| FAA network hacked The Federal Aviation Administration has joined the growing list of government agencies that have had their supposedly safe systems hacked. The agency this week notified about 45,000 employees that one of its servers was hacked into and employee personal identity information was stolen. Your Identity: 'Costanza Style' Your identity is like George Costanza's wallet. Really. Think about it. Do you remember the classic Seinfeld episode? The one where George wouldn't give up his ever-expanding wallet filled with store credit cards, Irish money, a coupon for an Orlando Exxon gas station and several Sweet and Low packets. This, in spite of the obvious physical pain it caused and the security threat all of that imposed. Largest coordinated ATM rip-off ever nets $9+ million in 30 minutes And Cisco Subnet blogger Jamey Heary explains how they did it. Microsoft patches flaw that could compromise, cripple Exchange Microsoft Tuesday released a critical patch designed to thwart hackers who could take over Exchange Servers or shut them down with denial-of-service attacks. Survey: 40% of hard drives bought on eBay hold personal data A New York computer forensics firm found that 40% of the hard disk drives it recently purchased in bulk orders from eBay contained personal, private and sensitive information -- everything from corporate financial data to the Web-surfing history and downloads of a man with a foot fetish. Feds find, arrest fugitive hacker on the run in Mexico A Miami man, on the run for more than two years after being arrested and charged with stealing and reselling VoIP services, has been caught in Mexico. New hole found in Android's browser security The browser in Google's Android mobile phone OS has another vulnerability that could let a hacker access the browser and its related data. U.S. misses DNS security deadline The federal government missed its first deadline for rolling out DNS security mechanisms on its .gov top-level domain. McAfee touts integrated compliance suite McAfee has taken steps to integrate its vulnerability assessment and policy management products in a single suite to make it easier for enterprises to stay on top of compliance initiatives. Virulent Worm Exploits Missing Patches Think massive worm outbreaks are obsolete? Then say hello to the Conficker worm, aka Downadup. In January it slithered onto millions of computers unprotected by a critical patch that Microsoft had issued back in October. Fight Back Against Cybersquatters The story you are about to read is true. The names have been changed to protect the pond scum who hijacked the name of a not-for-profit animal rescue group. Not that they deserve protection. Verizon extends DoS detection service to 23 countries Verizon Business is extending the reach of its Denial of Service Detection service to 23 new countries, including Canada, the United Kingdom and Japan. Wikileaks publishes $1B worth of congressional reports Wikileaks.org, the online clearinghouse for leaked documents, has published a complete database of Congressional Research Service reports, which are private research documents written for members of Congress and their staffers. February giveaways from Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet
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