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• Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010 The Gartner Symposium serves up a selection of hottest issues and challenges for technology management in the next year.
• Global Warming Research Exposed After Hack A hacker has posted e-mail and documents belonging to a noted climate change researcher.
• Chrome Shines, Gore Opines, Staffs Decline Google's Chrome OS captured a lot of headlines and hype this week after the company invited the media in to have a look-see, setting off a whole lot of opinions...
• Two Approaches to NFC Battle for French Hearts and Mobiles French network operators are counting on their SIM cards to put NFC in phones, while Twinlinx offers a self-adhesive Bluetooth device with similar functions.
• Will Secret Copyright Treaty Restrict Digital Rights? Most Americans expect that their laws are only passed after some period of public debate between Republicans and Democrats or their news-channel proxies...
• EU Security Agency Highlights Cloud Computing Risks Problems related to loss of control, problems with compliance and changes in jurisdiction stand out in a report on cloud risk assessment.
• Banks on Watch After Suspected Card Breach An apparent data breach in Spain has caused Visa and MasterCard to warn banks of possible fraudulent credit card transactions.
• Security Pro Says New SSL Attack Can Hit Many Sites A security researcher has developed code that could be used to attack a large number of sites vulnerable to a new bug in the SSL protocol.
• Three Indicted for Comcast Hack Last Year Three men were indicted for their roles in redirecting the Comcast.net Web site last year.
• Hack Brings 10.6.2 Back to Atom Processors Remember last week, when the net was abuzz with the news that the Mac OS X 10.6.2 update broke notebooks with Atom processors? Well, given the first syllable of...
• Cyberattacks on U.S. Military Jump Sharply in 2009 Cyberattacks on the U.S. military are on track to jump 60 percent in 2009, a congressional report said Thursday.
• Former DHS Cybersecurity Chief Points Finger at Congress Congress is partly to blame for cybersecurity failures in the U.S. government, a former DHS official says.
• Security Vendor Fortinet Sparkles in IPO Fortinet's stock jumped 33 percent as it offered its IPO Wednesday.
• UK Police Reveal Arrests Over Zeus Banking Malware British police say they've made the first arrests in Europe of two people for using Zeus, a sophisticated malicious software program.
• China Defense Ministry Site Fends off Hackers The Web site of China's defense ministry was attacked 2.3 million times in its first month online, Chinese state media said.
• How to Hack China for Just $1,800 A Chinese Web domain that could be misused by hackers is for sale. Its price: $1760.
• Obama Administration Unsure About New Cybersecurity Laws Current cybersecurity laws aren't adequate, a DOJ representative tells senators.
• T-Mobile UK Employees Sold Customer Data Employees at T-Mobile UK sold customer information to competitors of the operator.
• Shadowserver to Take Over as Mega-D Botnet Herder An effort is underway to clean up tens of thousands of computers infected with malicious software known for churning out prolific spam.
• SSL Flaw Could Have Been Used to Hack Twitter A researcher has shown how to hack Twitter using a previously disclosed bug in SSL.
• Microsoft Provides Guidance on Windows 7 Zero-Day Vulnerability Microsoft has issued a Security Advisory related to a reported zero-day vulnerability in Windows 7. Here's how to protect your systems pending another patch.
• UK Hails First Cybercrime Cooperation With Banks UK police are hailing the sentencing of four people who used a Trojan horse program to siphon money out of online bank accounts.
• Fake Verizon 'balance-checker' Is a Trojan Spammers are sending out fake Verizon Wireless 'balance checker' programs; they're actually Trojans.
• GAO: Los Alamos National Lab's Cybersecurity Lacking A large nuclear research lab in the U.S. lacks some critical security controls for its classified computer network, a report says.
• AMD and Intel Patch Things Up, HP Buys 3Com We had a blockbuster deal this week, with Hewlett-Packard saying it plans to buy 3Com, and a blockbuster settlement, with Advanced Micro Devices and Intel ending...