The Week’s Links: August 11 – August 15, 2008
A weekly feature highlighting news stories, reports and editorials of interest to IT and security managers. Also see stories including SecureWorks news, press releases, and research.
VentureBeat: Defcon: Excuse me while I turn off your pacemaker
CNet: Judge leaves gag order intact on subway card-hacking students
SC Magazine: Web providers admit to tracking users without their knowledge
The Register: Bear prints found on Georgian cyber-attacks
ZDNet: VMware bug causes worldwide disruption
Dark Reading: At Countrywide, One Overlooked PC Led to Loss of 2M Records
Computer World: Complaints filed in Michigan over RIAA’s piracy investigators
Search Security: MySpace, Facebook ignoring basic principles of security
SC Magazine: Attackers drop CNN in favor of MSNBC in malware ploy