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Maradona still sedated in health clinic 
Argentine soccer hero Diego Maradona remained sedated in a clinic Thursday for treatment of alcoholism and excessive eating and smoking. The clinic director said the 47-year-old former star was under sedation to avoid problems with withdrawal from alcohol.

Sekou Smith presents the NBA award winners 
Two more weeks of games won’t change what we already know. Nine or 10 more games certainly can’t change what’s gone on for the last six months of this NBA season. The Dallas Mavericks are the best team in the league.

Inaction, predictability rob ‘The Lookout’ of its potential 
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The Richmond.com Top Five 
You may not have asked, but we’re telling you anyways. This week: Road trip songs

Company or Topic: Computer Sciences
CNET News - The Secret Service is setting up a National Computer Forensic Institute in Alabama that will soon be training more than 1,000 law enforcement professionals a year in the basics of electronic crimes, network intrusion detection, and computer forensics

textbook definition of hypocrisy
CNET News - Or selling an inferior quality product at a higher price per unit. Let’s not forget making CDs the won’t play in certain players, or infect your computer with malware. Perhaps he should go spend more time with the RIAA, his peers and his own board of

JavaScript malware threatens internet
TechWorld - A researcher at security event, ShmooCon has demonstrated proof-of-concept code showing how JavaScript can be used to turn an unsuspecting browser into a hacker attack instrument. The tool is called Jikto, a reference to a popular hacker

Fortune 1000s host bots in the perimeter
The Register - Support Intelligence isn’t the only firm to implicate the business world in the malware scourge. Webroot released a study today reporting that of 600 global businesses surveyed, 43 per cent suffered disruptions because of malware infections. Sixty

Boot Camp beta supports Vista
TechWorld - And because it fails, it inadvertently assists many security woes that plague the computer population. Fortunately, whitelisting technology has emerged in recent years. Whitelisting technology takes a different approach to the malware problem

Security Firms Discover New Risk: People Say Stuff On Blogs And Social
Tech Dirt - eradicated, there would be no more spam, no more viruses, and the worlds computer networks would be virtually secure.If all devices which could be reprogrammed except by hardware modification were removed, all malware

HP to acquire Bristol Technology
Computerworld - It expects to complete the deal within 30 days February 05, 2007 (IDG News Service) — Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to acquire business transactions monitoring software vendor Bristol Technology Inc. HP announced today that it has signed a definitive

Four steps to battling botnets
Computerworld - says that there s something like a 10-to-1 chance that such behavior indicates the PC is part of a botnet. Enterprise network administrators can also keep a close watch for suspicious outbound activity using their network-monitoring software.

Vendors tackle Cisco NetFlow monitoring
Network World Fusion - Computerworld Inc. Two vendors are hoping to tap network manager interest in the data collected by NetFlow. AdventNet last week made available a free edition of its NetFlow Analyzer bandwidth monitoring software that taps Cisco NetFlow. According to

Infocus: Testing Fault Injection in Local Applications
Testing Fault Injection in Local Applications

News: FTC sues company over spyware
FTC sues company over spyware

Vuln: Secure Locate Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secure Locate Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability

News: eBay goes hacker hunting in Romania
eBay goes hacker hunting in Romania

Anti-Keylogging Toolbar Gives Users Highly Secure Online Password Entry 
New upgrade to BizForm Bar — Targeted to both business and home users, the toolbar has many security and productivity features designed to help users manage passwords and automatically fill out forms and protect against unauthorized access while they are away from their computer by encrypting all of the user’s sensitive data. Now we’ve added the ability to safely enter data without the fear of …

Anti-Keylogging Toolbar Gives Users Highly Secure Online Password Entry 
TUSTIN, Calif.—-PBHLLC, a developer of online marketing software announced a new upgrade for the BizForm Bar toolbar. Targeted to both business and home users, the toolbar has many security and productivity features designed to help users manage passwords and automatically fill out forms and protect against unauthorized access while they are away from their computer by encrypting all of the …

March Madness Security Woes 
Gambling sites lining up to snare unwary college basketball fans.

Malware Disrupts Half Of Global Businesses, Study Finds 
A quarterly Webroot study showed that more than a quarter of businesses reported being compromised by spyware.

Webroot Report Details Growth and Severity of Worldwide Internet Malware Threats 
Webroot Software, Inc., a leading provider of Internet security software for the consumer, enterprise and SME markets, today unveiled a report to alert companies of all sizes to the growth and increasing sophistication of malware.

Half Of Workers Polled Think Companies Won’t Catch Them Stealing Info
One in 12 workers would “happily” share sensitive corporate information with a friend at a rival company, and half of those surveyed say their company would never know if they swiped confidential data. This is according to an annual poll by security company Websense. The survey of 100 employees in the United Kingdom showed that 51% polled thought it would be “very unlikely” their companies would realize or have the facilities to monitor whether critical data had been wrongly or accidentally distributed outside the company. And one in 10 admitted to accidentally sending out sensitive company information via e-mail. And if those statistics don’t scare your corporate security division, Websense suggests this one will: Some of the security incidents that employees fessed up to weren’t accidental.

Trojan horse targets Skype users
A variant of the Warezov Trojan horse has again been programmed to spread through the instant-messaging feature in Skype.

Annie Jennings
PRWeb - Surveillance Spy Software Caught Tampering With Security Products Your Firewall may not be keeping snoops from secretly accessing your private information using commercially available Surveillance Spy Software. - 2005-04-27 Finding Top-Notch Summer

Cyber-Bullying Is A Growing Menace To Kids
CBS News - Parents can also install spy software to monitor their kids’ messages. There’s even a service that promises to search out and destroy hurtful comments. But what finally worked for Mary Ellen was a low-tech solution: bigger kids telling the bully to

Seniors should take steps to ensure their safety
Jackson Sun - If you are interested in online banking, make sure your computer is installed with the latest anti-virus and anti-spy software,” Wiltshire said. Visit jacksonsun.com and share your thoughts. - Gwenda Anthony, 425-9631 “This was good information I can

Are you being watched online?
MSNBC - It turns out, so is the prevalence of spy software designed to catch a cheating lover. Virtually anyone with an e-mail inbox knows about the software, which is being aggressively hawked by spammers. Programs with names like Email P.I., selling

News: Nigeria enlists Microsoft to fight spam scammers
Nigeria enlists Microsoft to fight spam scammers

Fake website peddles killer pills
Marcia Bergeron died after taking pills she had bought online.

MS06-070: Vulnerability in Workstation Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (924270)
Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - Vulnerability in Workstation Service Could Allow Remote Code Execution (924270

Symantec cuts jobs to reduce costs
Unspecified number of employees are being let go as the security software maker works to cut its cost structure by $200 million.

TheStar.com - Business - Browser beware Web banking
Toronto Star - They have to sign off when finished using online banking, keep passwords secret, notify the bank promptly if they suspect fraud and use up-to-date anti-virus software, anti-spy software and a good firewall. Manulife Bank has not introduced a guarantee

Gary Crandall, CEO
PRWeb - This spy software works in the stealth mode unnoticed by the user and can be used for employee monitoring purposes or as a home security monitoring tool. - 2004-02-23 www.tvcsd.com launches online discussion forum for Three Village Central School