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PC Magazine December 22, 2004 Konstantinos Karagiannis	Sniffing out Secrets Whether you're interacting with someone in real time through an insecure protocol like instant messaging or sending sensitive information in an e-mail, your data can pass the virtual noses of many Ethernet interfaces. And some of those noses are sniffing.
InternetNews December 23, 2004 Jim Wagner	Cyber Criminals Prove Elusive Law enforcement efforts to snare virus writers are improving, but the most destructive ones have evaded capture.
The Motley Fool December 23, 2004 Seth Jayson	Google: Hacker's Best Friend? A worm was found that actually used Google's search results to help it find new targets. It's enough to make you want to consider an investment in some of the antivirus companies, like Symantec.
National Defense January 2005 Joe Pappalardo	Homeland Defense Research Agency Directs Attention To Cyber Security Fearing the specter of crippling attacks on government and private sector computer systems, federal officials are stepping up efforts to foil cyber terrorism.
National Defense January 2005 Sandra I. Erwin	Cyber Security Gets Short Shrift, Say Federal Info Tech Managers A recent survey of federal information technology managers suggests that many government agencies are poorly prepared to cope with cyber attacks.
InternetNews December 21, 2004 Tim Gray	Holiday Worm Putting Grinch in Season Santy.A might sound like some kind of holiday cheer but as thousands of Web site operators are quickly finding out, the nasty little worm is only spreading fear.
The Motley Fool December 21, 2004 Seth Jayson	eBay's Indian Sex Scandal The Baazee.com sex-tape scandal appears to be dying down, but it's an important lesson for foreign investors.
InternetNews December 20, 2004 Tim Gray	Spammers Slammed With $1 Billion in Fines A federal judge has awarded a small Midwestern Internet service provider more than $1 billion in what may amount to be the largest single decision ever handed down against spammers.
InternetNews December 20, 2004 Jim Wagner	eBay Protests Exec's Arrest Over Sex Tape Listing Officials at San Jose, Calif.-based eBay expressed outrage after the head of its Indian operations was arrested over the weekend for a pornographic video file listed on its site.
The Motley Fool December 20, 2004 Seth Jayson	Much Ado About Google Google's "serious security flaw" is no biggie, and it's par for the course. While the headline writers do their best to feign shock and outrage, users and investors should remain calm.
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