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Cyber Security Specialist Named to Lead In-Q-Tel
2006-08-30 05:52

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/28/AR2006082801180.html By David S. Hilzenrath Washington Post Staff Writer August 29, 2006 In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the...

T-Mobile hacker sentenced to home detention
2006-08-29 07:03

http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/15384420.htm Associated Press Aug. 28, 2006 LOS ANGELES - A hacker who broke into the network of T-Mobile USA Inc. and accessed personal...

Unlocking Fingerprints
2006-08-28 05:04

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/27/AR2006082700511.html By Griff Witte Washington Post Staff Writer August 28, 2006 The technology has been the stuff of movies for...

The FBI's Upgrade That Wasn't
2006-08-21 06:45

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081701485.html By Dan Eggen and Griff Witte Washington Post Staff Writers August 18, 2006; A01 As far as Zalmai Azmi was...

SCREWED! the AOL search history DB snafu
2006-08-18 05:39

http://attrition.org/news/content/06-08-16.001.html Wed Aug 16 19:15:24 EDT 2006 martums You kissed your privacy goodbye a long time ago, right? From Wikipedia: On August 4th, 2006, AOL released a...

Out of sight, never out of mind
2006-08-16 08:00

http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/out-of-sight-never-out-of-mind/2006/08/14/1155407745935.html By Nick Miller August 15, 2006 Next STUART McKENZIE folds his arms. "Welcome to my fridge," he says,...

UK bank details sold in Nigeria
2006-08-15 08:38

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4790293.stm 14 August 2006 Bank account details belonging to thousands of Britons are being sold in West Africa for less than £20 each, the BBC's Real Story...

A Coverity Eye on Firefox Code
2006-08-14 07:16

http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3625496 By Sean Michael Kerner August 9, 2006 Mozilla has long relied on its community to help it identify bugs within applications. Now it has...

Hacking The Dead Cow
2006-08-10 05:30

http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3625351 By Sean Michael Kerner August 9, 2006 In the annals of computer "(in)security," few groups are as well known as the Cult of the Dead Cow...

Transportation Department Laptop Stolen
2006-08-10 05:28

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/09/AR2006080901177.html By Christopher Lee and Del Quentin Wilber Washington Post Staff Writers August 9, 2006 A laptop computer...