TROJ_YEKTEL.AA
  30. Obama's Cybersecurity Dream Could Come True
  31. Priceless identity
  32. Toshiba breaks secure technology record
  33. Microsoft study debunks profitability of the underground economy
  34. Mark Rasch: Hacker-Tool Law Still Does Little
  35. Gunter Ollmann: A Botnet by Any Other Name
  36. Identity Management Making Strides as a Service
  37. Firefox updating message misleads users
  38. Visit to IMPACT Global Response Center
  39. Don't TRY to hit me... Hit me!, (Fri, Jun 5th)
  40. Adobe piggybacks on Microsoft Patch Tuesday
  41. Ouch! Hacker-free e-mail gets hacked
  42. Adobe will deliver its first quarterly patches next Tuesday
  43. ATM malware spreading around the world
  44. Web 2.0 Security: Things to Know about the Social Web
  45. Germany, Google still in conflict over Street View data
  46. Microsoft plans jumbo patch day next week
  47. Hackers claim $10,000 prize for breaking into StrongWebmail
  48. Chalk one up for the good guys, (Fri, Jun 5th)
  49. News: FTC persuades court to shutter rogue ISP
  50. News: Browsers bashed first in hacking contest
  51. Crypto project seeks to lock down net security
  52. British communist party website infected by malware
  53. Apple releases AirPort Utility 5.4.2
  54. Google Advises Mac and Linux Users to Wait on Chrome
  55. MIS Training Institute's annual information security survey
  56. Windows, IE, Word, Office, and Excel all getting patched
  57. Microsoft's Bing gets better porn-blocking
  58. Lawmakers question whether DHS cybersecurity role will be undercut by White House appointment
  59. Security in a virtual world
  60. Court shuts down 'rogue' ISP after FTC complaint
  61. Sears settles online tracking complaint from FTC
  62. Event: The 5th Annual GFIRST National Conference
  63. (ISC)2 urges focus on workforce development in implementing Obama's cybersecurity plan
  64. Judge Throws Out Wiretapping Lawsuits
  65. Ex-Google security whiz's start-up exiting stealth mode
  66. Six months later, no ISPs joining RIAA piracy fight
  67. Apple working on adding multi-touch to iPod click-wheels
  68. Microsoft Expects 10 Years Lifecycle for Xbox 360
  69. Intel to Take Over Embedded Software Developer for $884 Million.
  70. EFF Posts ‘Terms of Service’ Tracker
  71. Is Internet Voting Safe? Vote Here
  72. Moving to Windows 7--From Vista
  73. Feds Shutter Black Hat ISP
  74. Phishing attack targets Microsoft Outlook users
  75. Can search engines keep up with blackhat SEO?
  76. Typo'd Google domains in Top 10 malware exploit sites
  77. When corporate network safety starts at employees' homes
  78. Air France Crash Raises Questions About Domain Name Registration
  79. Radio-controlled bullets leave no place to hide
  80. Reading School District identifies some students who hacked into grading system
  81. What to expect from Apple at WWDC 2009
  82. Hackers Claim $10,000 Prize for Breaking Into StrongWebmail
  83. About Apple's limited information included with software updates
  84. Microsoft Plans Hefty Patch Tuesday
  85. 73% of companies believe they are vulnerable to hacking
  86. Targeted e-mail attacks asking to verify wire transfer details, (Thu, Jun 4th)
  87. FTC shuts down notorious botnet ISP
  88. Court Shuts Down Infamous ISP
  89. Microsoft Plans Monster Patch Tuesday
  90. Little Snitch 2.1.4 released
  91. 73% of companies believe they are vulnerable to hacking
  92. Russian antitrust unit targets Microsoft over XP availability
  93. Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical Windows, IE fixes coming
