PC World - The just-released Firefox 3 and Opera 9.5, and the upcoming IE 8, respond to the growing threat with enhanced blocking features. -- read full article
PC World - A British hacker who broke into U.S. military computers looks set to be extradited to the U.S. after the highest British court... -- read full article
Reuters - A British computer expert lost his
appeal on Wednesday against extradition to the United States
where he is accused of "the biggest military hack of all time"
and could face up to 70 years in prison.
AFP - A British man accused of hacking into the computer systems of the US military and NASA on Wednesday lost his appeal against extradition to face trial.
NewsFactor - Britain's top court on Wednesday refused to block the extradition of a British hacker accused of breaking into military and NASA computers in the U.S. The accused hacker says he broke into the systems on a quest for information about UFOs. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The proliferation of user-generated content on popular Web 2.0 sites has opened the door for hackers to plant malware, says Websense report. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The exploit code was released July 17, two days after Oracle issued its second-quarter Critical Patch Update. -- read full article
PC World - Oracle is scrambling to create an emergency patch for a severe vulnerability in the company's WebLogic server, as exploit code... -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - At Black Hat, RSnake is expected to demonstrate a zero-day vulnerability that allows for information theft, spoofing, and authentication issues. -- read full article
InfoWorld - What happened this week? The big names posted their quarterly results, the recording industry suffered more setbacks, and the Microsoft-Yahoo-Icahn kerfuffle once again appears to be over (this time it might actually be true). Rogue IT admins and spammers also got their comeuppance, though some managed to escape. -- read full article
AFP - Internet security researchers on Thursday warned that hackers have caught on to a "critical" flaw that lets them control traffic on the Internet.
