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Exploit code loose for six-month-old Windows bug

Microsoft Thursday acknowledged that exploit code is circulating for a vulnerability it acknowledged six months ago, but has yet to patch.



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The Law Requires Email Archiving

According to industry experts, approximately 90% of the day's business communications are performed via email or by way of unsecured instant messages. Communications including unstructured data can clog up an organizations network bandwidth and take up great amounts of storage space.

| Tip | Security | 10/10/08 at 12:13 pm |


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U.S. gov't proposes digital signing of DNS root zone file

The U.S. government is soliciting input on a way to make the Internet's addressing system less susceptible to tampering by hackers.

| News | Networking | Security | 10/10/08 at 11:11 am |


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Hacker faces 10 year sentence for theft

A hacker faces 10 years in prison after stealing US$700,000 via phishing emails.

| News | Legal | Security | 10/10/08 at 11:03 am |


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