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  1. Scott Adams' "home server" would be a massive DRM and vendor lock-in
  2. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.8 is out
  3. Phishers harvest Facebook passwords for profit
  4. Heartland breach cost firm $12.6M -- so far
  5. More needs to be done with cyber security: Conroy
  6. Security budgets are falling, survey says
  7. Rogue Browser Agents
  8. Scalia gets a schooling in online privacy
  9. JSRedir-R/Gumblar badness, (Mon, May 18th)
  10. Cisco outlines strategy for highly secure Smart Grid infrastructure
  11. Ford debunks £10,000 Fusion Hybrid email hoax
  12. Craigslist Targeted by South Carolina Attorney General
  13. Another infected device
  14. Waging war on cyber threats
  15. EU's Intel ruling: Are there intangible benefits for AMD?
  16. FAQ: Cloud computing, demystified
  17. 'People will get used to Street View'
  18. 'Police drowning in CCTV data': ACPO
  19. Microsoft releases Surface SP1
  20. Web penetration testing live CD
  21. Cisco SAFE Security Reference Guide Updated, (Mon, May 18th)
  22. Customer hacks ISP website and gets a thank you
  23. PDF Flaw Patched -- But Does Anybody Know?
  24. Wolfram|Alpha goes live
  25. Vaccine fights Aids in monkeys
  26. Femtocells: your very own home cell network
  27. New Microsoft Office 2010 test build leaks
  28. Sony Pictures CEO hates the Internet
  29. Antimatter Bombs - for Real?
  30. Google's Chrome was 'hackable' at Pwn2Own
  31. Would you pass a data leak audit?
  32. Gumblar Exploit is the Most Prevalent Web Threat
  33. The New York Times Twitter Account Hijacked
  34. 40 Nigerians Arrested in US Over Alleged N1.7 Billion Credit Card Scam
  35. Passport vote wins majority and puzzles experts
  36. AVG LinkScanner Helps Avoid "Poison" Web Sites
  37. Web attacks routinely hosted by real Web sites
  38. Teen hacking seen as casual activity
  39. Google's Chrome was 'hackable' at Pwn2Own contest
  40. McAfee to Buy SolidCore Systems for $33 Million
  41. New version of DeleGate, a multi-purpose application level gateway
  42. IIS6.0 WebDav Remote Auth Bypass, (Fri, May 15th)
  43. McAfee acquires Solidcore Systems
  44. Strong webmail with a twist
  45. Q&A: Analyzing the security, compliance and cost benefits of tokenization
  46. The myth of *nix security
  47. And the winner is...
  48. Off the wire: Whitepaper - Why security SaaS makes sense today
  49. 56th variant of the Koobface worm detected
  50. 'Gumblar' Hacked Sites Install Google-targeting Malware
  51. McAfee buying Solidcore for whitelisting technology
  52. Botnet War: The Story So Far
  53. REEL-LIFE IT: A peek at technoogy, Star Trek style
  54. Facebook Slammed with Another Phishing Attack
  55. Cybercriminals imitating social networks to spread malware
  56. What keeps network administrators up at night
  57. Telephone authentication key to increasing online consumer confidence
  58. Websites infested with major new malware attack
  59. Online credit card security lapse may be due to poor software code auditing
  60. Virtual Branch Network solution for remote workers
  61. Unlimited online backup from F-Secure
  62. Is the Kindle one massive DRM timebomb?
  63. News Analysis: Courts grapple with law enforcement's use of GPS tracking
  64. SMBs lack basic security and storage measures: Symantec
  65. Plug Critical Hole in Adobe Reader
  66. Is the U.S. ready for government-sponsored cyberattacks?
  67. Patch Adobe's PDF bug pronto, expert urges
  68. Fake URLs new malware threat
  69. New book: "Cloud Application Architectures"
  70. Hacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon account
  71. AMD lays claim to 1Ghz GPU
  72. MySQL founder creates Open Database Alliance
  73. What every security expert should know about 802.11n
  74. HP recalls laptop batteries
  75. Move on owners’ rights to copy DVDs
  76. Virgin Media helps UK Govt tackle illegal file sharing
  77. Scottish Tourism Site loses £4M of taxpayers money
  78. SingTel suffers 17% earnings drop as Asian demand slows
  79. BT cuts 15,000 jobs and slashes dividend
  80. GPS Accuracy Could Start Dropping in 2010
  81. Apple, AT&T sued over ties to Shazam music ID service
  82. The 2009 Ars USB flash drive roundup
  83. Secure Your Wi-Fi While Traveling
  84. Game Developers Speaking Out Against DRM
  85. Server Virtualization: Top Five Security Concerns
  86. Microsoft criticised by SANS for releasing vulnerability details
  87. Hackers 'destroy' flight sim site
