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General Assembly
Va. Lawmakers Aim to Hook Cyberscammers The Virginia General Assembly this year passed a handful of new bills aimed at cracking down on computer and online crimes, including a statute that observers say is the nation's first law that criminalizes "phishing" schemes.
More Security News
Net Aids Access to Sensitive ID Data: Social Security Numbers Are Widely Available (Post, April 4, 2005)
Microsoft Seeks to Identify Phishing Scam Authors (TechNews.com, March 31, 2005; 3:51 PM)
DNA Key to Decoding Human Factor: Secret Service's Distributed Computing Project Aimed at Decoding Encrypted Evidence (TechNews.com, March 28, 2005; 6:48 AM)
Banking Rules Address Theft Of Customers' Private Data (Post, March 24, 2005)
Critics Question Impartiality of Panel Studying Privacy Rights (Post, March 11, 2005)
Hackers Target U.S. Power Grid: Government Quietly Warns Utilities To Beef Up Their Computer Security (Post, March 11, 2005)
MBA Applicants Pay Price for Unauthorized Site Searches (Post, March 10, 2005)
Data Under Siege: ID Thieves Breach LexisNexis, Obtain Information on 32,000 (Post, March 10, 2005)
'No Execute' Flag Waves Off Buffer Attacks (Post, Feb. 27, 2005)
Uncle Sam Gets 'D-Plus' on Cyber-Security (TechNews.com, Feb. 16, 2005; 6:14 PM)
Tech Heavyweights Agree to Share 'Phishing' Data: Experts Question Whether Subscription Service Will Be Effective in Combating Online Scams (TechNews.com, Feb. 14, 2005; 5:38 PM)
Break-In At SAIC Risks ID Theft: Computers Held Personal Data on Employee-Owners (Post, Feb. 12, 2005)
Microsoft Still Patching Software Security Holes: Company Releases 8 'Critical' Updates (Post, Feb. 9, 2005)
Microsoft Issues 8 'Critical' Software Patches (TechNews.com, Feb. 8, 2005; 5:52 PM)
For Spammers, Worm Turns a Profit: 'Bagle' Attacks Show Growing Cooperation Between Virus Writers, Other Online Criminals (TechNews.com, Feb. 7, 2005; 12:19 PM)
Phishers Drop Hooks Into Smaller Streams: Online Scam Artists Now Targeting Regional-Bank Customers (TechNews.com, Jan. 24, 2005; 9:48 AM)
George Mason Officials Investigate Hacking Incident (Post, Jan. 13, 2005)
Microsoft Releases 3 New Windows Security Patches (Post, Jan. 12, 2005)
Another Computer Security Official Quits: Critics Say Division Lacks Aggressiveness (Post, Jan. 12, 2005)
Microsoft Patches Flaw in Service Pack 2 (TechNews.com, Jan. 11, 2005; 5:22 PM)
Vital Files Exposed In GMU Hacking (Post, Jan. 11, 2005)
Microsoft Offers Anti-Spyware Software: Analysts Say Move Signals Interest in Security Market (Post, Jan. 7, 2005)
Single Government ID Moves Closer to Reality: High-Tech Cards Are Designed to Bolster Security (Post, Dec. 30, 2004)
Online Dangers Likely to Continue Growing in 2005 (TechNews.com, Dec. 16, 2004; 7:44 AM)
Going Online? Wear Your Galoshes (TechNews.com, Dec. 16, 2004; 7:55 AM)
An Indonesian's Prison Memoir Takes Holy War Into Cyberspace: In Sign of New Threat, Militant Offers Tips on Credit Card Fraud (Post, Dec. 14, 2004)
Tougher Cyber-Security Measures Urged: Industry Alliance Pushes for a Higher Profile for Computer Vulnerabilities (Post, Dec. 8, 2004)
Tech CEOs Issue Cyber-Security Recommendations: Group Seeks to Guide Policy in Bush's Second Term (TechNews.com, Dec. 7, 2004; 5:13 PM)
Hackers Use Web Sites, Ads to Infect PCs (TechNews.com, Nov. 23, 2004; 4:18 PM)
AOL Concentrates On Security Issues With New Software: Antivirus Program, Updates Included (Post, Nov. 18, 2004)
FTC Sues Spyware Suspects (TechNews.com, Oct. 12, 2004; 6:15 PM)
Microsoft Releases A Flurry of Patches: At Least 21 Security Holes Plugged (Post, Oct. 13, 2004)
Cyber-Security to Get Higher-Profile Leader (Post, Oct. 13, 2004)
Microsoft Releases New 'Critical' Patches (TechNews.com, Oct. 12, 2004; 6:57 PM)
For a Healthy Computer (Post, Oct. 10, 2004)
Computer Users Face New Scourge: Hidden Adware Programs Hijack Hard Drives (Post, Oct. 10, 2004)
Purdy Tapped as Cyber-Security Director (TechNews.com, Oct. 7, 2004; 9:15 AM)
Top U.S. Cyber-Security Official Resigns: Yoran Was Third Chief in Past Two Years; Experts Say Issue Lacks Attention (Post, Oct. 2, 2004)
New Windows Patch Proves Tricky (TechNews.com, Oct. 1, 2004; 9:18 AM)
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