WASHINGTON - The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned. FBI Agent Barry Smith distributed the proposal at a private meeting last Friday with industry representatives and indicated
DETROIT - A federal grand jury in Detroit has charged two former executives of the Metaldyne Corp. and one of the company's former agents in China with industrial espionage. The trio plotted to steal secret processes for making engine parts from powdered metal, according to the indictment handed down by the grand jury. Federal prosecutors
CUPERTINO, Ca. - Attack code that exploits a flaw in Apple Computer's Mac OS X was publicly released last week, increasing the urgency to patch. The code's arrival comes just a day after Apple made an update available for its operating system. The malicious program takes advantage of a locally exploitable vulnerability in an operating
BOSTON - In a move that resembles in reverse the acquisition of storage vendor Veritas by security vendor Symantec, EMC Corporation announced a definitive agreement to acquire security vendor RSA Security Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, EMC will pay $28 per share in cash in exchange for each share of RSA and the
PORTLAND, Or. - SecureWorld Expo has partnered with InfraGard to produce the 2006 InfraGard National Conference in Washington D.C. SecureWorld Expo will work directly with the InfraGard National Members Alliance in promoting and selling the event scheduled for August 22-24, Renaissance Washington DC Hotel. ?SecureWorld?s market reach and promotional support will serve to create a
FARMIGTON HILLS - When you get an email from Anna, Alice or Ellyn saying that she loves you and offers you a password to open her heart, don?t get carried away. The encrypted zipped file is a Bagle worm. Security Analysts at MicroWorld Technologies reported that "Win32.Bagle.fy" comes via password protected ZIP archives attached to
BRIGHTON - Corporate leaders from across Michigan have formed the Michigan Homeland Security Consortium to help home grown Homeland Security companies grow. The first meeting attracted 28 representatives from business, education and economic development organizations. Its mission is to support Michigan-based developers and manufacturers of Homeland Security products and technologies. ?This effort was conceived over
SAN JOSE - A Trojan horse has been discovered in Google Pages, a Web site hosting service offered by the search giant. An attacker apparently uploaded a malicious file to a Googlepages.com server, part of a service that allows people to create their own Web pages, Dan Hubbard, the senior director of security research at
FARMINGTON HILLS - TruArx will debut its new quarterly webcast program June 20 when the security company examines some of the challenges organizations face when it comes to effective policy development and distribution. Also highlighted will be TruArx? solution for effective policy management: an online portal that allows organizations to not only store and distribute
SEATTLE - Many Windows PCs have been turned into zombies, but rootkits are not yet widespread, according to a Microsoft security report just released. More than 60 percent of compromised Windows PCs scanned by Microsoft's Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool between January 2005 and March 2006 were found to be running malicious bot software, CNET