PC Magazine - "There are eight million stories in Malware City...". Well, not yet, but BitDefender's new free resource at www.malwarecity.com includes a virus map, a free scanner, and other goodies in a film noir style. -- read full article
PC World - Two Orange County teenagers have been charged with breaking into school computers, installing spyware and altering grades. -- read full article
AP - MySpace can collect $6 million from a notorious Internet marketer accused by the popular online hangout of spamming its users. -- read full article
PC World - A Colorado man has been ordered to pay US$6 million in damages and legal fees for spamming thousands of MySpace.com users. -- read full article
TechWeb - InformationWeek - Opponents argue that the blanket right to seize data on electronic devices threatens the ability of businesses to protect confidential information. -- read full article
PC World - A British hacker fighting extradition to the U.S. on charges of computer hacking is preparing for his final U.K. appeal on... -- read full article
AFP - In a new spat over cyber espionage, two US congressmen said their computer networks were compromised by Chinese hackers as they called for stepped-up efforts to boost security.
PC World - Security experts say that claims that Chinese hackers accessed the computers of U.S. congressmen are not well substantiated. -- read full article
AP - China denied accusations by two U.S. lawmakers that it hacked into congressional computers, saying Thursday that as a developing country it wasn't capable of sophisticated cybercrime.
Reuters - European Union telecoms ministers
agreed on Thursday to extend the life of the bloc's Internet
security watchdog by three years as threats to the Web
increase.
AFP - In a new spat over cyber espionage, two US congressmen said their computer networks were compromised in 2006 by Chinese hackers as they called for stepped-up efforts to boost security.
AP - Multiple congressional computers have been hacked by people working from inside China, lawmakers said Wednesday, suggesting the Chinese were seeking lists of dissidents.
PC World - A California hacker pleaded guilty to launching a computer attack last year that almost knocked the Castlecops anti-phishing... -- read full article
