PC World - As every Twitter user knows, the popular microblogging site has become a hot spot for spammers intent on carpet bombing users with the usual pitches for government grants, debt-reduction services, and penile-enhancement pills. -- read full article
NewsFactor - Apple has issued patches for its QuickTime and iTunes software. The patches fix critical vulnerabilities and a bug that was partially revealed in a book, The Mac Hacker's Handbook, by Charlie Miller and Dino Dai Zovi, released in March. -- read full article
Reuters - Accessing your bank account using your mobile phone might seem safe, but security experts say would-be hackers can access confidential information via a simple text message seemingly from your service provider. -- read full article
AFP - The US military is moving ahead with plans to create its first "cyber command" designed to bolster America's potential to wage digital warfare as well as defend against mounting cyber threats, officials said on Friday.
AFP - President Barack Obama said Friday he would name a White House "cyber czar" to deter and defend against mounting criminal, espionage and hacker attacks on US government and private computer networks.
Reuters - President Barack Obama said he will name a White House-level czar to coordinate government efforts to fight an epidemic of cybercrime, which even touched his presidential campaign. -- read full article
AFP - President Barack Obama said Friday he would name a White House "cyber czar" to deter and defend against mounting criminal, espionage and hacker attacks on US government and private computer networks.
AP - The Obama administration is creating a "cyber czar" within the White House to coordinate the nation's computer security. Critics already say the post will not have enough authority to haul the government into the digital age. -- read full article
PC World - Twitter users have been tricked into divulging their login and password details to a Web site that then spammed their contacts. -- read full article
PC World - Spammers seem to be working a little bit harder these days, according to Symantec, which reported Tuesday that unsolicited e-mail made up 90.4 percent of messages on corporate networks last month. -- read full article
AP - Law enforcement computers were struck by a mystery computer virus Thursday, forcing the FBI and the U.S. Marshals to shut down part of their networks as a precaution. -- read full article
PC Magazine - The Conficker virus is still infecting about 50,000 new PCs every day, according to Guy Bunker, a computer security expert at Symantec. -- read full article
