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House Science & Technology Committee Passes Cybersecurity Enhancement Act (November 19, 2009)

The US House Committee on Science and Technology has passed the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009, which "is based on the concept that in order to improve the security of our networked systems .......

NSA Helping to Harden Operating Systems (November 7, 18 & 19, 2009)

In testimony before the Senate Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, National Security Agency (NSA) information assurance director Richard Schaeffer said that his agency helped Microsoft harden Windows 7 and that it is also helping Apple, Sun Microsystems, and Red Hat with similar endeavors.......

Proposed Legislation Prohibits P2P Use in Government and Contractor Computers (November 17 & 18, 2009)

A bill introduced in the US House of Representatives would prohibit the use of peer-to-peer (P2P) filesharing technology in government computers and those used by government contractors except in cases where its use has been officially approved.......

Lost Hard Drive Holds Seven Years of Health Net Patient Data (November 19, 2009)

A hard drive containing personal and medical information of 1.......

Three Charged in Comcast Redirect Attack (November 19, 2009)

Three men have been charged in connection with a redirection attack on Comcast's website.......

One Year Prison Sentence for Scientology DDoS (November 18 & 19, 2009)

A 19-year old man from New Jersey has been sentenced to one year in federal prison for his role in a distributed denial-of-service DDoS attack against the Church of Scientology website that took place in January 2008.......

Banks Reissuing Credit Cards Following Report of Breach at Spanish Payment Company (November 18 & 19, 2009)

A German bank has recalled 60,000 credit cards after learning that the card numbers may have been compromised in a security breach at a Spanish payment company.......

Secondhand ATMs Pose Security Risk (November 18, 2009)

A security consultant who purchased an ATM secondhand through Craigslist found that it still held a log of hundreds of transaction details.......

UK Police Charge Two in Connection With Zeus Trojan (November 18, 2009)

Police in the UK have charged two people in connection with using the Zeus Trojan horse program.......

T-Mobile Customer Records Stolen and Sold (November 17 & 18, 2009)

T-Mobile has acknowledged that an employee stole customer records and sold them to data brokers who in turn sold the information to T-Mobile competitors.......

Microsoft Suit Involving Former Employee Settled, All Matters Resolved (November 17, 2009)

A settlement has been reached in a case brought by Microsoft against former employee Miki Mullor.......

Man Pleads Guilty in ATM Skimming Case (November 16 & 17, 2009)

Victor Vasile Constantin has pleaded guilty to charges of bank fraud and identity theft for his role in an ATM skimming scheme.......