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Retail point-of-sale systems riddled with security flaws, warns researcher
Retail point-of-sale systems are vulnerable to hacks that can expose credit card data, according to security researcher Neal Krawetz.

Symantec unveils 2008 consumer security software
Symantec has released new editions of its consumer Norton AntiVirus and Norton Internet Security software, adding browser defenses for some users in both packages and wrapping its new identity initiative into the software.

New attacks leave online transactions vulnerable even after sign-on authentication
Even site keys aren't good enough if clever hackers take over a transaction via emerging techniques such as "man-in-the-browser" attacks.

Canonical downplays Ubuntu hacks
Company says affected servers were running old, unpatched versions of Ubuntu, as well as a number of insecure Web applications.

Japan military homes, destroyer raided over data leak
Fallout from a military data breach allegedly triggered by porn and peer-to-peer file sharing in Japan continues, with the homes of several members of the country's Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) as well as a destroyer raided in the investigation. The breach comes at a bad time for U.S.-Japan relations.

Deja vu all over again: Sony uses rootkits, charges F-Secure
A line of USB drives sold by Sony Electronics installs files in a hidden folder that can later be used by hackers to hide malware, F-Secure Corp. charged today.

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