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Verisign's
'SiteFinder' finds privacy hullabaloo
Privacy advocates have joined the chorus of critics of Verisign's
"SiteFinder," which on Monday began directing mistyped dot-com
and dot-net e-mail and Web addresses to a search site operated by the
company and Overture.com, a Pasadena, Calif.-based advertising company
that brands itself as a search engine.
SecurityFocus | Feature
Article | September 19, 2003
Appeal
in bug disclosure case
Bret McDanel already served his 16 months in federal prison for violating
the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. Now he wants to clear his record.
SecurityFocus | Feature Article
| August 7, 2003
The
Hackers Who Broke Windows
The Last Stage of Delirium, the hacking group that laid open nearly every
version of the Windows operating system last week, could use a little
sleep. Since going public with the RPC buffer overflow bug that some are
describing as the worst Windows security hole in history, the group has
been caught in a media frenzy.
SecurityFocus
| Feature Article | July 24, 2003
Debate:
Should You Hire a Hacker?
Should corporations hire known hackers with criminal records to test and
secure their networks?The question, posed to four panelists at the RSA
Security Conference held at the Moscone Center today, pitted hacker Kevin
Mitnick against Christopher Painter, who prosecuted Mitnick in 1995.
SecurityFocus
| Feature Article | April 15, 2003
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