VA suffers new breach, arrests made / AOL search data out / E-passports hacked
Google warns on 'unsafe' websitesGoogle's search engine will now display a warning to users if they click on a search result that links to a potentially harmful website. - BBC News
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New Google warnings protect Internet users - NewsFactor
AOL releases data on web searches
U.S. internet service provider AOL appears to have released data about three months of users' searches, raising privacy concerns. - CIO Magazine
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AOL apologizes for release of user search data - CNET News.com
AOL exposes search data on 658,000 people - TechWeb
Teens arrested in VA laptop theft
Two 19-year olds have been arrested in relation to the theft of the laptop containing information about 25 million U.S. veterans. - CNET News.com
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Another theft leaves VA data exposed - Federal Computer Week
Arrests in VA laptop case please congressman - Federal Computer Week
Maryland police arrest pair in theft of VA laptop - Computerworld
Two men charged with theft of VA laptop - eWEEK
VA suffers another data breach - Government Computer News
Teens charged in VA laptop theft - Internetnews.com
2 teens arrested in theft of VA laptop - AP/MSNBC
2 Md. men arrested in theft of VA laptop - Washington Post
Researchers: E-passports pose security risk
A demonstration at the Black Hat security conference proved that it is easy to copy the information found on new e-passports with RFID chips. - CNET News.com
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Digital passports can be cloned - Computer Weekly
Security hole seen in passport e-data - AP/Los Angeles Times
Hackers clone radio-chip passports - NewScientist
Hi-tech passports prove hackable - AFP/Sydney Morning Herald
U.K. security guru lays into database vendors
A U.K. security researcher released details about 20 vulnerabilities in IBM's Informix databases at the Black Hat conference. - Computerworld
FBI: Cybercriminals taking cues from Mafia
FBI investigators told the Defcon audience how cybercriminals are adopting the same organizational structures as organized crime. - InfoWorld
Hackers meet to exploit computer flaws
Hackers compete to find security flaws in software at this year's Defcon conference in Las Vegas. - AP/MSNBC
Microsoft works to minimize risk with Vista
With new security features in Windows Vista over previous versions of Windows, Microsoft aims to improve security. - NewsFactor
Nigerian email scam-master arrested
Nigerian police have arrested a man suspected to be the ringleader of a large email scam. - SC Magazine UK/US
Global cyber-crime treaty gets Senate nod
The U.S. Senate has ratified the European Council's international anti-cybercrime treaty. - Silicon.com
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