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WTF?Internet addressing agency (ICANN) loses its addressess (859 diggs) The nonprofit agency (ICANN) in charge of the Internet's addresses recently lost track of its own.

Russian Hackers To Lithuania: All Your Base Are Belong To Us (653 diggs) Hundreds of Lithuanian government and corporate Web sites were hacked and plastered with Soviet-era symbols and other digital graffiti this week in what appears to be a coordinated cyber attack launched by Russian hacker groups.

Google Changes Home Page, Adding Link to Privacy Policy (640 diggs) The word “privacy” now appears on Google’s home page, with a link to the company’s privacy policy.

Firefox Users Most Secure on Internet, Study Reveals (1,660 diggs) Mozilla Firefox fans might rest a little easier these days after a study released Tuesday revealed that its users are most secure on the Internet.

Viacom's Statement on YouTube User Data Controversy (643 diggs) "It is unfortunate that we have been compelled to go to court ...YouTube and Google have put us in this position by continuing to defend their illegal and irresponsible conduct and profiting from copyright infringement, when they could be implementing the safe and legal user generated content experience they promise."

What Happens When You Reply To ALL of Your Spam (1,450 diggs) Each S.P.A.M. volunteer saw an average of 70 spam messages arrive in their in-box each day, with men receiving about 15 more per day than women. That was a lot to answer, but "Penelope Retch" — the alias that Mooney chose for her S.P.A.M. adventure — answered every single message.

Attrition.org goofs on another nitwit looking for a hacker (387 diggs) Not quite as funny as the congressional aide who wanted his alma mater hacked to boost his GPA, but this guy looking for someone to "help me crack this e-mail" gets strung along nicely …. primarily because he's never seen "Monty Python and the Holy Grail."

40% of surfers don't bother with browser security updates (737 diggs) A new collaborative study between Google, IBM, and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology suggests that users are slower to move between product updates than they should be —especially those using Internet Explorer. The researchers believe that browsers could learn from the food industry, of all things.

NSA Red Team Top Hacker Speaks Out (1,486 diggs) In my years of reporting on the subject, I ’ve often heard the National Security Agency’s red team referred to with a sense of breathless awe by security pros. These guys are purported to be just about the stealthiest, most skilled firewall-crackers in the game.

Hackers Crack London Tube's Ticketing System (1,349 diggs) Dutch security researchers rode the London Underground free for a day after easily using an ordinary laptop to clone the "smartcards" commuters use to pay fares, a hack that highlights a serious security flaw because similar cards provide access to thousands of government offices, hospitals and schools.

New Trojan Leverages Unpatched Mac Flaw (937 diggs) A tool for exploiting an unpatched security hole in Mac OS X systems has been developed and until earlier today was being distributed through an online forum that caters to Mac hackers, Security Fix has learned.

What Privacy Policy? (584 diggs) Company security and marketing executives differ on how to handle customer data

Security Flaws Discovered in Firefox 3.0 (1,629 diggs) Vulnerabilities could affect over 14 million computers.

Nearly Half of IT Workers Snoop in Confidential Files (782 diggs) Nearly half of IT workers have admitted to snooping around networks to look at confidential information, according to research from software firm Cyber-Ark. "When it comes down to it, IT has essentially enabled snooping to happen. It's easy -- all you need is access to the right passwords or privileged accounts and you're privy to everything that'

Why Global Hackers Are Nearly Impossible to Catch (852 diggs) They're in our computers, reading our files. The Chinese government, that is, according to two U.S. Congressmen who recently accused Beijing of sending hackers to ferret out secret documents stored on Congressional computers. The Chinese deny any involvement, but if they were lying, would we be able to prove it?

Internet fraud has taken a sinister new turn (533 diggs) Organised crime has identified the web as a goldmine – providing opportunities to launch cyber attacks that will earn large amounts of money at a relatively low risk. Learn more.

The U.S. Governments Global Electronic Surveillance Network (1,327 diggs) The ECHELON system has intercept stations all over the world to capture all satellite, microwave, cellular and fiber-optic communications traffic, and then process this information through the massive computer capabilities of the NSA, including advanced voice recognition and look for code words or phrases (known as the ECHELON “Dictionary”)

The Most Powerful Computer on Earth (1,006 diggs) IBM's latest supercomputer crunches numbers at enormous speeds--and will soon be put to use for nuclear warfare.

Redefining Anti-Virus Software (504 diggs) "Anti-virus firms continue to struggle to stand their ground amid a flood of new malicious programs being unleashed each day, a complementary approach to fighting malware is beginning to take root" Interesting white list approach - albeit it's still based on anti-virus (black list approach at the back) it shows a new direction is needed.

Ransomware Encrypts Victim Files With 1024-Bit Key (1,311 diggs) A dangerous new strain of malicious software that holds the victim's computers files for ransom has been unleashed, and researchers have yet to crack the encryption key.

World War 2.0, A look at the new age of Cyber-Warfare (597 diggs) In spring 2007, Estonia's banks and newspapers were shut down by an organized wide-scale cyber-attack using 'botnets and other "Cyber-warefare" methods, in this Wired Science video they take an in depth look at how this happened and how Cyber-warfare similar to this will be fought and what governments/ organizations can do to deter it.

Web-based malware on legit sites soars (639 diggs) Study found 68 percent of all internet-based malware was now being hosted on legitimate sites. "The compromise techniques being used now allow hackers to quickly 'colonise' thousands of legitimate sites, from big brand-name sites, to smaller but equally legitimate sites,"

A Look Behind China's Great Firewall (670 diggs) In light of the upcoming Olympic Games in Beijing, more scrutiny is being placed on China's Web-filtering practices.To Truly understanding this cat-and-mouse game means taking a close look at what exactly the government filters out, how the Great Firewall works, and how others have found ways around it."