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    No Jail Time for Nugache Worm Creator (PC World)
    PC World - A 20-year-old man from Cheyenne, Wyoming, has been sentenced to five years' probation for creating what researchers called one of the most sophisticated botnet networks of hacked computers in recent years. -- read full article
    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:30:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    China scales back IT disclosure demands (AP)
    AP - Beijing has temporarily averted a trade clash with Washington by scaling back a demand for foreign suppliers of computer security technology to disclose how their products work. -- read full article
    Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:20:55 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Spammers Trying To Cash In on Swine Flu Frenzy (PC World)
    PC World - Worried about Swine Flu? If so, don't let your fear and anxiety dupe you into clicking dubious links in emails. Spammers are increasingly using Swine Flu in subject lines and messages to take advantage of people's fears of the rapidly-spreading Influenza strain, according to McAfee's Advert Labs Blog. -- read full article
    Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:19:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Panda Releases Free Cloud-Based Antivirus Solution (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Panda Security on Wednesday announced the release of Panda Cloud Antivirus, a lightweight, free antivirus solution that uses cloud-based technology to identify malware. -- read full article
    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 10:12:58 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    PGP Complaint Forces ElcomSoft to Change Booth Decor (PC World)
    PC World - It isn't the best marketing proposition to sell encryption products next door to a fellow exhibitor who promises they can crack them. -- read full article
    Wed, 29 Apr 2009 11:00:16 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    McAfee Launches Cybercrime Self-help Site (PC World)
    PC World - Antivirus software maker McAfee today launched a new Web site intended to provide advice and services to those who suspect they may be victims of cybercrime. -- read full article
    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 18:11:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker worm dabbling with mischief (AFP)

    A man downloads a patch from Microsoft's web site to protect his computer from a worm virus. The Conficker worm's creators are evidently toying with ways to put the pervasive computer virus to work firing off spam or spreading rogue anti-virus applications called AFP - The Conficker worm's creators are evidently toying with ways to put the pervasive computer virus to work firing off spam or spreading rogue anti-virus applications called "scareware."


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    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 12:05:29 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Opportunists exploit swine flu with spam e-mails (Reuters)
    Reuters - Exploiting worries over the swine flu outbreak, spammers flooded the Internet on Monday with millions of e-mails peddling counterfeit drugs as remedies and seeking to steal credit card data, a security firm said. -- read full article
    Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:35:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker adds new weapon: spam (AP)
    AP - The giant Conficker computer worm, once feared as an out-of-control Internet doomsday machine, seems to have settled — for now — on trying to make money in very predictable ways. -- read full article
    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:36:14 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    McAfee Launches 'online 911' for Cybercrime Victims (PC World)
    PC World - McAfee has launched a new Web site designed to help cybercrime victims recover from hacker attacks. -- read full article
    Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:00:18 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Salma Hayek's Email Gets Hacked (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - Salma Hayek is into designer clothes delivered to her apartment, "Japanese face massages," and iPhone apps from the iTunes store according to the screen shots posted by the hackers who busted into her mac.com account. Pick a stronger password next time, Salma. -- read full article
    Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:41:18 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
    Mon, 27 Apr 2009 13:02:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Conficker Virus Starts to Attack PCs, Experts Say (PC Magazine)
    PC Magazine - 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 14:40:13 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Mac Malware, Jaunty Jackalope, and Video-On-Demand Blu-ray Players on PC World Podcast Episode 26
    PC World - This week on the PC World Podcast, editors Robert Strohmeyer, Tim Moynihan, Ed Albro, and Melissa Perenson discuss and debate the emergence of malware for Macs. Sure, you have to download a pirated copy of iWork to get infected, but could this be a harbinger of worse threats for Mac users? -- read full article
    Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:17:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
    Congress Considers Limits on Deep-Packet Inspections (NewsFactor)
    NewsFactor - At a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Internet subcommittee Thursday, Congress began the tricky business of trying to understand Internet privacy issues and launched another round of debates about legislation regulating the collection and handling of personal data online. -- read full article
    Fri, 24 Apr 2009 21:19:22 GMT - Yahoo! News: Security News
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