Google gives away free Web application security scanner Google makes public a beta of its tools web application security testing Swedish Data Inspection protects messy apartment dwellers Housing corporation not allowed to use log files collected from its electronic key system Researcher cracks fingerprint payment system Dutch researcher successfully crafts a copy of a fingerprint out of rubber Mozilla patches 13 bugs in Firefox 2 Mozilla will end support for its older browser in mid-December Coreflood Trojan lurks, waiting to steal admin passwords Criminals are using a Microsoft admin tool to infect corporate networks Apple OS update fixes Adobe corruption bug Photoshop and InDesign files corrupted after update, said users Creator of Nugache worm reaches plea agreement Prosecutors will only press for the "low end" of a potential five-year maximum sentence and US$250,000 fine, say court documents Labour Dept plans to collect biometric data from immigrants Privacy assessment to be made of proposed Single View system Hackers hijack critical internet organisations Users trying to reach IANA and ICANN websites were shunted to illegitimate site Microsoft repairs PCs crippled by XP SP3 update Although Symantec initially blamed Microsoft for the snafu, it later accepted some responsibility Banking code backdown boosts user confidence Bankers’ Association removes controversial provisions from Code of Practice Banks respond to new online code Banks pleased with revisions to Code of Practice Antispam group outlines defences to block botnet spam Guidelines deal with forwarded email and email that is sent from dynamic IP addresses Innovation Centre joins govt and MS ID schemes The project demonstrates that public-private partnerships have the power to be effective, says Microsoft Group says Google a top source of badware Google one of the top hosts of badware websites, says Stopbadware.org. Ruby creators warn of serious flaws The flaws could affect nearly any typical Ruby-based web application, says security firm Researchers spot Mac Trojan in the wild Researchers classified the threat posed by the Trojan as "critical" Most corporate networks vulnerable to cyberattacks Many had missing security patches and disabled firewalls, says study Dutch launch open-source smart card software project One of the aims is to strengthen encryption but still have the transaction take a second or less Microsoft security fix clobbers 2 million password stealers Tool removed game password-stealing software from more than 2 million PCs in the first week

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This article, on a project to sequence the cocoa genome, attracted my immediate attention. Anything that protects the supply of chocolate has my full support. And, speaking of genomes, this article about how ours change during our lifetimes reminded me...
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