• Researchers Hack Into Intel's VPro

  Researchers say they've found vulnerabilities in Intel's Trusted Execution Technology.

• Simple Hack Beats Biometrics

  
  In the case of tape vs. biometrics, tape wins -- hands down.
• EU Cops Are Free to Snoop Without Warrants
• Twitter Hack: How It Happened and What's Being Done
• Regulator Fines E-Trade Units $1 Million
• The State of Spam: What to Expect in 2009
• Security Vendors Ready Fix for 'Curse of Silence' SMS Attack
• MD5 Hack Is Not a Threat, Microsoft Says
• 2009 Security Forecast
• Researchers Devise Undetectable Phishing Attack

Security How-Tos

• How Do I Stop a Cyberstalking Ex? An anonymous reader's ex-boyfriend has been posting sexually-explicit personal ads on Craigslist, using her name. How can she stop him?
• How Safe is My Gmail? I answer my own question: Is the information in your Gmail messages and other Google apps safe from data disasters?
• Restrict Wireless Access Keep unknown clients off your network with these basics.
• Logins Are Half Your Access Passwords are only part of security; use unique logins for the full package.
• Why You Need a Password Manager A password manager is essential for generating, protecting, and organizing important passwords.

Security News

• Researchers Hack Into Intel's VPro Researchers say they've found vulnerabilities in Intel's Trusted Execution Technology.
• Simple Hack Beats Biometrics In the case of tape vs. biometrics, tape wins -- hands down.
• EU Cops Are Free to Snoop Without Warrants Sacre bleu! French and German police can now routinely hack citizens' PCs and browse data -- without a warrant.
• Twitter Hack: How It Happened and What's Being Done Twitter security comes into question as a number high-profile customers have their accounts hacked.
• Regulator Fines E-Trade Units $1 Million The online brokerage E-Trade has been fined $1 million for having inadequate policies to prevent money laundering.

Security Playing in PCW Video

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  VeriSign's Plan to Better Secure Your Online Accounts VeriSign's card-sized number generator adds an extra layer of authentication for online accounts.
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  Cold Boot Attack at CanSecWest After Princeton researchers demonstrated a cold boot technique, hackers quickly began to show how it could be used to gain access to your PC's data.
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  MySpace Hacker Speaks Samy Kamkar talks about his infamous worm at the AppSec 2007 security conference.

Security Reviews

• Latest Foxmarks Add-On for Firefox Tackles Password Backups The most recent version of the popular Foxmarks utility permits you to sync passwords stored on your browser.