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    iPhone OS 3.0 beta successfully jailbroken (Macworld.com)
    Macworld.com - Despite the fact that iPhone OS 3.0 is still a ways from seeing the public light of day, those who are concerned over whether or not they’ll be able to jailbreak Apple’s newest iteration can take heart. A post on the QuickPWN blog says that a Russian hacker has released an “unofficial” jailbreak for the beta software (that is, one not developed by the iPhone Dev Team that maintains the QuickPWN jailbreaking software). -- read full article
    Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:56:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Senate Committee Ponders Cyber Security Bill (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation is considering an Internet security bill. Cosponsored by Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) and Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), the bill addresses potential threats to critical private-sector systems that could literally shut down our way of life, Rockefeller said. -- read full article
    Thu, 02 Apr 2009 21:17:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    IBM Sees Conficker Hitting 4 Percent of PCs (PC World)
    PC World - IBM is the second company in two days to suggest that the number of computers infected by the Conficker.C worm may be higher than previously thought. -- read full article
    Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:10:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    British Hacker's Supporters Rally at US Embassy (PC World)
    PC World - As protesters took to the streets again Thursday during the G20 world leaders summit, the U.S. embassy saw a much smaller rally in support of a British computer hacker. -- read full article
    Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:00:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker Worm: Not Finished Yet (PC World)
    PC World - April 1 has come and gone, and the Internet has not disintegrated and no major cyber-attacks were reported. But Conficker still remains a threat. Now don't panic, this doesn't mean cyber-Armageddon could strike at any minute, it just means you need to make sure your computer is fully updated if it isn't already. Feel better? Good, then let's take a look at what's going on. -- read full article
    Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:55:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Hackers Mistimed Conficker, But Threat Lingers (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - It wasn't meant to be an April Fools' Day gag, but the Conficker worm had a lot of computer users hoping they wouldn't be the fool with an infected machine that malware authors could turn into a spam bot. -- read full article
    Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:08:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Malicious virus quiet, but attack may be in works (Reuters)
    Reuters - Malicious software that has infected millions of computers across the globe failed to wreak havoc on Wednesday as some feared, but researchers warned the powerful Conficker worm could still strike. -- read full article
    Thu, 02 Apr 2009 16:12:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    How to Tell if 'Conficker' Caught You, and What to Do (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - IBM's Internet Security Systems group estimates that just 5.8 percent of Conficker-infected systems are in North America. But what if you are infected? Or just want to be absolutely sure you're not? Here's how to tell, in just seconds. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:48:38 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker worm reaches go time, to no effect (AP)
    AP - The Conficker Internet worm's feared April Fools' Day throwdown for control of millions of infected PCs stirred lots of panic but came and went with a whimper. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:59:41 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    New Malware Specifically Targets Firefox (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Webroot has uncovered adware that targets the Mozilla Firefox browser platform. While it's not an immediate danger, it does show that some malware authors see enough potential in Firefox to write special malware for it. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:26:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Malicious virus quiet, but attack may be in works (Reuters)
    Reuters - Malicious software that has infected millions of computers across the globe failed to wreak havoc on Wednesday as some feared, but researchers warned the powerful Conficker worm could still strike. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:42:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker worm plays no tricks on April Fools' Day (AFP/Getty Images/File)

    A New York computer user. The Conficker worm's April 1st trigger date came and went without the bedeviling computer virus causing any mischief but security specialists warn that the threat is far from over.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)AFP/Getty Images/File - The Conficker worm's April 1st trigger date came and went without the bedeviling computer virus causing any mischief but security specialists warn that the threat is far from over.


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    Thu, 02 Apr 2009 04:33:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker Worm Is Much Ado About Nothing (PC World)
    PC World - The Conficker Worm is like the Paris Hilton of computer security: Famous solely for being famous. Neither has actually ever done anything of note. But, at least Paris has a sense of humor about her celebrity. Conficker just wastes people's time. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker worm reaches go time, to no effect (AP)
    AP - The malicious Conficker Internet worm got more aggressive about trying to reach its creators Wednesday, but computer security researchers appeared correct in their predictions that the effects would be muted. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:26:25 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker D-Day Arrives; Worm Phones Home (Quietly) (PC World)
    PC World - The Conficker worm today has begun to phone home for instructions but has done little else. Conficker was programmed to today begin actively visiting 500 out of 50,000 randomly generated web addresses to receive new instructions on how to behave. Conficker has begun to do this, according to security company F-Secure, but so far no doomsday scenarios have emerged. -- read full article
    Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:32:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
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