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NASA seems to be having a lot of problems keeping their IT networks secure. Apparently, they are more porous than Swiss cheese. A report from the GAO (Government accountability Office) states that NASA was hit with more malware than any other federal agency 2007 through 2008.

I came across an article on some website that mentioned using a Linux LiveCD/USB for online banking. The idea at first glance seems good. But there are a few things to keep in mind.

I wrote yesterday about the compromise of several thousand Hotmail accounts. Apparently, other webmail services were targeted too. There seems to be another list of about 20,000 accounts belonging to GMail and Yahoo among others that have also been compromised.