Voting Machines Sinking On Security In California :: MAXINE

"A team from the office of the California Secretary of State found that voting machines manufactured by Dibold and Sequoia have significant security vulnerabilities. A new round of testing that focused on the...

Microsoft gears up for nine patches next week

"Microsoft Corp. today said it will release nine security updates next Tuesday, half again as many as last month, targeting flaws in Windows, Office, Internet Explorer (IE) and Virtual PC. Of the nine bulletins...

More California E-Voting Reports Released; More Bad News

"Yesterday the California Secretary of State released the reports of three source code study teams that analyzed the source code of e-voting systems from Diebold, Hart InterCivic, and Sequoia.    * Diebold systems    * Hart InterCivic...

Mozilla Issues Fixes For Two Firefox Bugs

"Mozilla releases Firefox version 2.0.0.6 right before it's expected to announce new security tools at this week's BlackHat security conference. Still battling vulnerabilities that could allow the Firefox browser...

Microsoft Unveils Patch Package

"Windows users are being urged to install the June package of security patches from Microsoft. The security update contains six patches which close 15 vulnerabilities found in a variety of Windows programs. The patches help to shut loopholes in Internet Explorer, Outlook...

Prostitution and Pacific fishing

"Fishing and prostitution might be the two oldest professions. But the exploitation of both is creating new vulnerabilities for Pacific islands as the whole world increasingly comes to fish in its waters. Ben Bohane reports from Kiribati. The deck of the Taiwanese...

Hackers target home users for cash

"Consumers are now on the main target of malicious hackers intent on enriching themselves through the misery of others. Vulnerabilities in desktop applications and the increased use of stealth techniques are on the rise among members of the digital underground, according to...

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