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Fast-Moving Bagle Worms Open PCs Backdoors

Two new versions of the venerable Bagle worm are on the loose, infecting PCs and opening backdoors as they go. The pair are virtually indistinguishable...

Digital Chads: E-Voting Errors Almost Inevitable

A year ago, in their debut in Fairfax County, Va., electronic voting systems succeeded in uniting local Republicans and Democrats—in dismay. Problems with the...

Visa Wraps Up Database Security in Time for the Holidays

Database security vendor Application Security Inc. has entered a two-year partnership with Visa International to ensure that the worlds largest credit card issuer is...

Leading ISPs Sue More Spammers

A coalition of the countrys leading ISPs on Thursday announced another round of lawsuits against spammers, relying heavily on the CAN-SPAM law enacted earlier...

Campaign Site Finds Darker Side of Web Branding

Companies that fail to register multiple domain names and extensions under their brand can fall victim to cyber-squatters, confuse their customers or open up...

Sender ID Rises From the Dead, Spooky Patent and All

Its only a little over a month since the collapse of the MARID working group and the apparent death of the Sender ID specification...

Real, KDE Patch Security Flaws

RealNetworks Inc. and KDE eV on Tuesday both released patches for their desktop software, fixing serious security holes that could allow an attacker to...

Palladium Echoes in New Handheld Security Spec

Intel, IBM and NTT DoCoMo have released a specification to create a "trusted mobile platform," which appears to take the foundation of Microsofts own...

Bush Site Blocks Some Foreign Access

A British Internet services site has charged that the Bush re-election campaign has begun blocking access to the site by users outside the United...

Experts Fear Check 21 Could Lead to Mass Fraud

The implementation of the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act, aka Check 21, which goes into effect this week, means that check handling...