  94. Judge dismisses NSA wiretap civil liberties suits
  95. Cybercriminals refine data-sniffing software for ATM fraud
  96. Judge sides with UK bank in 'phantom withdrawal' case
  97. Phorm fights back with new Discover software
  98. HMRC recruit Phil Pavitt as CIO
  99. Forrester: Deep Packet Inspection As An Enabling Technology
  100. Typo'd Google domains in Top 10 malware exploit sites
  101. ATM Malware Surfaces as Hackers Target Banks in Eastern Europe
  102. CYBSEC-Labs releases sapyto 0.99-PE
  103. Q&A: Windows 7 security
  104. Malware targetting banks ATM's, (Thu, Jun 4th)
  105. U.S. accidentally releases list of civilian nuclear sites
  106. Phorm fights back with new Discover software
  107. iTunes, QuickTime Get Security Fixes
  108. Opting out of targeted ads too hard, privacy advocates say
  109. Microsoft reveals some of its cloud security measures
  110. Get your green on: Run a quick test of your PC's settings with online services
  111. New version (v 1.4.3.1) of BASE available, (Thu, Jun 4th)
  112. Data-sniffing trojans burrow into Eastern European ATMs
  113. Mistake puts US nuke list online
  114. Huawei rejects Indian security concerns
  115. Apple Rumor Mill Predicts iPhone App Sharing
  116. Be careful when you come to put your trust in the clouds
  117. Google Wave hands-on: Weird and wonderful
  118. U.S. Nuclear Information Leaked on GPO Web site
  119. AMD plans DirectX 11 GPUs this year
  120. More Thoughts on CPU backdoors
  121. Chrome Sandboxing: Easy on Mac OS X, a Mess on Linux
  122. How to unleash your brain's inner genius
  123. Fake Outlook config scam aims to harvest logins
  124. Information Security – More Than An IT Challenge For SME
  125. Colleges give themselves C+ for network security
  126. Will the UK be the next nation to introduce a cybersecurity czar?
  127. Security Vendor Ferrets out Who's a Human and Who's a Bot
  128. Filtering for Security? Mind the Egress
  129. Microsoft Bing Security Covers Familiar Ground
  130. Virtualization Security: Protecting Unique IP
  131. Red Condor Rolls Out BotHunter
  132. Security strengthened for .org domain
  133. RIM patches BlackBerry PDF vulnerability
  134. A short history of corporate hacking
  135. Public beta of HouseCall 7.0 is now available
  136. On Twitter: Difference between spam and noise
  137. Home security apps for iPhone and BlackBerry
  138. Your next data breach: Its not if, its when
  139. Enterprise risk management study
  140. Brief: Microsoft warns of DirectX attacks
  141. Brief: U.S. issues revised e-voting standards
  142. Off the wire: Apache and SSL: Generating a CSR and self-signed certificate
  143. 10 tips to keep IT security costs down in the recession
  144. Twitter scareware attack signals new social networking security problems
  145. Free detection of viruses and spyware wherever you go
  146. The first DRM solution approved by an anti-DRM gamers group
  147. Colleges give themselves C+ for network security
  148. Security vendor ferrets out who's a human and who's a bot
  149. Microsoft Bing Security Covers Familiar Ground
  150. Cyber-Security Should Not Limit Enterprise Privacy
  151. Short URLs, big problems
  152. Police in talks over PC crime 'breathalysers' rollout
  153. Exploit Shield vs DirectShow
  154. Quality control, data integrity, and the silly season
  155. Tibco pushing new cloud application delivery system
  156. Batteries.com, insurance firm report data breaches
  157. DHS names key cybersecurity staff
  158. Fed Up With Twitter Spam? It?s Going to Get Worse
  159. Are tech companies agreeing not to steal top execs?
  160. Sentilla adds support for additional tracking, monitoring devices
  161. Dutch pay extra for old-fashioned polling booths in EU election
  162. Twitter becoming 'security nightmare'
  163. Accused Rogue Admin Terry Childs Back in Court
  164. How to Secure Sensitive Data Before a Layoff Occurs
  165. Are low bit levels compromising encryption?
  166. Pentium name gets dusted off
  167. Microsoft Windows 7 available in October
  168. US grapples with how to retaliate in cyber-attacks
  169. Use Internet Explorer 8 to Access Multiple Gmail Accounts
  170. Yahoo, Microsoft Confirm China Is Blocking Services
