<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Security</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/technology/techpolicy/security?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><description>Security</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Va. Lawmakers Aim to Hook Cyberscammers]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40578-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40578-2005Apr9.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><author> Karin Brulliard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Net Aids Access to Sensitive ID Data]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23686-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23686-2005Apr3.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Although Social Security numbers are one of the most powerful pieces of personal information an identity thief can possess, they remain widely available and inexpensive despite public outcry and the threat of a congressional crackdown.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Seeks to ID Phishing Scam Authors]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16257-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16257-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The world's largest software company filed 117 lawsuits in federal court today against "John Does" it alleges are responsible for targeting MSN and Hotmail users with various online scams. <br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[DNA Key to Decoding Human Factor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6098-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6098-2005Mar28.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Powerful encryption software makes evidence gathering a significant challenge for investigators. The Secret Service is combining detective work and distributed-computing to build cases against online criminals.]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Banking Rules Address Consumers' Privacy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61849-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61849-2005Mar23.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Banks and some other financial institutions will be required to tell customers if their private information has been obtained by hackers or identity thieves and is likely to be misused, under rules approved this week and announced Wednesday.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Critics Question Privacy Panel's Impartiality]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25345-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25345-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Board assembled to recommend ways to safeguard privacy has stirred the ire of privacy-rights advocates who charge that it is tilted toward industries that profit most from gathering, using and selling personal data. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hackers Target  U.S. Power Grid]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25738-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25738-2005Mar10.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Hackers' untiring efforts have heightened concerns that electric companies have failed to adequately fortify defenses against a potential catastrophic strike. <br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Justin Blum</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[MBA Applicants Pay Price for Unauthorized Site Searches]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21789-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21789-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 9  --  For some applicants to the nation's top MBA programs, it was a snap decision made in the dark of night after viewing an Internet posting too tantalizing to ignore. Others said that while the message describing how to get an early peek at schools' admissions decisions seemed like a hoax, they wanted to know for sure.]]></description><author> Jonathan Finer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data  Under Siege]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19982-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19982-2005Mar9.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Identity thieves have penetrated another company that collects and sells personal information on millions of U.S. consumers, the latest in a series of breaches that is throwing a spotlight on the practices and safeguards of a booming data-collection industry. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Jonathan Krim  and Robert O'Harrow Jr.</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['No Execute' Flag Waves Off Buffer Attacks]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55209-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55209-2005Feb26.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Until recently, "buffer overflow" exploits --  one of the most common ways hackers infect computers with viruses and worms -- were much harder to clean up and to prevent.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>- The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> John Breeden II</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Uncle Sam Gets 'D-Plus' On Cyber-Security]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30342-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30342-2005Feb16.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[For the fifth straight year, at least half of all federal agencies received a grade of "D" or worse on the House Government Reform Committee's annual cyber-security report card.]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tech Heavyweights to Share 'Phishing' Data]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24065-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24065-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft, eBay and Visa USA said Monday they will begin sharing data on "phishing" scams with a private company that will in turn sell the information to other clients hoping to protect their users from online fraud.]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Break-In at SAIC Risks ID Theft of Powerful]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17506-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17506-2005Feb11.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Some of the nation's most influential former military and intelligence officials are at risk of identity theft after a break-in at a major government contractor netted computers containing personal information about tens of thousands of employees.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Griff Witte</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Still Patching Software Security Holes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9365-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9365-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Microsoft Corp. Tuesday released a dozen software updates to fix 16 security flaws -- half of which it deemed "critical" -- in all versions of the Windows operating system and in applications such as its Internet chat and media player products.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Brian Krebs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Issues'Critical' Software Fixes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8723-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8723-2005Feb8.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The world's leading software maker today released software patches to cover security holes in all versions of the Windows operating system and a broad range of popular Microsoft applications such as its Internet chat and media player products. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Spammers, Worm Turns a Profit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4873-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4873-2005Feb7.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The "Bagle" Internet worm appeared in more than 44 different versions in 2004, a year in which teams of virus writers forged new alliances to convert millions of PCs into remote-controlled "zombies" used to fuel spam and phishing attacks. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</B></FONT>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Phishers Drop Hooks Into Smaller Streams]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32199-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32199-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As the nation's largest financial institutions deploy increasingly sophisticated measures to prevent Internet scams, online fraudsters are targeting smaller, regional U.S. banks whose customers may be less attuned to the threat. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-washingtonpost.com</b></font>]]></description><author>TechNews.com</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Officials Investigate GMU Hacking Incident]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5188-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5188-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Authorities are still working to determine who broke into the campus system Jan. 3 and how. University campuses present a particularly inviting security target, experts say, because their systems house large amounts of personal data. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Yuki Noguchi</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Microsoft Releases 3 New Security Patches]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2288-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2288-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The patches released Tuesday mend four software holes in Microsoft Corp Windows operating system, including one flaw that can affect machines equipped with a massive security upgrade the company released five months ago.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Brian Krebs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Another Computer Security Official Quits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2265-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2265-2005Jan11.html?nav=rss_technology/techpolicy/security</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:24:09 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Homeland Security Department official in charge of protecting the nation's physical and computer infrastructure is stepping down at the end of the month in the latest in a string of departures at the department's struggling cyber-security division.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Brian Krebs and Jonathan Krim</author></item></channel></rss>