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Privacy News
Deceptive Campaign Practices Moving Online in 2008

This election year voters are experiencing a revolution in the way they engage and are engaged by the electoral process...

Man Caught Using a Hidden Video Camera to Spy on Friends Using his Bathroom

A man alleged to have video recorded female friends while using a bathroom in his home has been charged with...

DOJ Announces Plan to Weaken Privacy Rule on Databases

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a plan to weaken the 28 Code of Federal Regulation (CFR) Part 23 that...

Security News
Linux systems actively targeted using SSH key attacks

Attackers install a rootkit on the compromised systems to steal more SSH keys....

Data breach discovery, disclosure outpaces 2007

More data breaches have been reported so far this year than in all of 2007, according to a report released...

Security visualization helps make log files work

Using visualization tools, security pros can build charts and graphs to make sense of complex log files and data and...

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