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Georgia vs. Russia: Cyberwarfare

Hackers targeting Georgia in the midst of its conflict with Russia have started sending out a new batch of malicious spam messages, apparently with the aim of building a new botnet network of remote-controlled computers.

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  • Making the drop

    Hacker lingo abounds in chat rooms that market stolen goods (i.e. credit cards) and how to cash in on stolen accounts without getting caught. F-Secure looks at some of the lingo involved and gives an explanation of a "drop".

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  • Arrive at the airport without a passport?

    And you may well be a security risk if not a terrorist, at least in the eyes of the Transportation Security Administration, which has added to its watch list thousands of travelers who committed no sin greater than leaving their identification at home. Good news, though: After being pressed on the matter by USA Today, it seems the TSA will be changing the policy.

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  • Sickly results shown in antivirus test

    A study conducted by security company Cyveillance shows that out of six leading antivirus packages not a one was able to detect more than 55% of "thousands" of malware attacks tossed their way, according to a story on Dark Reading.

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  • Depends on what you mean by 'fake-proof'

    If you mean it cannot be faked, such apparently does not apply to Britain's much-ballyhooed and ridiculed RFID-enabled passports, according to this report from the British press. Didn't take very long at all, as a matter of fact.

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