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    China again tells Google to obey the law (AFP)

    A stand builder fixes a Google logo to a booth at the CeBit 2010 exhibition in Hanover, northern Germany in early March. China on Tuesday again warned Google not to stop filtering its web search engine results, as speculation mounted about the company's plans following its threat to leave over censorship and cyberattacks.(AFP/DDP/File/Ronny Hartmann)AFP - China on Tuesday again warned Google not to stop filtering its web search engine results, as speculation mounted about the company's plans following its threat to leave over censorship and cyberattacks.


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    Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:04:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Microsoft's Boyd Questions Future of Online Privacy (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd said Sunday during her SXSW keynote that consumers have no idea what they are sharing online, nor do the businesses that build social networks. -- read full article
    Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:22:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Trusteer Rolls out Malware Forensic Tool for Banks (PC World)
    PC World - Security vendor Trusteer's latest product will allow banks to remotely investigate their customers' computers if it is suspected the PC has been hacked. -- read full article
    Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:20:09 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Cybercrime surge pushes 2009 losses to 559 million dollars (AFP)

    Losses from cybercrime and online scams more than doubled in 2009 to 559 million dollars as Internet criminals used more sophisticated techniques, an FBI-led task force said Friday.(AFP/File)AFP - Losses from cybercrime and online scams more than doubled in 2009 to 559 million dollars as Internet criminals used more sophisticated techniques, an FBI-led task force said Friday.


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    Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:43:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Troyak Takedown, Security Blues, ICANN Meets (PC World)
    PC World - The Troyak ISP, which has been linked to the Zeus botnet, was briefly taken down this week. The takedown occurred on the heels of the RSA Conference last week, where there was much talk about the "cat-and-mouse" game of trying to squelch cybercrime. Otherwise, things got a little testy at the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, and iPad pre-orders got rolling. Oh, and the Internet was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:30:20 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    It's Time to Finally Drop Internet Explorer 6 (PC World)
    PC World - A security researcher has published exploit code for the latest Internet Explorer zero-day flaw on the Web and Microsoft is warning that more attacks against the unpatched vulnerability can be expected in-the-wild. One thing seems to be more apparent with each passing Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability: its time to upgrade the Web browser. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:33:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    China warns Google not to stop filtering web searches (AFP)

    China on Friday warned Google it would face AFP - China on Friday warned Google it would face "consequences" if it stopped filtering its search results, after the firm threatened to leave the country over cyberattacks and web censorship.


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    Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:55:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Google says talks with China ongoing (AFP)

    A Chinese flag flies outside the Google China headquarters in Beijing. Google said Thursday that it was in talks with China on the future of the US Internet giant in the Asian nation, after the firm threatened to leave over cyberattacks and state web censorship.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)AFP - Google said Thursday that it was in talks with China on the future of the US Internet giant in the Asian nation, after the firm threatened to leave over cyberattacks and state web censorship.


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    Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Limewire P2P Network Adds Anti-Malware Protection (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - LimeWire, one of the biggest peer-to-peer networks (and a traditional home for malware) has announced that the company is integrating AVG anti-malware protection into its LimeWire Pro service. -- read full article
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:42:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Intego releases VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection (Macworld.com)
    Macworld.com - The perils of malware and viruses are everywhere, and Mac users shouldn’t be complacent, especially if they’re also running Windows via Boot Camp or other virtualization software. To those ends, Intego has released VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection, which offers all the features of its X6 product for both Mac and Windows operating systems running on your machine. -- read full article
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:54:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Correction: Botnet Busted story (AP)
    AP - In a story March 2 about the arrest of three suspects in the virus infection of nearly 13 million computers, The Associated Press erroneously reported the spelling of the last name of a captain with Spain's Guardia Civil, which is investigating the case. The captain's correct name is Cesar Lorenzana, not Lorenza. -- read full article
    Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:03:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    IE 6 and 7 Bug Allows for Attacks via Poisoned Sites (PC World)
    PC World - A new security hole in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 can be targeted via code on a poisoned Web site, Microsoft warned today. A successful attacker could install malware on a victim PC or run any other remote command. -- read full article
    Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:49:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Excel, Movie Maker Flaws Fixed by Microsoft (PC World)
    PC World - In a relatively light Patch Tuesday, Microsoft closed holes that could allow a poisoned Excel or Movie Maker file to install malware on a vulnerable PC. However, a new flaw involving VBScript and Windows Help files that can be targeted through Internet Explorer remains unfixed. -- read full article
    Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:56:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Hackers target freshly uncovered Internet Explorer hole (AFP)

    An attendee tries an interactive display at the Microsoft booth at the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show, in January 2010 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.(AFP/File/Robyn Beck)AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.


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    Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:10:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Panda Discovers Malware on HTC Magic Phone (PC World)
    PC World - A Panda Security employee discovered three malware programs on a recently purchased HTC Magic phone when it was plugged it into a Windows computer. -- read full article
    Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:40:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
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