Foreign governments attack White House, Obama, McCain campaign systems

Hmm, anyone want to place bets on what "foreign entity" has been hacking into Obama and McCain campaign computers, as Newsweek reports?

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Foreign governments attack White House, Obama, McCain campaign systems

Report: Chinese hack into White House network

Chinese hackers have penetrated the White House computer network on multiple occasions, and obtained e-mails between government officials, a senior U.S. official told the Financial Times.

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Report: Chinese hack into White House network

Rigged PDFs exploiting just-patched Adobe Reader flaw

Just three days after Adobe shipped a patch with fixes for a critical Adobe Reader vulnerability, hackers are using booby-trapped PDF files to fire exploits against Windows users. [ SEE: Heads up: Patch your Adobe Reader now ] The in-the-wild attacks, first spotted by...

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‘Highly critical’ vulnerabilities in VLC media player

A pair of "highly critical" vulnerabilities in the cross-platform VLC Media Player could put millions of users at risk of remote code execution attacks, according to a warning from security researchers. The issues, reported in versions 0.5.0 through 0.9.5, could let hackers take complete control of compromised...

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'Highly critical' vulnerabilities in VLC media player

Bank of Ireland: data breach repeat offender

A Bank of Ireland employee lost an unencrypted USB memory stick containing personal information belonging to 894 customers. Stopping this problem requires more stringent government enforcement. by Michael Krigsman

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Bank of Ireland: data breach repeat offender

News to know: iPhone tethering; MicroHoo; GooHoo; Obama-mania; Mac-mini

Here are today's notable headlines.

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News to know: iPhone tethering; MicroHoo; GooHoo; Obama-mania; Mac-mini

Yahoo looking for a rebound after break-up

Google officially called it quits on the search ads deal between themselves and Yahoo. This is one of those cases where Google decided it was in their best interest to not proceed with something, even though they truly believe it would be a great thing. This shows me...

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Yahoo looking for a rebound after break-up

Obama community blog redirecting to malware

Hot on the heels of yesterday's Obama-related spam campaign comes the discovery that attackers are redirecting people from an official Barack Obama website to malware when they search for anti-virus to address the threat. During the course of follow-up research on the Obama malware blast, Sascha...

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Obama community blog redirecting to malware

The Connected President

There has been a lot of attention paid, of course, to Obama's use of the Internet in fundraising and volunteer coordination. But now that he's been elected, an even more intriguing possibility arises: The connected president

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The Connected President

Adobe updates Flash Player 9 to fix six security holes

Adobe has slapped another band-aid on its ever-present Flash Player to cover at least six documented security vulnerabilities that could expose users to a wide range of hacker attacks. The patch, rated "critical" by Adobe, affects Flash Player 9.0.124.0 on all platforms.  Adobe is recommending that users...

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Adobe updates Flash Player 9 to fix six security holes