AP - A New Zealand teenager who helped a crime gang hack into more than 1 million computers worldwide and skim millions of dollars from bank accounts has a new job as a security consultant for a telecom company.
PC World - A new U.K. police force dedicated to tracking down cybercriminals is gearing up to make the most of what one senior police official acknowledges is limited funding. -- read full article
PC World - A computer worm has been discovered that can infect 55 different home-based routers and DSL/cable modems including common brands like Linksys and Netgear. -- read full article
PC World - Panda, an antivirus software company, has a new free Panda USB Vaccine available for download that can disable the Windows Autorun feature for an entire PC or a particular USB drive. -- read full article
PC World - Facebook is shoring up its security protection procedures as the social-networking site increasingly comes under attacks from spammers, data thieves and other tricksters, according to the company's chief privacy officer. -- read full article
PC World - With China's economy cooling down, some of the country's IT professionals are turning to cybercrime, according to a Beijing-based security expert. -- read full article
AFP - A teenage computer hacker who caused millions of dollars of damage as part of a global cyber-crime ring has been hired by a New Zealand telecommunications company to provide security advice.
PC Magazine - A study by NSS Labs of 6 major web browsers shows a large difference in their ability to block "socially engineered malware." The study was funded by Microsoft. -- read full article
PC World - Chasing massive profits, crooks have unleased a flood of rogue antivirus programs that attempt to fool or scare unsuspecting PC users into forking over cash for an app that does nothing worthwhile. -- read full article
PC World - Where did the Conficker worm come from? Researchers at the University of Michigan are trying to find out, using a vast network of Internet sensors to track down the so-called "patient zero" of an outbreak that has infected more than 10 million computers to date. (Here's how to protect yourself.) -- read full article
PC World - Computer security researchers have devised a new Twitter attack that they say could spread virally, much like a worm on the microblogging service. -- read full article
PC World - Two well-known Mac hackers are updating a widely used hacking toolkit, making it easier to take control of a Macintosh computer. -- read full article
PC World - Microsoft plans to make its Internet Explorer 8 browser available on Thursday, along with a company-commissioned report claiming IE8 is more secure against malware than rival browsers from Mozilla and Google. -- read full article
