Symantec Hole Leaks University Data
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An unpatched flaw in antivirus software compromises student data in Colorado.
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A series of security holes in three common Linux components has led open-source vendors to rush out several updates. Two of them, rated &quot;highly critical&quot; by security company Secunia, are in libpng, a library
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A security researcher has uncovered yet another set of security flaws in an image component, which could put Linux users at risk of system compromise if they view a maliciously crafted image.
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Details on 800,000 may have been exposed UCLA has warned 800,000 current and former students that their personal details might have been exposed to a hacker who broke into the university's computer systems. Staff members are also affected by what's being described as one of the biggest information disclosure breaches on record.â¦
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Blog: Low ransom request and a self-termination date on the code suggest this is a test attack.
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Slippy fingers and leaky servers Personal information leaks reached unprecedented levels last year, according to a brace of studies out last week.â¦
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Shell script disables Mac OS X's built-in firewall, steals personal information and can destroy data.
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The state of California has warned residents that their personal data may have been stolen from computers at the University of California, Berkeley, after a database used by researchers there was compromised by hackers.
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By Randy Ludlow, The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Sep. 6--An Ohio University consultant has recovered interview notes and other documents behind its investigation of hacker thefts of personal data from campus computers.
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A non-campus computer and server that were hooked to the campus network without proper security precautions have been linked to a University of California, Berkeley, hacker
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A Rice University computer scientist and two of his students have discovered a potentially serious security flaw in the desktop search tool for personal computers that was recently distributed by Google.
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GNUCitizen is describing an apparent vulnerability that could trick people into revealing personal data.
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In a potentially huge computer security breach, a hacker broke into a computer at UC Berkeley containing Social Security numbers and other personal data for about 600,000 Californians, the university said Wednesday.
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Accessing the beta version of Yahoo Mail on a PC with Symantec's updated antivirus software incorrectly causes alarm bells to go off.
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In a curious decision on the part of a security software company, a white paper released today on the Symantec's Web site contains the address of an independent research paper which includes a demonstration of defeating PatchGuard, complete with source code, in an early Windows Vista beta.  The address comes by way of a 16-page reduction of Vista's security technologies.
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F-Secure warns of a rogue software application targeting the Mac that purports to clean a user's system.
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Antivirus firm Symantec is facing a denial-of-service attack on its Web site from the latest version of the MyDoom worm. Authors of MyDoom.