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| Conficker Group Says Worm 4.6 Million Strong
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| PC World - Security experts say that the Conficker worm has infected an awful lot of computers, making it the largest "botnet" of hacked computers on the planet. The thing they can't seem to agree on, however, is exactly how many people have been hit. -- read full article |
| Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:15 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News |
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| Spam E-mails Killing the Environment, McAfee Report Says
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| PC World - If annoying users and wasting their time wasn't bad enough, spam e-mails are also responsible for clogging our atmosphere with carbon dioxide, a gas that shoulders much of the blame for global warming, according to a report commissioned by antivirus vendor McAfee. -- read full article |
| Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:00:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News |
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| Deleted Data Drives New Data Breaches
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| PC World - According to a new report on data breaches from Verizon Business, cyber criminals are no longer attacking where the credit card files are, but where they once were.
"Criminals are borrowing from digital forensics tools," said Bryan Sartan, director of investigative response for Verizon Business Security Solutions. -- read full article |
| Wed, 15 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News |
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| EU urges tougher Internet privacy rules
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|  AFP - The European Commission called on Tuesday for tougher protection of Internet users' privacy, urging a review of rules protecting personal information in the light of technological progress.
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| Tue, 14 Apr 2009 11:24:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News |
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| EU to sue Britain over Internet privacy
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| AP - The European Union started legal action against Britain on Tuesday for not applying EU data privacy rules that would restrict an Internet advertising tracker, called Phorm, from watching how users surf the web. -- read full article |
| Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:15:23 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News |
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| Twitter fights off computer worm
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|  AFP - Micro-blogging service Twitter was targeted by a wave of attacks by a computer worm over Easter weekend, a co-founder of the Web messaging company said.
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| Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:12:36 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News |
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| Password Stealers Sit on Popular Download Sites
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| PC World - You might already know that it's easy for the bad guys to buy malware kits and ready-made digital nasties on black market Web sites. But some tools are even easier to pick up, such as a blatant IM password stealer available on a major download site. -- read full article |
| Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:25:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News |
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| Book a bed and breakfast, catch a computer virus
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| Reuters - The number of computer viruses is growing extraordinarily fast and shifting from phishing e-mails to being hidden in seemingly safe websites such as a local bed and breakfast, says Internet security company Symantec Corp in a new report on Tuesday. -- read full article |
| Tue, 14 Apr 2009 04:15:53 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News |
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| Mutating Worm Plagues Twitter with Malware Tweets
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| NewsFactor - In another attack against social networks, a malware author targeted Twitter over the weekend -- and the worm was still spreading in mutated form on Monday. Security experts warn that Twitter may be battling variants of the worm throughout the week. -- read full article |
| Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:03:21 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News |
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