08/27/2008
Internet's Biggest Security Hole (CircleID)
Kim Zetter reporting on Wired: Two security researchers have demonstrated a new technique to stealthily intercept internet traffic on a scale previously presumed to be unavailable to anyone outside of intelligence agencies like the National Security Agency. - more info
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08/26/2008
Revealed: The Internet's Biggest Security Hole (Wired News)
Researchers demonstrate a serious eavesdropping risk in the internet's fundamental infrastructure, putting proof to a theory that's long been whispered about in national security circles. - more info
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08/28/2008
Microsoft shows latest Internet Explorer in beta (Chicago Tribune)
Microsoft Corp. took the wraps off the latest test version of its Internet Explorer browser on Wednesday, with new features designed to improve user privacy and security as it battles its key competition: the free Firefox browser. - more info
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08/26/2008
Internet Security - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog (New York Times)
Cellphones, Cameras, Computers and more. On the Internet, popularity often draws the attention of hackers. So it is not surprising that Facebook has become the target of a spate of attacks, just as the membership on the site has swelled to about 100 million active users worldwide. - more info
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08/28/2008
Astaro: Tapping the Channel for Security Revenue (LinuxInsider.com)
Why sell somebody else's product line when you can do a better job offering your own? That was the question that ultimately pushed Jan Hichert, CEO of Astaro, and two other cofounders to develop their own Internet security solutions for a market they viewed as needy of attention -- the small- to medium-sized business segment. - more info
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08/27/2008
Panda Releases 2009 Security Line (PC Magazine via Yahoo! News)
Panda Security on Wednesday released the 2009 editions of its line of security products: Panda Global Protection 2009, Panda Internet Security 2009, and Panda AntiVirus Pro 2009. - more info
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08/28/2008
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 lets you browse in private (USA Today)
Anonymous Web browsing, in which your cybertracks are concealed, may be the most attention-grabbing feature in the new Beta 2 release of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8. - more info
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08/27/2008
Security breach: School info. ends up on Internet (WTOP Radio Network)
Personal information about thousands of Prince William County students, employees and volunteers accidentally ended up on the Internet for five weeks. - more info
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08/29/2008
The depressing future of the Internet (ZDNet)
A brief overview of how the Internet came about: some years ago, some military boffs thought it'd be awesome if computers could talk to each other, so the US could nuke the hell out of other countries without actually being near there. A smart professor from England then came up... - more info
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08/26/2008
Atlanta is rising star in field of Internet security (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Paul Judge's bags were packed, and his mind made up: it was time to go west and throw himself in the middle of Silicon Valley's 1990s dot-com boom. But a brief meeting with some faculty members starting up Georgia Tech's Information Security Center changed his plans. Judge stayed in Atlanta because of the professors' pitch that the ambitious center would offer him the opportunity to conduct ... - more info
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