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    Conficker virus begins to attack PCs: experts (Reuters)
    Reuters - A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said. -- read full article
    Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:32:39 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker Hype a 'Problem,' Says FBI Cyber-Chief (PC World)
    PC World - Mainstream media hype leading up to the Conficker worm's April 1 software update may have distracted people from legitimate cyber threats, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's head of cyber security said Thursday. -- read full article
    Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker virus begins to attack PCs: experts (Reuters)
    Reuters - A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said. -- read full article
    Fri, 24 Apr 2009 18:21:12 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Cyberspace Director Urges National Dialogue on Threats (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - A little over two months ago, President Barack Obama appointed Melissa Hathaway as the acting senior director for cyberspace for the National Security Council and the Homeland Security Council. Her primary task, the president said, was a two-month review of the nation's cybersecurity readiness and to propose improvements. -- read full article
    Thu, 23 Apr 2009 20:46:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker Hype a 'problem,' Says FBI Cyber-chief (PC World)
    PC World - Mainstream media hype leading up to the Conficker worm's April 1 software update may have distracted people from legitimate cyber threats, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's head of cyber security said Thursday. -- read full article
    Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:00:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    NYPD computers targeted by international hackers (AP)
    AP - New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says international hackers try at least 70,000 times a day to gain unauthorized entry into the computer system of the nation's largest police force. -- read full article
    Thu, 23 Apr 2009 15:06:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Woz interviewed about hackery, life (Macworld.com)
    Macworld.com - While you may know that Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak tore it up on ABC's Dancing with the Stars and has recently joined hardware startup Fusion-IO, I sure didn't know that he's still using Eudora, a program that I stopped using circa 2002, as his everyday e-mail client. -- read full article
    Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:22:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    China insists it does not hack into US computers (AFP)

    China insists it is opposed to Internet crimes, following a Wall Street Journal report that said Chinese hackers may have been behind a cyber attack on computers linked to a new US fighter jet.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - China insisted on Thursday it was opposed to Internet crimes, following a US media report that said Chinese hackers may have been behind a cyber attack on computers linked to a new US fighter jet.


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    Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:37:02 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Paradise Lost: Malware Targets Macs (PC World)
    PC World - With researchers reporting the first Macintosh-specific malware to be found "in the wild" on the Internet, Mac users want to know what to do. My advice: Nothing. But, this is a good news/bad news story. -- read full article
    Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:51:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Malware Seeks to Alter Your Reality (PC World)
    PC World - Years ago, ads pushed by malware were painfully obvious. Often, you couldn't help but realize a machine was infected when a huge number of porn-pushing pop-ups brought a hapless PC to its knees. -- read full article
    Wed, 22 Apr 2009 19:45:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Criminal Infrastructure Lets Malware Thrive (PC World)
    PC World - The lurking Trojan and the password-hungry keylogger are only the tip of the iceberg. -- read full article
    Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:19:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    NYPD computers targeted by international hackers (AP)
    AP - New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says international hackers try at least 70,000 times a day to gain unauthorized entry into the computer system of the nation's largest police force. -- read full article
    Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:15:08 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Web founder makes online privacy plea (AFP)

    British software genius Tim Berners-Lee gives a speech during the 18th International World Wide Web Conference in Madrid. Berners-Lee said that plans by Internet service providers to deliver targeted adverts to consumers based on their Web searches threaten online privacy and should be opposed.(AFP/Dani Pozo)AFP - Plans by Internet service providers to deliver targeted adverts to consumers based on their Web searches threaten online privacy and should be opposed, the founder of the Web said Wednesday.


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    Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:56:07 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Report: Hackers Break Into Pentagon's Fighter Jet Project (PC World)
    PC World - Hackers broke into U.S. Department of Defense computers and downloaded terabytes of data containing design information about the Joint Strike Fighter, a US$300 billion stealth fighter currently under development, according to The Wall Street Journal. -- read full article
    Tue, 21 Apr 2009 07:10:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Blue Coat's Software Products Add Link Analysis (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Sooner or later the browser has to make an HTTP request to download the malware. That's when Blue Coat stops it. -- read full article
    Tue, 21 Apr 2009 14:20:49 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
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