Security News

Are your strokes safe from snoops? 
Investigators hired by Hewlett Packard’s board of directors used a technique called “pretexting” to obtain personal records. Recent news reports indicate that the company may have also used a more common snooping tool: programs that record computer users’ keystrokes.

Chat Transcript: Identity theft expert Det. Jim Dunn of the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office 
Moderator: Welcome to The Olympian’s Capitol Chat. I’m your moderator, Scott Gutierrez, The Olympian’s criminal justice reporter. Here with us today is Sgt. Jim Dunn, a longtime fraud and financial crimes detective with the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office.

BOFH : The mystery of the impenetrable data safe 
Impenetrable? Yeah right Episode 33

Unpatched IE Hole Swarmed 
Flaw is used to flood infected machines

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