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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Top ten cybercrime-fighting priorities

    Law enforcement agencies looking to fight high-tech crimes need to set up special crime units, work with technology companies, and push for updated laws, according to a list of recommendations by a national US cybercrime organisation.

  • Multi-nation cybercrime pact gets OK

    A committee on crimes for the Council of Europe has signed off on the final draft of a broad treaty that aims to help countries fight cybercrime, but which critics say sacrifices privacy protections.

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  • 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.

  • 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.

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