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Happy Reading for today.

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<Karen>


1)
Worm Attack: A Grudge Match With Symantec?
http://tinyurl.com/3ycbyc
A worm is getting an awful lot of attention for a piece of malware that
several anti-virus vendors have rated as a 'low' threat.
The Rinbot worm, which also is known as the Delbot worm, hit the
computer network at the Turner Broadcasting System, a division of Time
Warner and parent of CNN and CNNMoney.com, according to a company
spokeswoman. A story on the CNN.com Web site said the network was hit on
Thursday. It's not clear how much the worm impacted the network.

2)
Hacker forces school to change 96,000 passwords
http://tinyurl.com/2j4xc3

3)
Your Wi-Fi can tell people a lot about you
http://tinyurl.com/2srwye

4)
Microsoft's OneCare comes last in new test
http://tinyurl.com/3yuzrp
A new test of anti-malware programs has found that Microsofts OneCare
software is by some margin the weakest product on the market.

5)
Al Gore Inadvertently Breaches Airport Security
http://tinyurl.com/3bq64m
"There are no exceptions. Everyone must go through security,"

6)
VA mishandled computer data, panel told
http://tinyurl.com/2j7lnw
Department of Veterans Affairs computer data has been
mishandled hundreds of times in the past 10 months and the agency has
not followed multiple rules designed to keep personal information safe,
according to testimony Wednesday before a congressional panel
investigating the security problems.

7)
ISU participates in Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition
http://tinyurl.com/3979jp

8)
OMB: Agencies make headway with IT security
http://tinyurl.com/3be7qb

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9)
Why were our bank details on a laptop?
http://tinyurl.com/3azyua
Banks across the county are on high alert after the Worcester News
revealed on Saturday how a laptop computer containing the personal
information of 16,239 staff, and even some ex-employees, was taken in a
street robbery.

10)
"Safest ever" passport is not fit for purpose
http://tinyurl.com/2qfzay
A shocking security gap allows the personal details and photograph in
any electronic passport to be copied from the outside of the envelope in
which it is delivered to homes.

11)
U.S. Patent Office will start a pilot project to put some patent applications
online for public comment via the Web:
http://tinyurl.com/244ujd

12)
The 50 Most Important People on the Web
Christopher Null, PC World
http://tinyurl.com/244ujd

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