Robert Lemos

How rootkits can take over your computer and steal data under your nose—and how to stop them.
PC Magazine

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At Space 2006, arguments erupt over whether the moon, Mars or a space station should be the central settlement. Each has its advantages and downsides.
Wired News

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Attackers exploit a zero-day vulnerability to cause a large number of Web sites to send their visitors to rogue pages carrying a second attack, this time against Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.
SecurityFocus

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Hewlett-Packard’s CEO Mark Hurd immediately replaces former chairperson Patricia Dunn as the company acknowledges it knew about the “pretexting” but not about the “hacking.”
SecurityFocus

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The U.S. corps of space engineers is getting older, and without an infusion of young blood, ambitious projects targeting the moon and Mars may never get off the launching pad.
Wired News

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The fallout from the Hewlett-Packard board investigation has brought up a lot of interesting issues, not the least of which is how journalists should try and keep their sources confidential. The unauthorized accesses to journalists’ and sources’ phone-records underscored that in this day and age it is hard to keep sources anonymous.

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Less rigor in Web programming, a growing number of software projects, and restrictions on Web security testing are combining to make Web-site vulnerabilities the most common class of security issues this year.
SecurityFocus

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Many in the mainstream media continue call the alleged offense in the HP board investigation “pretexting.” It’s no such thing. It’s not surprising, however, even private investigators are still getting it wrong, because their mindset is still in the pre-computer age. Here’s why the HP case is no longer about pretexting, but about computer hacking.

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Whether they call them canaries, monkeys, or guinea pigs, more security companies are using virtual PCs to protect users.
PC Magazine

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Hewlett-Packard announces that the chairwoman will resign in January, while California’s Attorney General and civil lawsuits aim to use cybercrime laws to reign in investigators that abused computer access to “pretext” the phone records of reporters and directors.
SecurityFocus

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