FBI Snooping Software a Failure
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The bureau has abandoned its custom-made internet surveillance technology. Also:  Intel lets their new chips fall where they may, for a profit & hellip;.  Despite fallbacks, Pfizer's revenue is still on the rise & hellip; and more.
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Will companies that make antispyware software detect key loggers implanted by federal agents? We survey 13 companies and include their answers verbatim.
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Weakness in open-source GnuPG cryptography technology could let miscreants tamper with digitally signed, "secure" messages.
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WASHINGTON - Spyware legislation that would allow fines of up to $3 million for makers of software that steals personal information from a user's computer or highjacks its browser will get a second look after the U.S. Congress failed to pass the legislation in 2004.
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Companies and others that secretly install "spyware" programs on people's computers to quietly monitor their Internet activities would face hefty federal fines under a bill the House passed Tuesday.    The most egregious behaviors ascribed to the category of such software - secretly recording a person's computer keystrokes or mouse clicks - are already illegal under U.S...
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Program showing how to use flaw in Windows' handling of graphics files hits the Net--back up your family photos and beware.
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Organisations are risking seeing sensitive information ending up in the wrong hands, because they are failing to ensure that their unwanted PCs are properly datawiped.
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Blog: The FBI refuses to answer journalists' questions about its spyware that can be delivered over the Internet and implanted in a suspect's computer remotely.
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Blog: Court case provides a rare glimpse into how some federal agents deal with encryption: by breaking into a suspect's office, implanting a key logger and watching what happens from afar.
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A federal judge on Wednesday rejected a surveillance provision of the USA Patriot Act which requires Internet providers to supply personal information about customers to the federal government, and bars them from disclosing that they received a special
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Be afraid: There's no such thing as a secure network.
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The FBI system used to conduct instant background checks on would-be gun buyers suffered several software-related outages on Sunday and Monday but has since been repaired.
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Sophisticated rootkits can hide from even the most reliable detection method currently available--hardware-based products, security researchers say.
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The FBI has all but retired its controversial e-mail wiretap system formerly known as Carnivore, turning instead to commercially available software, according to two recently released reports to Congress.
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Don't bet on getting it back The FBI has frozen access to Neteller accounts as part of its ongoing investigation into the company.â¦
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Windows, Linux and Java each fail some basic integrity rules.
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When your antivirus, spyware stopper, or firewall keeps you from getting your work done, find an alternative.