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A daily survey of the latest cybercrime news from around the world.
13-Mar-02 08:39:27 ET
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"The National Cyber Security Alliance, a partnership between the federal government and private-sector companies, announced March 12 that its membership has more than doubled in its first month, with 40 new companies joining..."
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"The alliance is a cooperative effort between industry and government organizations to foster awareness of cybersecurity through educational outreach and public awareness..."
13-Mar-02 06:15:10 ET
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"Popular search site Google is being exploited by some net users to mount protests and play jokes on their friends..."
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"The users have found a way to 'bomb' Google to improve the rankings of particular webpages, and ensure a site is near the top of the results for particular search phrases..."
13-Mar-02 16:15:14 ET
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"Concerns that improvements in factoring technology might make it easier to break large key length encryption codes are misplaced, according to noted cryptographer Bruce Schneier..."
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"Last year mathematician Dan Bernstein circulated a paper discussing improvements in integer factorization, using specialised parallel hardware, implying that encryption keys as long as 2048 bits can now be broken..."
13-Mar-02 12:39:55 ET
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"Trend Micro has unveiled a new security device for high-speed internet users..."
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"The Japanese firm says GateLock offers comprehensive protection against hackers and viruses..."
12-Mar-02 13:10:53 ET
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"Sendmail Inc. said Tuesday it will offer the Network Associates McAfee anti-virus scanning engine as part of its Sendmail Mailstream Manager service under an OEM agreement between the two companies..."
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"The objective is to protect enterprises against viruses that spread through e-mail..."
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