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The attorney for a Mexican man accused of killing an Iowa college student challenged the government's statement Wednesday that the suspect has been living in the United States illegally...

1/30/2003 -- A U.K.-based security firm is estimating that economic damage from the SQL Slammer worm is already over $1 billion, making it the ninth most damaging malware attack yet in the firm's estimation. MI2g released the billion-dollar estimate on Thursday, which was an upward revision of a figure the group released earlier in the week. "It has also jumped in ranking from number 13 a few days ago to number 9 in terms of the worst malware attacks recorded by the mi2g Intelligence Unit," an mI2g spokeswoman said in a statement. The worm exploits a vulnerability in SQL...

N E W Y O R K, Oct. 15 — ImClone Systems founder Sam Waksal pleaded guilty to securities and bank fraud charges Tuesday in the biotech company's insider trading scandal. Waksal's admission is the second guilty plea in the investigation of insider trading on ImClone stock that has also focused on friend and investor Martha Stewart. He entered a plea Tuesday to six counts, including securities fraud, bank fraud, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and perjury. The former ImClone CEO was arrested in June on charges of trying to sell his shares and tipping off friends and family members who...