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News: Firm finds new danger in dangling pointers
Firm finds new danger in dangling pointers

Featured PRFirm
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

September 2002
Out-Law - and arbitration rulings in font disputes VeriSign threatened by ICANN over Whois data Test Message New security guidelines for e-commerce Madster P2P service blocked by court EBay auctions threatened by patent claim MP wants law to ban employee monitoring

Search Engine News
Search Engine Watch - This is the WebmasterWorld.com forum site, where public and private messages to “GoogleGuy,” a Google employee monitoring discussions, have been acted upon. Google also turns out to various search engine conferences, such as the Search

The laws relating to monitoring your employees
Out-Law - The question of employee monitoring brings data protection and human rights issues into play. The use of CCTV, telephone, email and internet monitoring of employees will be covered by the Data Protection Act 1998 if they involve the processing of

No, Spying On Your Employees Won’t Mean They Waste Less Time
Tech Dirt - Yet, here we are again, with a trade magazine barely rewriting a press release from yet another employee monitoring software company with the headline claiming that “Wasting Time Online Could Be A Thing Of The Past.” Of course, none of the previous

Bugtraq: [ GLSA 200707-12 ] VLC media player: Format string vulnerabilities
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Insider Info on the First Fully Open-Source Cell Phone (PC World)
PC World - A Q&A with OpenMoko on its upcoming Neo 1973, called a hacker's answer to the iPhone.

News: Another data security bill in the works
Another data security bill in the works >> Advertisement << ALERT: “How A Hacker Launches A Blind SQL Injection Attack Step-by-Step”!” - White Paper Blind SQL Injection can deliver total control of your server to a hacker giving them the ability to read, write and manipulate all data stored in your backend systems! Download this *FREE* white paper from SPI Dynamics for a complete guide to protection! https://download.spidynamics.com/1/ad/bsq.asp?Campaign_ID=701600000004c29

Press Release Tips and Template
PRWeb - “PRWeb has proven to be a powerful way to promote my book and speaking. One release landed me a book signing and speaking engagement at a worldwide IBM event. Another lead to becoming the cover story of a major industry magazine. A third drew people

Webroot Spy Sweeper 5.3 with AntiVirus
PC Authority - Keylogger detection is excellent, although Webroot has set both this and rootkit detection off by default in an apparent effort to reduce scanning times. We urge both Webroot and users to change the defaults. You should also bear in mind that some of

Keeping your identity on a short leash
Canada.com - In fact, the latest technology they are using is an ATM keypad with a keylogger built in that record your password. To make it more convenient for these thieves, they ve installed WiFi in the unit so they can access it from the parking lot and

Write to Editor
Economic Times - malicious links, though, takes the user to the real website but along the way they are unknowingly redirected to www.smarttrack.org, which hosts a Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) exploit that attempts to install a backdoor keylogger

Stupendous Antispyware
PC Magazine - Primary Response SafeConnect blocked all eight keylogger samples, and ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 7 blocked all nineteen spyware samples, but neither excelled in both areas the way Norton 360 did. Norton 360 blocked malware from installing on a

Blue Coat device aims to make remote access more secure
Network World Fusion - A keylogger that attempts to record keystrokes can be thwarted by allowing only a particular application and no other processes on the computer to have access to the keystroke information. The logger

Total protection
Computerworld - Law adds that spyware is becoming a huge threat to businesses big and small, as it is the means to steal highly confidential information through either direct access to unprotected data, or via the popular keystroke tracing method through a keylogger

All In One Keylogger V2.803 Is Out
pressbox.co.uk - This is invisible surveillance tool that registers every activity on your pc to encrypted logs. It allows you to secretly track all activities from all computer users and automatically receive logs to a desire e-mail, Network Folder (LAN) or FTP

Cops Who Started ‘Hackers Are Us’ Service Convicted
Tech Dirt - A five year old could install a key logger or do much of what they claimed was hacking anyway. As the term goes, no, hacking was not a bad term when started. Matter of fact still to this day,if you go on

Boutique Malware: Custom-Made for the Executive Suite
MacNewsWorld - The only real difference this time was the lack of a link to download and install the Trojan that activated the key logger malware. Instead, the spammers attached a Rich Text Format (RTF) document capable of being opened by any word processor. “The

January 2002
Out-Law - FBI use of key-logger software declared legal Information Commissioner targets web sites Data exports to Canada win EU approval Hong Kong ID cards will offer digital certificates Appeals court supports spam law in California VeriSign to offer domain

Will security firms detect police spyware?
A recent court case dealing with key loggers installed by the feds invites the question: will security companies put the interests of their customers first?Security firms on police spyware, in their own words

News: Briton charged with hacking loses extradition fight
Briton charged with hacking loses extradition fight

FBI remotely installs spyware to trace bomb threat
The FBI used a novel type of remotely installed spyware last month to investigate who was e-mailing bomb threats to a high school near Olympia, Wash.

Mark Rasch: Don’t Be Evil
Don’t Be Evil

D’oh! Spammers exploit interest in The Simpsons Movie
Springfield’s favorite family used by cybercriminals trying to confirm email addresses are “live”.

Claims of a Mac Worm Incite Blogging Brawl (TechWeb)
TechWeb - After an anonymous blogger claimed to have created exploit code for a Mac OS X bug, the online bickering has nearly overshadowed the original claim.

Bugtraq: iDefense Security Advisory 07.24.07: Computer Associates eTrust Intrusion Detection CallCode ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability
iDefense Security Advisory 07.24.07: Computer Associates eTrust Intrusion Detection CallCode ActiveX Control Code Execution Vulnerability

Google’s cookie cut may not be enough for EU
EU data watchdog welcomes Google’s announcement of a two-year cookie lifespan but says its major concern is server log data use.

Stupendous Antispyware
PC Magazine - Of nineteen assorted spyware, adware, Trojan-horse, and rogue antispyware samples, it detected every single one and successfully removed all but two; that’s even better than NIS 2007 did. By contrast, OneCare’s Windows Defender totally missed over

FOX Carolina News Bar
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Tech Q&A: It’s easy to change the access to Vista’s accessibility
Silicon Valley - Q I have a serious problem with adware. Anytime we try to open a particular site, the system “redirects” us to any number of sites. Each time we do it, we get a different site, and even porn sites come up. We have young children in the house, and it

The Broken Process Dilemma
Computerworld - Does your antivirus software protect your organization against keyloggers, backdoor trojans, adware and spyware? Find out if it does! You cannot afford to have a false sense of security when your organizations security is at stake. So give CounterSpy

CEO out in Core Security shake-up
ZDNet.be Blogs - Zero-day attacks , Microsoft , Browsers , Vulnerability research , Responsible disclosure , Spyware and Adware , Botnets , Core Security Technologies, one of a handful of companies hawking penetration testing tools to businesses, is looking for