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1)
Security vendors prepare for a bloodbath
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Security_vendors_prepare_for_a_bloodbath/0,2000061744,39239838,00.htm
The booming security market is heading for a bloodbath with both
vendors and analysts expecting the number of companies selling
security applications to fall from more than 700 today to just a
handful by the end of the decade.

2)
N.H. state server eyed in possible credit card data breach
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,108896,00.html


3)
W00t! DEF CON 14 is now in effect! The Call for Papers is open
http://www.defcon.org

4)
Too Many New Gadgets, Too Much Information at Risk
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/21/business/businessspecial2/21secure.html

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5)
Atlanta Company Settles Breach
http://www.11alive.com/money/money_article.aspx?storyid=76552
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A data breach that left some 40 million customer
accounts vulnerable to hackers will lead to tighter security measures
to protect millions of credit and debit card users, officials at the
Federal Trade Commission said Thursday.


6)
Study shows how photonic decoys can foil hackers
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,108924,00.html
A University of Toronto professor and researcher has demonstrated for
the first time a new technique for safeguarding data transmitted over
fiber-optic networks using quantum cryptography.


7)
Hacking incident brings guilty plea
http://www.pantagraph.com/articles/2006/02/23/news/107325.txt
A Bloomington man has pleaded guilty to hacking into and
damaging the computer network run by a small school district in
Missouri.

8)
Legendary hacker Mitnick turns legit
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1139395477381&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

9)
Novell SELinux killer rattles Red Hat
http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/38330-1.html
Novell Inc. of Provo, Utah, has released the source code for its
recently acquired open-source Linux security application, AppArmor,
and has also set up a project site in hopes of attracting outside
developers to further refine the program.

10)
CID Agent Combats Identity Theft With DVD
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/REPORT_INTERNET_FRAUD.html
A new DVD was launched by the Treasury Department
recently which advises consumers on how they can protect themselves
should they fall victim to identity theft.

11)
Auditor loses data on thousands of McAfee employees
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,109003,00.html

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Future Trends in Computing
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/trends.html
Internet experts looked at the future impact of the
internet and assessed predictions about how technology
and society will unfold.
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Medical records to go online
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060226/NEWS01/602260459/1075

13)
DDoS Attacks Target Prominent Blogs
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2006/02/28/ddos_attacks_target_prominent_blogs.html

14)
Ernst & Young loses four more laptops
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/02/26/ey_laptops/
Ernst and Young appears set on establishing a laptop loss record in
February. The accounting giant has lost four more systems, according
to a report in the Miami Herald.

15)
Who's Reading Your Cell's Text Messages?
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1931904,00.asp

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