WiFi networks under attack from wardrivers - Times of India

August 31, 2008

NEW DELHI: If you work on an unsecured wireless internet network, beware. Someone right now could be moving around in the city looking for open WiFi spots for sending anonymous terror emails or accessing confidential information with almost no risk ...

Hacker appeals to home secretary - BBC UK News

August 31, 2008

Lawyers for a Briton accused of hacking into secret military and Nasa computers are asking the home secretary to ensure he is not jailed in the US. Glasgow-born Gary McKinnon, 42, who last month lost his appeal against extradition, could face life in ...

Google Chrome, the security tidbits - ZDNet Blogs

August 31, 2008

Categories: Patch Watch , Hackers , Zero-day attacks , Apple , Browsers , Vulnerability research , Botnets , Exploit code , Viruses and Worms , Data theft , Open source , Mozilla , Google , Firefox , Phishing , Arbitrary Code Execution , Malware A ...

Avoid identity theft during a disaster - Houston Chronicle

August 31, 2008

Hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, earthquakes and man-made disasters are frightening, and they may also cause chaos and put at risk your personal security. Taking a few minutes today to create an action plan might help you avoid identity-theft-related ...

Comcast blocks some Internet traffic - MSNBC

August 31, 2008

The "Net Neutrality" debate erupted in 2005, when AT&T Inc. suggested it would like to charge some Web companies more for preferential treatment of their traffic. Consumer advocates and Web heavyweights like Google Inc. and Amazon Inc. cried foul ...

Waynesboro Police: Identity theft scams on the rise - Herald-Mail

August 31, 2008

WAYNESBORO, Pa. - The bad news is that authorities report seeing a higher number of identity theft scams targeting more people in increasingly diverse ways. The worse news is that there isn't much they can do about it. "Officers try to work with the ...

Calif. bill forces retailers to protect data - Chico Enterprise-Record

August 31, 2008

SACRAMENTO—Retailers in California would not be allowed to store customers' personal information unless they took stringent steps to prevent identity theft under a bill state lawmakers approved Sunday. Assemblyman Dave Jones, D-Sacramento, said ...

Employers not required to report illegal workers - BusinessWeek

August 31, 2008

Did a suburban Dallas employer go too far when it told police about a job applicant who presented what turned out to be a counterfeit social security card? Relatives and advocates for Maria Martinez say that's what happened when she was arrested ...

NASA hacker makes final appeal to British government - Australian PC World

August 31, 2008

Private information stored in Apple's iPhone and protected by a lock code can be accessed by anyone with just a few button presses. Gary McKinnon, the British hacker who successfully breached top US government security, has reportedly made a final ...

Put me at risk for identity theft, and I’ll do the same for you - Walletpop.com

August 31, 2008

Consumers in Virginia were upset that their government was posting public real estate records online without redacting Social Security numbers. The records posted online also had other sensitive information: bank account numbers, dates of birth ...

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