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    Cybercriminals use celebrity names to lure victims (Reuters)

    Beyonce performs during the 2008 Fashion Rocks concert to begin the 2009 Spring/Summer Fashion Week in New York September 5, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)Reuters - Looking for information about Brad Pitt or Beyonce on the Web? It could be risky.


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    Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:29:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Yahoo opens its doors to hackers (AFP)

    A Yahoo sign in Times Square, New York. Hackers armed with laptop computers, camping tents and dreams of software glory invaded Yahoo during the weekend as the Internet pioneer opened its strategy and its doors to outside developers(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)AFP - Hackers armed with laptop computers, camping tents and dreams of software glory invaded Yahoo during the weekend as the Internet pioneer opened its strategy and its doors to outside developers.


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    Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:09:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Spammer Freed by Virginia Supreme Court Ruling (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - The Supreme Court of the State of Virginia has released a spammer previously sentenced to nine years in prison. Jeremy Jaynes of Raleigh, N.C., was convicted in 2004 of sending tens of thousands of e-mails from his home. -- read full article
    Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:23:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Yahoo opens its doors to hackers (AFP)

    A Yahoo sign in Times Square, New York. Hackers armed with laptop computers, camping tents and dreams of software glory invaded Yahoo during the weekend as the Internet pioneer opened its strategy and its doors to outside developers(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)AFP - Hackers armed with laptop computers, camping tents and dreams of software glory invaded Yahoo during the weekend as the Internet pioneer opened its strategy and its doors to outside developers.


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    Mon, 15 Sep 2008 04:31:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Hackers 'find black hole in atom smasher computers' (AFP)

    European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) scientists work on computers at CERN's control centre in Geneva on September 10 during the switch-on of the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest atom-smasher. Hackers claim they have broken into the computer system of the Large Hadron Collider, the mega-machine designed to expose secrets of the cosmos, British newspapers have reported.(AFP/Pool/File/Fabrice Coffrini)AFP - Hackers claim they have broken into the computer system of the Large Hadron Collider, the mega-machine designed to expose secrets of the cosmos, British newspapers reported on Saturday.


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    Sat, 13 Sep 2008 11:37:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Trend Micro Unveils 2009 Security Suite (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Trend Micro on Thursday rolled out Trend Micro Internet Security, plus a Pro edition, that follows the trend of reducing the performance hit the security suite will place on your PC. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 13:47:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Va. court strikes down anti-spam law (AP)

    In this April 18, 2005 file photo, Jeremy Jaynes, left, leaves the Loudoun County Courthouse in Leesburg, Va., with his attorney David Oblon, right, after Jaynes' sentencing hearing. The Virginia Supreme Court has declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional. The unanimous ruling Friday, Sept. 12, 2008, reversed the conviction of a Jaynes, once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers. The court agreed with Jaynes' claim that the anti-spam law violates free speech protections under the First Amendment. (AP Photo/Abigail Pheiffer, file)AP - The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional Friday and reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers.


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    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 20:10:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Va. court strikes down anti-spam law (AP)
    AP - The Virginia Supreme Court declared the state's anti-spam law unconstitutional Friday and reversed the conviction of a man once considered one of the world's most prolific spammers. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 14:46:17 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    EU justice chief welcomes Google privacy move (AP)
    AP - The EU's top justice official on Thursday welcomed a recent move by Google Inc. to cut the time it keeps users' search details. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:00:51 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Cyber crooks set email trap with bogus Obama sex video (AFP)

    A typical e-mail screen shows a proliferation of spam. Cyber crooks are trying to cash in on fascination with the US presidential race by sending trick email promising a sex video starring candidate Barack Obama, according to Sophos computer security firm.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Cyber crooks are trying to cash in on fascination with the US presidential race by sending trick email promising a sex video starring candidate Barack Obama, according to Sophos computer security firm.


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    Thu, 11 Sep 2008 19:10:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    New tool creates fake YouTube pages for spreading malware (CNET)
    CNET - Cybercriminals are getting more and more business-like. The latest examples involve a tool that automates the creation of fake YouTube Web sites that can be used to deliver malware and password-cracking services for sale. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Sep 2008 00:40:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    EU justice chief welcomes Google privacy move (AP)
    AP - The EU's top justice official on Thursday welcomed a recent move by Google Inc. to cut the time it keeps users' search details. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:56:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Obama sex video? Hardly. It's spyware spreading via e-mail (CNET)
    CNET - Don't believe everything you read on the Internet: Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama isn't a terrorist...or a porn star. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Sep 2008 00:57:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    McAfee's 'Artemis Project' Finds Malware As You Do (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Anti-malware vendors compete heavily on the quality of their detection, which depends on getting updates to the user as fast as possible. McAfee is trying a new approach: Get the user to the updates. -- read full article
    Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:44:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Symantec Announces NIS 2009, NAV 2009 (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Symantec announced the availability of Norton Internet Security 2009 and Norton AntiVirus 2009 on Tuesday, apparently delivering on its promise to minimize the performance impact the suite will have on the host PC. -- read full article
    Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:32:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
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