Robert Lemos

A security analyst tries his hand at selling two vulnerabilities and finds that economics and time are against him.
SecurityFocus

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A Congressional committee calls for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to further investigate the cause of excessive network traffic that shut down an Alabama nuclear plant.
SecurityFocus

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Federal prosecutors claim the company and its owners violated federal funds transfer laws, saying it knowingly served online scammers, identity thieves and child pornographers.
SecurityFocus

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In an annual report card mandated by federal law, two dozen federal agencies improve their average grade slightly from last year’s ‘D+’.
SecurityFocus

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If you read one thing today, make it this anonymous submission to the Washington Post from the president of a small Internet access company. The person, whose identity and claims the Washington Post confirmed, has taken the FBI to court for issuing a National Security Letter to him requesting information on a client.

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Supporters of the Spy Act, which heightens civil penalties against those responsible for programs that hijack PCs and collect data without adequate authorization, hope that the bill’s third time is a charm.
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New Mexico’s legislature expands its jurisdiction, mulling whether to return the slighted celestial body to its planetary status every time it passes overhead.
Wired News

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Federal officials renew calls for the private sector to help manage threats to critical infrastructure and the Internet.
SecurityFocus

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The social networking site has paired up with an ID verification firm to build a national database of convicted sex offenders, a technology the service hopes will enable it to keep predators out of its community.
SecurityFocus

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Six researchers will get a chance to spend the summer on the most Mars-like place on Earth, an 8-meter diameter metal can in the Arctic desert.
Wired News

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