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    iPhone 3G successfully unlocked by hackers (Macworld.com)
    Macworld.com - Five months after the release of the iPhone 3G last July, a team of hackers has finally figured out a way to alter the device’s software so that it can be unlocked for use on networks other than AT&T’s. That team is, of course, the infamous iPhone Dev-Team, most recently seen hacking the iPhone to run Linux. -- read full article
    Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:13:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    About 90 percent of all email is spam: Cisco (AFP)

    Computer users in Paris. Armies of hijacked computers are flooding the world with spam as hackers devise slicker ways to take over unwitting people's machines, according to a Cisco report(AFP/File/Boris Horvat)AFP - Armies of hijacked computers are flooding the world with spam as hackers devise slicker ways to take over unwitting people's machines, according to a Cisco report.


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    Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:04:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    AdAware Developer Launches Avira-Based Antivirus (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Swedish security firm Lavasoft pioneered spyware protection with their venerable Ad-Aware utility. On Monday, the company released a new standalone antivirus program, Lavasoft Anti-Virus Helix, priced at $23.95. -- read full article
    Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:00:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Chinese Team Mistakenly Released Unpatched IE7 Exploit (PC World)
    PC World - Chinese security researchers mistakenly released the code needed to hack a PC by exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 browser, potentially putting millions of computer users at risk -- but it appears some hackers already knew how to exploit the flaw. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:30:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Sony BMG Fined $1 Million for Child Privacy Violations (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Sony BMG Music Entertainment has agreed to pay $1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the commission's implementing rule. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:37:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Sony Settles Online Privacy Case for $1 Million (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Sony BMG Music Entertainment agreed Thursday to settle a Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) case for $1 million, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement equals the largest settlement ever for a COPPA case, the FTC said. -- read full article
    Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:12:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Chinese Team Mistakenly Released Unpatched IE7 Exploit (PC World)
    PC World - Chinese security researchers mistakenly released the code needed to hack a PC by exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 browser, potentially putting millions of computer users at risk -- but it appears some hackers already knew how to exploit the flaw. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:00:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Va. seeks reinstatement of anti-spam law (AP)
    AP - Virginia's attorney general asked the nation's highest court Thursday to revive a state anti-spam law struck down by a lower court as unconstitutionally overbroad. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:48:46 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Fighting cybercrime in an economic downturn (CNET)
    CNET - Editor's note: This is part of a series of stories about the recession's effect on the tech industry. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    U.S. sues Sony Music over children's online privacy (Reuters)

    People walk out from Sony Corp's headquarters in Tokyo December 9, 2008. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)Reuters - Sony BMG, which is changing its name to Sony Music Entertainment, was sued on Wednesday by the U.S. government, which accused the music company of violating federal rules aimed at protecting the online privacy of children.


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    Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:11:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Chinese Team Mistakenly Released Unpatched IE7 Exploit (PC World)
    PC World - Chinese security researchers mistakenly released the code needed to hack a PC by exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 browser, potentially putting millions of computer users at risk -- but it appears some hackers already knew how to exploit the flaw. -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:30:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Sony BMG to Pay US$1 Million to FTC for COPPA Violations (PC World)
    PC World - Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay US$1 million to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for collecting data on at least 30,000 children under the age of 13 without their parents' consent, behavior that violates the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). -- read full article
    Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:30:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Web site-based crimeware hits all-time high (CNET)
    CNET - The use of malware on Web sites to steal passwords and other sensitive information is skyrocketing, according to a new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group. -- read full article
    Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:44:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    U.S. sues Sony Music over children's online privacy (Reuters)
    Reuters - Sony BMG, which is changing its name to Sony Music Entertainment, was sued on Wednesday by the U.S. government, which accused the music company of violating federal rules aimed at protecting the online privacy of children. -- read full article
    Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:04:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    FTC, Court Halt 'scareware' Advertising Operations (PC World)
    PC World - At the request of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has ordered two companies marketing supposed computer security products online to stop their efforts. -- read full article
    Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:20:32 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
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