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• Net attacks are on the rise...now what?

  No, you're not paranoid. The number of attacks on Internet-connected networks is increasing, with no sign of letting up. Here's what you can do to stay in the clear.

• Can your bank stop a cyberheist?

  A bank's security system can appear to be almost foolproof, but it usually can't stop carelessness, inside sources or an intruder's persistence.

• Managers can be freakier than hackers

  Is the focus corporate management has on the bottom line at the expense of maintaining a secure environment?

• Fighting the new electronic war

  Former tank officer Lance Spitzner has another kind of target in his gunsights: the Internet intruder. He is using his military training to catch a different type of enemy: the hacker.

• FBI snoop tool old hat for hackers

  "Magic Lantern," a reported method for sneaking surveillance programs onto a suspect's computer, appears to be little more than old hacking technology.

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• Security: Are you fully armed?

  Security is like an onion: getting to the heart of it makes people cry a lot. But in order to protect your systems, security vendors are now recommending an onion-like multilayered approach.

• Old code in Windows is security threat

  Microsoft will more quickly retire old code in its Windows operating system and other software as a result of the company's four-month-old "trustworthy computing" initiative, the company's lead bug basher said in an interview.

• Study: Open source poses security risks

  A conservative US think tank suggests in an upcoming report that open-source software is inherently less secure than proprietary software.

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