McKinnon loses more appeals on U.S. extradition   31 Jul 2009 22:44 GMT
Gary McKinnon, the Briton who allegedly hacked into 97 NASA and Defense Department computers, has lost even more pleas to avoid extradition to the U.S., Wired reports. Despite McKinnon's arguments that he suffered from Asperger's syndrome and could be at risk for psychosis, the judge ruled there was...
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Update: Apple rushes critical iPhone SMS patch   31 Jul 2009 19:20 GMT
Apple on Saturday will patch a critical vulnerability that lets hackers take control of users' iPhones by sending malicious text messages, according to a report by the BBC.
Source: Computerworld

Ridiculous lawsuit against Amazon   31 Jul 2009 14:04 GMT
Don't like DRM and Amazon's ability to access your Kindle? The solution is easy: Don't buy a bloody Kindle! The blogosphere and regular news outlets are buzzing again with a rekindled pun definitely intended story of the young man who lost summer work when Amazon deleted his...
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Conficker talk sanitized at Black Hat to protect investigation   31 Jul 2009 13:55 GMT
A talk at Black Hat had to be scaled back because it contained information about Conficker that might tip investigators’ hand and send the perpetrators further underground, says F-Secure's chief research officer.
Source: Computerworld

Nasa hacker loses bid to avoid extradition   31 Jul 2009 11:50 GMT
Gary McKinnon now has 28 days to launch an appeal to avoid being sent to the U.S. to face charges for allegedly breaking into 97 U.S. government computers and intentionally causing damage. Gary McKinnon has lost his high court bid to avoid extradition to the US for hacking...
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Adobe patches 12 Flash bugs, 3 caused by Microsoft   31 Jul 2009 10:58 GMT
Adobe on Thursday patched a dozen vulnerabilities in Flash Player, including three it inherited from faulty Microsoft development code and one that hackers have been exploiting for at least a week.
Source: Computerworld

Court allows extradition of British hacker to proceed   31 Jul 2009 10:38 GMT
A British hacker who broke into U.S. government computer systems seeking evidence of alien life has failed in his latest efforts to block extradition to the U.S. to face trial.
Source: Computerworld

Adobe Flash player update hassles   31 Jul 2009 09:14 GMT
OK, here's an update that you really need to install on all your systems. The new Flash player update patches up around a dozen security vulnerabilities in the software, including one that hackers are actively exploiting. Annoyingly, you might need to install this update more than once. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
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News to know: Microsoft; Motorola; BIOS 'rootkit'   31 Jul 2009 09:00 GMT
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Researchers find insecure BIOS 'rootkit' pre-loaded in laptops Microsoft Financial Analyst Meeting 2009: Mary...
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Researchers find insecure BIOS 'rootkit' pre-loaded in laptops   30 Jul 2009 20:18 GMT
LAS VEGAS -- A popular laptop theft-recovery service that ships on notebooks made by HP, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Gateway, Asus and Panasonic is actually a dangerous BIOS rootkit that can be hijacked and controlled by malicious hackers. The service -- called Computrace LoJack for Laptops -- contains...
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