Ethical' Hacking Profession Showcased at the Fall Edition of ChicagoCon in October. Thanks to federal regulations, pen testing is basically required by law. ChicagoCon 2008f by TDCC features world-class security training followed by a 2-day Ethical Hacking Conference that prepares attendees..

Reports Of Hacked Xbox Live Accounts Stir Concerns Over Gamers' Security. This allowed him access to Tung's account and personal information. Tung isn't alone.

Georgia hacking stirs fears of cyber militias. The attacks on Georgian Web sites took place just as Moscow deployed troops to crush a Georgian attempt to retake the breakaway province of South Ossetia on Aug.

World News Quick Take. The Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People s Court convicted Yang Jia, 28, of premeditated murder in the attack on July 1, Xinhua news agency said.

Shavlik Releases Virtualization Security Soultion for Virtual Machines. Shavlik Technologies announced the availability of Shavlik NetChk Protect 6.5. Shavlik NetChk Protect 6.5 is a virtual machine management solution that provides continuous patch assessment and remediation of..

Hacker 'distraught' at extradition. A British computer expert accused of hacking into American military systems was in a "distraught" state as he awaited extradition to the US, his family and friends said.

Joke' puts hacker behind bars. A university student in China has been jailed for 18 months for hacking into a government website and posting a fake earthquake alert, state media reported.

Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw. Google's shiny new Web browser is vulnerable to a carpet-bombing vulnerability that could expose Windows users to malicious hacker attacks.

D-I-Y CUs are quickly realizing, being Blacklisted is a Bad Thing. You've planned carefully, done the research. You've crafted creative copy guaranteed to make an impact.

Re: PHP] comments function being spammed, how do I stop it? On 26 Aug 2008, at 15:23, tedd wrote: At 3:14 PM -0700 8/25/08, Jim Lucas wrote: Here is the function that I added to a generic guest book script.

CyberDefender New Customer Acquisitions Increase by Over 800% and.. LOS ANGELES, CA, Aug 26, 2008 -- Security software developer CyberDefender Corporation announced today that it posted an approximate 800% increase in new customer acquisitions for the month of June 2008 as..

Common usernames get more spam. The use by spammers of dictionary attacks means those whose email address begins with a less common first character are liable to get less spam.

Ageod Announces a Wargame about the First World War in November. "World War One : La Grande Guerre 14-18", the new AGEOD wargame will be released on November 11th, for the exact peace signature 90th anniversary of the Great War.

Review: PC Tools Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 6 security software. Spyware Doctor with Antivirus 6 is the latest in a series of security applications from PC Tools designed to protect your PC from a range of spyware and virus threats.

Best Western plays down impact of hack attack. Hotel chain Best Western has denied falling victim to a large-scale hacking attack.

CISS pushes students to be virus aware. Information Technology technical associate Michael Irigoyen helps Justin Novielli, a junior history education major, to reset his e-mail password at the Computer Help Desk in Julian Hall on Wednesday afternoon.

BitDefender Uncovers FedEx Spyware. BitDefender researchers have identified a new large spam wave featuring abusive use of the delivery company's name to deceive users into downloading extremely dangerous malware.

Security Fix: Report Slams U.S. Host as Major Source of Badware. Last week, I examined a series of Web services that make profiting from cyber crime a point-and-click exercise that even the most novice hackers can master.

Microsoft Announces SP-1 for Forefront Client Security. As Microsoft continues to navigate the ever-bumpy road of security, the software giant this week released its first service pack for Forefront Client Security, a member of its Forefront family of security..

7Search Sues McAfee For Red Flagging It. I don't have a good sense of how many lawsuits have been filed against anti-spyware vendors for classifying third party software as "adware" or "spyware." I've blogged on a few, and Ben Edelman maintains a..