  88. The fight against Nintendo DS game copying and piracy
  89. Password paranoia (or, how to melt your own brain)
  90. Steve Jobs' Amazon account hacked?
  91. Full disk encryption comes to workgroups
  92. Facebook members hit by another phishing scam
  93. Google crash hits millions of internet users
  94. Warranty void if seal shredded?, (Fri, May 15th)
  95. Google vs. Gumblar: Search Engine Abused in New Round of Stealthy Attacks
  96. New variant of Sinowal rootkit
  97. Apple eliminates CanSecWest Pwn2Own flaws
  98. Twitter for the Internet Storm Center, (Thu, May 14th)
  99. Nmap 4.85BETA9 released
  100. Boface.BJ.Worm Uses Facebook to Trick Users
  101. Facebook used to drive the rogue anti-malware business
  102. Kaspersky Lab patents technology for safeguarding data integrity
  103. Google users fooled by new Gumblar compromises
  104. Free backup and recovery software from GFI
  105. Key Exchange
  106. twitter.com/FSLabs
  107. Spammers hack New York Times account on Twitter
  108. Review: Malicious Bots: An Inside Look into the Cyber-Criminal Underground of the Internet
  109. Confirmed Gmail outage, (Thu, May 14th)
  110. Soca socking it to the cyber criminals
  111. Will Intel face antitrust case in Australia?
  112. Global phishing survey: Trends and domain name use
  113. Financial crimes and compliance solution
  114. News to know: Intel; WiMax, Oracle; Craigslist; Apple's WWDC
  115. NIST to weigh in on cloud security
  116. Most claims dismissed in Hannaford data breach suit
  117. Microsoft puts Mac users at risk with patch policy, says researcher
  118. Security logs, medical records found in disused hard drives
  119. Tiger gets security updates
  120. Adobe fixes security holes in Acrobat, Reader
  121. Who will check the security of cloud providers?
  122. Pirated Windows 7 RC builds botnet
  123. Is Apple going to get some security help from OLPC?
  124. Visa begins testing new card to reduce online credit card fraud
  125. 16 months later, Adobe still plagued by XSS bug it invented
  126. Be Careful Online: Not Everyone Is a True 'Friend'
  127. Music piracy is still at a high level
  128. 10.5.7 breaks hackintoshes
  129. Pangolin - Automatic SQL Injection Tool
  130. What Google knows about you
  131. Microsoft makes available PHP development kit for its Azure cloud
  132. Intel President Paul Otellini Responds to $1.45 Billion Antitrust Fine
  133. No surprises - Jobs will not present keynote at Apple’s WWDC
  134. How to protect network security in the social networking age
  135. 12 million people suffered a computer virus attack in the last six months
  136. PBX hacking continues to threaten business owners
  137. Homeland Security information-sharing platform hacked
  138. Google Defrauds Advertisers, Report Claims
  139. Microsoft puts Mac users at risk with patch policy, says researcher
  140. Social Networks 10 Times as Effective for Hackers, Malware
  141. Cyber Attack on U.S. Means Thorough Butt Kicking
  142. Apple hires former OLPC security architect
  143. Little-Known Botnets Can Pose Biggest Threat
  144. Most claims dismissed in Hannaford data breach suit
  145. Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real time
  146. Brief: Financial districts a wireless hacker's paradise
  147. Brief: PowerPoint gets hefty fix, Apple inundates
  148. Undercover Mac software dismantles drug network
  149. Event: Mastering Computer Forensics
  150. Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter - in real time
  151. Apple snags ex-OLPC security chief
  152. Brief: PowerPoint gets hefty fix, Apple inundates
  153. Brief: Cyber attack could bring U.S. military response
  154. Apple snags Ex-OLPC security chief
  155. Full Disk Encryption Comes to Workgroups
  156. The role of encryption in database security
  157. Security updates available for Acrobat
  158. Adobe plugs PDF Reader zero-day holes
  159. Viruses now penetrating deeper
  160. Microsoft, Nokia, Gemalto and Philips team up to advance "Trust in Digital Life"
  161. Encrypted data and password vault for PCs and Macs
  162. True voice-grade site survey for wireless
  163. IP surveillance monitoring optimized for limited bandwidth networks
  164. EC: Intel 'abused dominant position' vs AMD; fined record $1.45 billion in antitrust case
  165. EC: Intel 'abused dominant position' vs AMD; fined record $1.45 billion in antitrust case
  166. Fake Adobe Flash Player Site
  167. Apple delivers jumbo security update for Mac OS X
  168. Security management, compliance and the cloud
