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    Most Security Breaches Go Unreported (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - An RSA survey found the e-mail-borne malware and phishing that affected 69% of respondents' companies, may not have led to serious consequences in every instance. -- read full article
    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Test Center preview: VMware Fusion 2 Beta 2 (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Virtualization on the Mac has never had it so good. There are several options available for running almost any x86-based operating system as a VM under Mac OS X, including Parallels, VMware Fusion, and VirtualBox. If you like the fact that Macs are less prone to problems, viruses, and spyware, but you simply have to run a few Windows applications, it???s a great time to be alive. -- read full article
    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Expert urges China visitors to encrypt data (Reuters)

    A photographer types on his laptop while using the internet in the Main Press Center at the Olympic Games in Beijing July 31, 2008. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)Reuters - China's blocking of Web sites has embarrassed the International Olympic Committee, but a computer security expert said on Thursday that visitors to Beijing also needed to protect their data from prying eyes.


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    Fri, 01 Aug 2008 03:30:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    British Hacker Loses Extradition Appeal (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - UFO fanatic Gary McKinnon is accused of hacking into 97 U.S. military computer systems in 2001 and 2002 and may face as many as 70 years in a U.S. prison. -- read full article
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Top UK court allows extradition of hacker to US (AP)

    Gary McKinnon, 40, accused of mounting the largest ever hack of United States government computer networks — including Army, Air Force, Navy and NASA systems_ listens to a reporter's question outside the Bow Magistrates Court in central London in this Wednesday May 10, 2006 file photo. The British hacker accused of breaking into Pentagon and NASA computers has lost his appeal against extradition to the U.S. His appeal against a government order extraditing him was rejected by the House of Lords on Wednesday July 30, 2008. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, FILE)AP - Some call it the biggest hack of military computers; perhaps it was just a big embarrassment.


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    Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:01:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    New Browsers Fight the Malware Scourge (PC World)
    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
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Extradition Appeal for British Hacker Dismissed (PC World)
    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
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:20:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    British NASA hacker to face U.S. trial (Reuters)

    British computer hacker Gary McKinnon, who committed 'the biggest military computer hack of all time', speaks at an Information Security conference at Olympia in west London April 27, 2006. (Toby Melville/Reuters)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.


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    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:36:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    British computer hacker loses appeal over US extradition (AFP)

    Gary McKinnon, pictured here outside the Royal Courts of Justice earlier in July 2008. McKinnon, accused of hacking into the computer systems of the US military and NASA, has lost his appeal against extradition to face trial.(AFP/File/John D McHugh)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.


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    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:24:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    British UFO Hacker Ordered Extradited to U.S. (NewsFactor)
    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
    Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:56:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Most Malicious Code Launched From Legitimate Web Sites (TechWeb)
    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
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 20:45:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Oracle Issues Alert For WebLogic Plugin Vulnerability (TechWeb)
    TechWeb - InformationWeek - The exploit code was released July 17, two days after Oracle issued its second-quarter Critical Patch Update. -- read full article
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:37:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Oracle Issues Warning Over Dangerous WebLogic Flaw (PC World)
    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
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 09:20:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    The Tale of Two Busted Spammers (PC World)
    PC World - Being a technology reporter, my e-mail inbox is a crowded place. -- read full article
    Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:40:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Norton Safe Web Searches Sites for Malware (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Symantec on Monday opened public beta testing of a new site-reputation plug-in called Norton Safe Web. -- read full article
    Mon, 28 Jul 2008 13:04:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
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