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    Microsoft Puts $250,000 Bounty on Conficker Worm (PC World)
    PC World - Microsoft is trying to put some pressure on the criminals responsible for the worst Internet worm outbreak in years, offering a $250,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Conficker's creators. -- read full article
    Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:10:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Microsoft offers reward to catch worm maker (AFP)

    The logo for Microsoft at their office in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft on Thursday announced it has formed a technology industry posse and put a bounty of 250,000 dollars on the heads of those responsible for a vexing computer worm.(AFP/File/Paul J. Richards)AFP - Microsoft on Thursday announced it has formed a technology industry posse and put a bounty of 250,000 dollars on the heads of those responsible for a vexing computer worm.


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    Thu, 12 Feb 2009 21:02:42 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Microsoft Forms Posse, Sets Bounty for Worm Authors (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - Late last fall, Microsoft servers came under attack from a particularly vicious worm called Conficker/Downadup. The worm may have been specifically written to exploit a vulnerability that Microsoft revealed in Security Bulletin No. MS08-067. -- read full article
    Thu, 12 Feb 2009 23:30:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker Worm Draws a Counter-Attack (PC World)
    PC World - In response to the Conficker worm's massive infection of millions of PCs worldwide, industry heavyweights including Microsoft, Symantec and others today announced they're forming a new team to fight back against the worm. -- read full article
    Fri, 13 Feb 2009 00:10:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    U.S. tweaks Internet privacy guidelines (Reuters)
    Reuters - Federal regulators tweaked recommendations for how websites should collect, save and share information about users, extending them to Internet service providers and mobile users. -- read full article
    Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:33:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Test Center: Five products compete to protect clients from malware, viruses, and other threats
    InfoWorld - Every computer that connects to the Internet must have some form of anti-virus protection installed. -- read full article
    Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    BitDefender Partner Site Hit by Hackers (PC World)
    PC World - Hackers elicited customer details from a Portuguese partner site associated with the security company BitDefender, the second intrusion in recent days targeting computer security companies. -- read full article
    Wed, 11 Feb 2009 11:10:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Must-Have Security Fixes for IE7, Microsoft Servers (PC World)
    PC World - Today's montly patch batch from Microsoft fixes a critical flaw in Internet Explorer 7 that could allow a malicious Web site to install malware on a vulnerable PC, along with a patch for the Visio diagramming software. And businesses that run a Microsoft Exchange or SQL server will want to apply essential fixes right away. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Feb 2009 20:48:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Microsoft Update Takes on Spam-spewing Botnet (PC World)
    PC World - Microsoft has beefed up the Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) that ships with its Windows operating system so that it will detect and root out the notorious Srizbi botnet code. -- read full article
    Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:40:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Crooks set cyber traps on Digg: security firm (AFP)

    PandaLabs, a computer security firm, is reporting that cyber-crooks are setting traps on popular news-sharing website Digg. Criminals pose as legitimate Digg members and then entice readers with bogus links to scintillating online video in comments posted in forums related to celebrity news, according to the Spain-based firm.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - PandaLabs, a computer security firm, is reporting that cyber-crooks are setting traps on popular news-sharing website Digg.


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    Wed, 11 Feb 2009 04:07:35 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    FAA says Hackers broke into agency computers (AP)
    AP - Hackers broke into the Federal Aviation Administration's computer system last week, accessing the names and Social Security numbers of 45,000 employees and retirees. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:45:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Hundreds of Houston computers infected by virus (AP)
    AP - A virus is playing havoc with the municipal court operations in Houston. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Feb 2009 15:51:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Kaspersky Says Web Hack 'should Not Have Happened' (PC World)
    PC World - It's the worst thing that can happen to a computer security vendor: This weekend, Moscow's Kaspersky Lab was hacked. -- read full article
    Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:30:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Service reins in Twitter spammers (AFP)

    A man surfs the web at an internet cafe. A service that targets Twitter users for marketing messages is reining in spammers as advertisers strive to take advantage of the popular micro-blogging network.(AFP/File/Denis Sinyakov)AFP - A service that targets Twitter users for marketing messages is reining in spammers as advertisers strive to take advantage of the popular micro-blogging network.


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    Mon, 09 Feb 2009 23:31:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Public Greets Massive Data Breach With Collective Yawn (PC World)
    PC World - On January 20, as most of the nation focused on an historic inauguration, Heartland Payment Systems, a credit card payment processing company, acknowledged that data thieves had installed spyware on its network to steal credit card details throughout 2008. The company says it handles about 100 million payments a month, and doesn't yet know how much information was stolen; the theft might be the biggest data breach ever. -- read full article
    Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:45:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
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