  171. Chrome For Mac “Coming Along Fine”
  172. Apple Rejects EFF Updates App, Claims Parody Content Is Objectionable
  173. Windows 7: The incentives are coming
  174. Experts warn mobile phones face hacking threat
  175. Security is a top concern with smart electric grid
  176. Australia in top 10 for phishing attacks
  177. The beginning of hackers: White Hats, Black Hats, and Grey Hats
  178. Don’t sit on the sidelines when it comes to data security
  179. Dell axes hackintosh makers' favourite netbook - Mini 9
  180. Thousands of Web Sites Stung by Mass Hacking Attack
  181. Government Web Pages Baited With Sex Scandal
  182. SkyLounge e-mail server hacked, journos get spammed
  183. Sony, Nintendo unveil game offerings at E3
  184. Another Quicktime Update, (Tue, Jun 2nd)
  185. How to Secure Sensitive Data Before a Layoff Occurs
  186. Sophos Arms New Security Suite With Encryption Technology
  187. Security tightened for .org
  188. Apple patches 10 critical QuickTime bugs
  189. Cybersecurity: What will the attention span be this time?
  190. LogLogic to protect against Britney Spears snoopers
  191. Thousands of Web sites stung by mass hacking attack
  192. Sophos suite combines encryption, antimalware for Windows desktops
  193. Oregon joins list of states saying no to Real ID
  194. Apple patches QuickTime bug that was hidden in book
  195. Busted: the NSW Police crime fighting toolkit
  196. Twitter 'Best Video' Scam Attacks PCs
  197. When will organisations pay for data breaches?
  198. Exploit Shield vs DirectShow
  199. Microsoft DirectShow is Vulnerable
  200. OpenSolaris 2009.06 released
  201. Compact forensic data capturing solution from Logicube
  202. Off the wire: Whitepaper - Understanding and using RFID
  203. Off the wire: Setting up a load-balanced Oracle Weblogic cluster in Amazon EC2
  204. Fingerprint sensor with integrated LEDs
  205. Hackers Hit 40,000 Websites with Mass Compromise
  206. 5 Free Ways to Track Online Leaks of Information
  207. VPN Breach Underscores IT Security Challenges
  208. BT accused of download throttling
  209. High-accuracy mass intercept location solution
  210. BT accused of download throttlin
  211. Sun beefs up cloud computing and OpenSolaris
  212. AMD introduces six-core Opteron
  213. Last.fm, CBS: we have not shared any data with anyone
  214. Is open source losing its soul?
  215. The NSW Police crime fighting toolkit
  216. When employers become watchers
  217. Data centre wilts in London sunshine
  218. Judge denies motion to dismiss Tesoro High hacking case
  219. Removing .NET ClickOnce Support from Firefox
  220. Feds quiz former worker over Texas power plant hack
  221. Many Korean loan consultants sell customers’ personal data
  222. Hackers tweet, infect Twitter users with scareware
  223. BackTrack4 Sneak Peek Shows New Forensic Capabilities
  224. Apple Patches QuickTime Bug That Was Hidden in Book
  225. Microsoft will make Xbox games without controllers
  226. Twitter Hit With Fake Security Software Scam
  227. Brief: U.S. issues revised e-voting standards
  228. Brief: Judge tosses BC "hacker" search warrant
  229. Apple plugs gaping QuickTime security holes
  230. Yet another "Digital Certificate" malware campaign, (Mon, Jun 1st)
  231. Low bit levels could compromise encryption
  232. Three year old worm accounts for almost a quarter of email-borne malware
  233. New version of employee monitoring tool
  234. RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server hit by critical bugs
  235. The Twitter worm that isn't
  236. Poll: Cyber Defense
  237. 20,000 sites hit with drive-by attack code
  238. U.S. Army servers breached by Turkish hackers
  239. Q&A: Web filtering
  240. Obama: 'We are underprepared for cyber attack'
  241. Dr. Johnston's Security Maxims: Sense and Humor
  242. Spam Finds New Paths Into Corporate Nets
  243. Group Creates iPhone Security Benchmark
  244. FBI e-mail clobbered after virus
  245. Obama's cybersecurity initiative wins praise
  246. Obama's cybersecurity plan gets cautious praise
  247. Obama outlines cybersecurity plans, cites cyberspace threat
  248. Obama expected to unveil cybersecurity proposals today
  249. Hackers exploit unpatched Windows bug
  250. Securing Cyberspace