  169. Implications of proposed Cybersecurity Act of 2009, Part 2
  170. The regional, cultural and national differences of identity management
  171. Microsoft delivers mega PowerPoint patch
  172. Groups rip secrecy over IP protection talks
  173. AVG Identity Protection
  174. UC Berkeley Hit With Major Data Theft
  175. Microsoft Closes PowerPoint Zero-day Hole
  176. Dark cloud computing
  177. Leopard purrs as Apple updates security
  178. Mac OS 10.5.7 released, adds iPhone notes syncing
  179. Update on updates
  180. Holding out for a netbook? Look this way
  181. Will Windows 7 Overcome Anti-Virus Fear and Loathing?
  182. Ask CEO Steps Downs After One and a Half Years
  183. Mozilla's Prism: a First Look at a New Firefox Add-on
  184. Barclays to lay off 700 UK IT staff by end of year
  185. Anatomy of Oracle's Multibillion-Dollar Sun Acquisition
  186. SlingPlayer Mobile for iPhone coming shortly
  187. Chrome-on-Mac precursor rough but workable
  188. The World Cup Is Going To Cause Severe Vulnerability Exploits
  189. Conficker, Coreflood and Other Malware Madness on Your PC
  190. Pirated Windows 7 Builds Botnet with Trojan
  191. Apple delivers jumbo security update for Mac OS X
  192. France to deploy internet police to fight piracy
  193. Twitter Porn Star Tag Catch Unwary
  194. China has developed its own operating system for cyber war with U.S.
  195. Most Malware Hosted On Trusted Sites
  196. Microsoft delivers mega PowerPoint patch
  197. Will Windows 7 Overcome Anti-Virus Fear and Loathing?
  198. There are alternatives to Google?
  199. Adobe Acrobat (reader) patches released, (Tue, May 12th)
  200. Adobe Swats Reader, Acrobat Bugs
  201. Apple patches and updates, (Tue, May 12th)
  202. Apple Patch Day: 67 Mac OS X, Safari vulnerabilities
  203. Pirated Windows 7 leads to malware, botnet
  204. Apple releases Mac OS X 10.5.7 update
  205. Microsoft fixes 14 PowerPoint security issues
  206. BSA says piracy cost $50 billion, awaits its IP czar
  207. New EU recommendations make sure smart chips respect privacy
  208. Microsoft Closes PowerPoint Security Holes
  209. Off the wire: Scanning multiple Apache VirtualHosts with Nessus
  210. Off the wire: Whitepaper - Mitigating fraudulent transactions
  211. Firewall Knock Operator (fwknop) 1.9.11 now available
  212. Pirated Windows 7 Builds a Botnet With Trojan
  213. MSFT's version of responsible disclosure , (Tue, May 12th)
  214. D-Link first to add captcha to its home routers
  215. Conficker, Coreflood and Other Malware Madness on Your PC
  216. May Black Tuesday Overview, (Tue, May 12th)
  217. Microsoft plugs 14 PowerPoint security holes
  218. Global PC software piracy up because of China, India
  219. SMBs vulnerable to security breaches: Symantec
  220. Mac solution to diagnose and repair hard drive problems
  221. CIOs discuss their approach to mobile security [video]
  222. Man charged with hacking related to alleged intrusions at Cisco and NASA
  223. A fifth of PC software in the US is pirated
  224. Cisco updates suite of network management software
  225. Monthly Binary Analysis Update (April)
  226. D-Link add CAPTCHA anti-trojan security to routers
  227. FBI appoints first cybercrime expert outside US
  228. How a man used social engineering to trick a FTSE-listed financial firm
  229. Sun may have broken US bribery laws
  230. Chinese rumor claims 2009 iPhone will be modest upgrade
  231. Baiting Nigerian scammers for fun (not so much for profit)
  232. Anonymous' hacker pleads guilty to 2008 attack on Scientology sites
  233. Facebook and the insecurity industry
  234. 67 Tesco Supermarkets Closed over IT Glitch
  235. XSS flaws found in sites of multiple anti-virus firms
  236. Cybercriminals In The Cloud
  237. Tored-A email worm for Mac OS X called "lame"
  238. Teenager pleads guilty to Scientology Web attack
  239. As hacking hits home, China strengthens cyber laws
  240. Johns Hopkins to patients: Employee stole data for fraud
  241. Implications of proposed Cybersecurity Act of 2009, Part 1
  242. Risk management shouldn't be a solo IT project
  243. Heartland breach costs at $12.6M - and counting
  244. Securing Web 2.0: Writing’s on the wall
  245. Connect remote users to mission-critical UNIX applications
  246. Software security Assessment-as-a-Service
  247. Microsoft Delivers Beta 2 of Geneva Identity Server
  248. Pirate Bay proposes Distributed Denial of Dollars Attack - DDo$
  249. Apple Rejects iPhone BitTorrent App
  250. Microsoft finally acknowledges Windows 7 will ship in 2009