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    I'm from Microsoft. Here's how we crush bones (CNET)
    CNET - Credit John Thompson for having impeccable timing. Of course, the timing of his resignation announcement as chief executive officer from Symantec was purely coincidental, falling just one day before Microsoft dropped an A-bomb on the antivirus security market. But better lucky than good. -- read full article
    Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:46:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Microsoft to offer free security software (Reuters)

    A worker fixes a spotlight at the Microsoft exhibit of the CeBIT fair in Hanover in this March 3, 2008 file photo. (Hannibal Hanschke/Reuters)Reuters - Microsoft Corp said Wednesday it will discontinue sales of its subscription PC security service and instead offer free software to help protect computers from viruses, spyware and other threats.


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    Wed, 19 Nov 2008 02:03:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Spammers sent packing — for now — by Web shutdown (AP)
    AP - E-mailers, enjoy the early holiday gift: Spam volume has been cut by more than half because Internet providers pulled the plug on a Web hosting firm that was allegedly helping some of the world's most dastardly junk e-mail gangs. -- read full article
    Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:52:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Election fervor has calmed down, and the economy is melting down. Are you down with the latest in high tech? This week's quiz ranges from new Sony handsets to new Live services from Microsoft. Also: A spam-friendly ISP gets its just desserts, and Yankee Stadium gets a high-tech makeover. Correct answers are worth 10 points apiece. Ready to test your wits against our fiendish quiz master? Then let's play ball. -- read full article
    Mon, 17 Nov 2008 14:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    AVG Offers Free Subscription for Deleting Key File (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Security vendor AVG said Thursday that the company will offer a free year of service, after its antivirus software misidentified a key Windows system file as malware. -- read full article
    Thu, 13 Nov 2008 23:40:04 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz (InfoWorld)
    InfoWorld - Election fervor has calmed down, and the economy is melting down. Are you down with the latest in high tech? This week's quiz ranges from new Sony handsets to new Live services from Microsoft. Also: A spam-friendly ISP gets its just desserts, and Yankee Stadium gets a high-tech makeover. Correct answers are worth 10 points apiece. Ready to test your wits against our fiendish quiz master? Then let's play ball. -- read full article
    Fri, 14 Nov 2008 11:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    New US travel security measure takes effect Jan 12 (AP)
    AP - U.S. officials say Europeans and others who travel visa-free to the United States must start registering their trips electronically as part of a new online security screening process which takes effect Jan. 12, 2009. -- read full article
    Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:40:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Political And Other Hacks (Investor's Business Daily)
    Investor's Business Daily - Security: Computer systems of the McCain and Obama camps as well as the White House were hacked into during the campaign by Chinese computer hackers. Cyber-warfare is one area that should not be cut. -- read full article
    Wed, 12 Nov 2008 23:50:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Security Alliance Slashes Spam, Closes Malware Host (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - The Internet is a little less jammed with spam after a cybercrime group blew the whistle on one of the biggest offenders. HostExploit, an alliance of volunteers who work at Google, McAfee and Arbor Networks, has been tracking and documenting cybercrime activity and its latest effort slashed worldwide spam by 50 percent and junk e-mail by 75 percent. -- read full article
    Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:57:01 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    AVG update cripples some Windows XP systems (CNET)
    CNET - On Tuesday an update for AVG 8 suggested that a Windows system file is a Trojan horse, and users who delete the file form the system could leave their Windows XP systems endlessly rebooting or unable to reboot at all. -- read full article
    Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:24:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    AVG Antivirus Update Mistakenly Deletes System File (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - An update for the AVG 8 antivirus software for Windows 2000, XP and Vista released Saturday mistakenly warned that the Windows system file user32.dll was a Trojan horse. The problem affected the Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish versions. -- read full article
    Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:50:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Romanian NASA hacker gets suspended sentence (AP)
    AP - A Romanian computer programmer who hacked into computers used by the U.S. Navy, the Department of Energy and NASA has been convicted on Romanian charges and ordered to pay thousands in damages. -- read full article
    Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:21:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Obama, McCain campaign computers hacked: Newsweek (AFP)

    Barack Obama (L) listens as John McCain speaks during the third presidential debate in the David S. Mack Sports and Exhibition Complex at Hofstra University on October 15, 2008 in Hempstead, New York. The computer systems of US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain were targeted by hackers this summer from an unknown AFP - The computer systems of US presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain were targeted by hackers this summer from an unknown "foreign entity," Newsweek magazine reported on Thursday.


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    Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:41:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    VeriSign quarterly earnings beat estimates (Reuters)
    Reuters - U.S. internet security provider VeriSign Inc reported a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street expectations on the strength at its core businesses and said it was on track to meet its full-year forecast. -- read full article
    Fri, 07 Nov 2008 01:03:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Attacks Through Browsers Are Rising, Microsoft Says (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Attacks on operating systems may be decreasing since last year, but attacks on applications, incidents of malware, and unwanted software are rising and account for 90 percent of vulnerabilities, according to the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, released Saturday. -- read full article
    Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:42:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
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