Thomas Claburn

                   

Google Fixes Chrome's End User Terms Of Service

informationweek.com     18 hrs ago   1,027 related          

The old Terms of Service agreement was seen by many in the Internet community as Google being evil by asserting ownership over its users' work. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek In an effort to dispel fears that it might...                    

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Spammers Use 'Hijacked' Babies To Lure Victims

informationweek.com     27-Aug-2008   8 related          

The social engineering campaign includes an attached file, purportedly a photo of the recipient's child, but is of course malware. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek recipients into opening malicious messages, spammers...                    

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Mozilla's 'Ubiquity,' A Command Line For Web 2.0

informationweek.com     27-Aug-2008   48 related          

The goal is to make it easier to combine data in the Web browser and allow users to define their own commands, like macros than span applications. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Mozilla on Tuesday released prototype...                    

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Nations Respond To Google Earth Threat

informationweek.com     26-Aug-2008   2 related          

From banning Google Earth to simply ignoring the mapping service, countries are working to deal with potential security violations arising from the images Google makes available online. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek To...                    

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8 Million-Record Data Breach Claim 'Grossly Unsubstantiated,' Says Best Western

informationweek.com     25-Aug-2008   18 related          

The hotel chain says that only 13 customer records may have been exposed, not the millions that a Scotland newspaper reported. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek The Sunday Herald in Glasgow, Scotland, called it "one of the...                    

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This Year's Data Breaches Surpass 2007 Totals

informationweek.com     26-Aug-2008   7 related          

The rising number of reported data breaches in the last eight months may just mean corporate security auditors are better at finding compromised systems, ITRC researchers suggest. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek With...                    

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DNS Flaw Used To Poison Chinese ISP's Server

informationweek.com     21-Aug-2008   7 related          

China Netcom subscribers who mistype a Web address are redirected to a page with malicious code. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek used by China Netcom, one of the country's largest Internet service providers, has been...                    

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Brazilian Indicted For Operating Shadow Botnet

informationweek.com     22-Aug-2008   14 related          

Rather the taking advantage of a software vulnerability, the botnet grew using social engineering -- IM recipients downloaded the malicious files willingly. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek A Brazilian man alleged to...                    

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Security Researcher Defends Plan To Release Gmail Hacking Tool

informationweek.com     21-Aug-2008   2 related          

The software could affect many SSL-secured Web sites, including Amazon, Facebook, Gmail, addons.mozilla.org, most Drupal sites, and many online merchants and banks. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek Just over a week ago,...                    

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Judge Lifts Gag Order On Student Subway Hackers

informationweek.com     20-Aug-2008   19 related          

Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority had tried to prevent MIT students from discussing security flaws in Boston's transit fare card system. By Thomas Claburn InformationWeek A federal judge on Tuesday lifted a temporary...                    

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