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Spaghetti Threatens Italian Computers
A convoluted puzzle of malicious code lays at the end of URLs being spammed into Italian blogs and forums, as attackers deploy a lengthy string of code that leads to malware.
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Date: 2006-08-31

AT&T Cracked For Credit Cards
An online store used by AT&T for selling DSL equipment experienced a break-in over the weekend, and attackers made off with credit card numbers and personal information on around 19,000 customers.
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Date: 2006-08-30

Study Claims Many Network Attacks Preventable
But the study commissioned by Phoenix Technologies found that the worst cases of damage to organizations impacted by a network attack came from computers where attackers logged into accounts with elevated privileges.
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Date: 2006-08-29

Ubuntu Update Undermines UI
Users of Ubuntu Linux found themselves locked out of the user interface after their PCs received an update that broke the windowing system for the OS.
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Date: 2006-08-28

Apple Battery Recall A Hot Issue
Batteries manufactured by Sony have been the culprit in some Apple notebook overheating issues, forcing the company to recall 1.8 million batteries.
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Date: 2006-08-25

Qantas Watching Out For Dell Users
Boarding a flight on Australia's Qantas Airlines with a Dell notebook computer will require passengers to comply with their new policy on safety.
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Date: 2006-08-24

Microsoft Patch For Patch Needs A Patch
Just before rolling out a fix for the MS06-042 patch, Microsoft learned that a new issue causing crashes had been discovered, and that will require the company to re-release that patch at a later date.
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Date: 2006-08-23

Fake Alerts Could Leads To Viruses
Spammers have attempted to fool people into downloading malware by sending out messages claiming an upgrade to security software will be required.
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Date: 2006-08-22

UK Cops Want Your Encryption Keys
An effort to activate part of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act in Great Britain would make it a crime to refuse to hand over encryption keys on official request.
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Date: 2006-08-21

Tibetan Exiles Hit With DDoS
After reports of a wireless mesh network serving Tibetan refugee camps emerged online, a heavy attack hit the Tibetan Technology Center website.
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Date: 2006-08-18

AOL Digs For Gold In Spammer's Yard
The company believes that notorious spammer Davis Wolfgang Hawke buried over $350,000 in gold and platinum in his backyard, and now the company wants to take a backhoe to the property.
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Date: 2006-08-17

RIAA Ends Suit Against Deceased Man
A lawsuit filed by the RIAA against a man accused of unlawful file sharing took a bizarre twist after the man died and the RIAA asked the court for a 60-day break to permit his family to grieve before continuing the legal action against his estate.
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Date: 2006-08-16

Bots Attacking Microsoft Flaw
The Windows Server service vulnerability called MS06-040 has been the target of a worm attack run by an automated program, reinforcing the need to get this flaw patched as soon as possible.
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Date: 2006-08-15

Worms AIM At Microsoft Flaw
The Department of Homeland Security warned Windows users to patch MS06-040, and the threat to that vulnerability has been reported by Sophos as a pair of worms that travel over AOL instant messenger to exploit it.
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Date: 2006-08-14

Attackers Winning The Hacking War
Enhanced tools for exploiting flaws in computer systems have been growing in sophistication, and there is a concern that they are ahead of what the good guys have in their toolboxes.
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Date: 2006-08-11

Identity Angel Could Thwart ID Theft
An artificial intelligence program in development at Carnegie-Mellon University will search the Web for personally identifiable information, and alert potential victims that such data is in the wild online.
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Date: 2006-08-10

Microsoft Responds On RSS Concerns
After a Black Hat presentation called the potential of RSS feeds as an attack vector into question, Microsoft described steps they have taken to mitigate this.
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Date: 2006-08-09

Plenty Of Fallout From AOL "Screw Up"
After leaving a sizable table of user search data online for several days, AOL removed it from the Internet; naturally, numerous sites mirrored the search data, while other sites have been delving into its contents.
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Date: 2006-08-08

AOL Publishes, Withdraws User Search Data
Data on searches performed by hundreds of thousands of users reached the Internet, then was promptly withdrawn by AOL after its release on an AOL Research site.
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Date: 2006-08-07

Did Netscape Ignore XSS Flaw?
Hackers claim to live by codes. No matter what people think of "D," who hacked the new Digg-style Netscape, he insists it was done for good, not evil. Besides, says D, they had it coming. He gave them ample warning about their security problem.
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Date: 2006-08-04

10K Aussie PCs Affected By Trojan
The Australian Tax Office has already identified 178 cases where people who submitted tax returns online also had their personal information sent to identity thieves.
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Date: 2006-08-03

MacBook Highly Vulnerable Via Wireless
Even if a MacBook's wireless card is powered on but not connected to a wireless network, it can be taken over by a malicious attacker.
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Date: 2006-08-02

Penny Deals, Bots Power eBay Scammers
Automation allows a criminal to quickly establish a new eBay profile, purchase a bunch of one-cent items, and have those profiles populated with lots of positive feedback.
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Date: 2006-08-01

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