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    IE8's clickjacking fix not much help, experts say 28/01/2009 09:57:00

    Security experts say that Microsoft's IE8 clickjacking protection will not do enough to fix the problem.
    New Microsoft technology designed to protect Internet Explorer users from a powerful new Web-based attack will not fix the problem, security experts said Tuesday.
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    Biometric passports agreed to in EU 15/01/2009 04:40:00

    The European Parliament has voted to implement biometric passports in the EU, starting June 29.
    The European Parliament signed up to a plan Wednesday to introduce computerized biometric passports including people's fingerprints as well as their photographs, despite criticism from civil liberties groups and security experts who argue that the move is flawed on technical grounds.
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    No nude celebs from LinkedIn, just malware 08/01/2009 11:48:00

    Hackers have seeded LinkedIn, the business networking service, with bogus celebrity profiles.
    Hackers have seeded LinkedIn, the business networking service, with bogus celebrity profiles.
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    Palin hacking charge flawed, lawyers say 09/10/2008 08:28:00

    Case considered a misdemeanor offence not a felony.
    David Kernell is facing five years in prison for allegedly hacking into Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account, but lawyers watching the case say that the felony charge against him is a bit of a stretch.
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    US man indicted for hacking Palin's e-mail account 09/10/2008 11:00:00

    David C. Kernell was indicted on a single charge of accessing a protected computer.
    A 20-year-old Tennessee man has been indicted for hacking into an e-mail account of U.S. vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, according to court records.
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    Privacy groups praise bill curbing warrantless laptop searches 09/10/2008 09:37:00

    Groups say bill would protect individual privacy and national security
    Privacy and civil rights groups are welcoming legislation that proposes tough new standards for conducting searches of laptops and other electronic devices at US borders.
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    Interop: People a big security threat to virtualization 19/09/2008 08:53:00

    IBM/ISS warns that virtual environments are a “management nightmare”
    While VMware this week is holding its own VMworld party in Las Vegas, attendees at Interop New York were told about the potential security risks of virtual environments, not the least of which are people.
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    Critics claim govt's porn filtering will fail 29/07/2008 13:33:38

    Lab tests no comparision to real world
    A glowing report on the government's national Internet content filtering scheme has again outraged telecommunications providers and privacy advocates who declared the results biased and worthless.
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    DNS bug tattler not the first to guess flaw details 24/07/2008 08:33:50

    Two weeks of silence helped, says researcher who found critical flaw
    The researcher whose speculation led to an early disclosure of information about a critical flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS), the Internet's traffic cop, wasn't the first to come close to the truth, said the security expert who found the bug and organized a massive patching effort.
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    Canberra kids to give Aussie insight at global online safety forum 14/07/2008 13:03:15

    Investigators not born in Internet area, kids input needed, says AFP.
    The Australian Federal Police is taking 10 Australian school children to London this week to participate in the International Youth Advisory Congress (IYAC), a world first congress giving kids a say in how they can be better protected online.
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    ACLU, EFF sue US gov't over mobile phone tracking 03/07/2008 08:37:23

    Two civil liberties groups sue the US Department of Justice over mobile phone tracking
    The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) are asking a federal court to order the US Department of Justice to turn over records about the agency's tracking of mobile phone users.
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