Fake Antivirus Peddlers Helped by Microsoft, IRS (PC World)

Wed, 24 Dec 2008 02:50:00 GMT
PC World - Just weeks after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission shut down two companies accused of selling fake antivirus software, a new player has moved into the market, aided by glitches in the Microsoft and U.S. Internal Revenue Service Web sites.
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Chinese hackers to face up to seven years in jail: report (AFP)

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:23:58 GMT
A man surfs the internet in China's capital, Beijing. Hackers in the country could face up to seven years in jail according to a draft law, as the country moves to fight rampant computer data theft, state media have said.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)AFP - Hackers in China could face up to seven years in jail according to a draft law, as the country moves to fight rampant computer data theft, state media said Tuesday.
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Symantec unveils Norton Internet Security for Mac 4.0 (Macworld.com)

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 20:18:00 GMT
Macworld.com - Symantec on Thursday unveiled a significant upgrade for its Norton line of security software. Norton Internet Security for Mac features a variety of security tools in one application.
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EMSI Releases Free Antivirus/AntiSpyware Tool (PC Magazine)

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:24:30 GMT
PC Magazine - Just in time for Christmas, EMSI Software has released "a-squared Free 4.0", a free tool designed to find and destroy viruses, Trojans, and spyware. But it's better on a clean system than one that's already infected.
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As Phishing Evolves, Criminals Switch to Malware (PC World)

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:50:23 GMT
PC World - The scammers began to see serious problems with their phishing scams sometime around April.
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Microsoft releases emergency patch for IE (AFP)

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:45:30 GMT
A man walks past the logo of software company Microsoft in March 2008 at the CeBIT trade fair in Hanover. Microsoft on Wednesday released an emergency patch to fix a perilous software flaw allowing hackers to hijack Internet Explorer browsers and take over computers.(AFP/DDP/File/Nigel Treblin)AFP - Microsoft on Wednesday released an emergency patch to fix a perilous software flaw allowing hackers to hijack Internet Explorer browsers and take over computers.
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Microsoft issuing emergency fix for browser flaw (AP)

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 12:53:52 GMT
Stars of Hollywood and bosses of high-tech giants are opening their wallets to help fund Barack Obama's inauguration party. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, seen here in September 2008, gave 50,000 dollars, as did his wife, Connie.(AFP/SCANPIX/File/Erlend Aas)AP - Microsoft Corp. is taking the unusual step of issuing an emergency fix for a security hole in its Internet Explorer software that has exposed millions of users to having their computers taken over by hackers.
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Microsoft releasing emergency patch for perilous IE flaw (AFP)

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:50:42 GMT
A man walks past the logo of software company Microsoft in March 2008 at the CeBIT trade fair in Hanover. Microsoft on Wednesday released an emergency patch to fix a perilous software flaw allowing hackers to hijack Internet Explorer browsers and take over computers.(AFP/DDP/File/Nigel Treblin)AFP - Microsoft will release an emergency patch on Wednesday to fix a perilous software flaw allowing hackers to hijack Internet Explorer browsers and take over computers.
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iPhone 3G successfully unlocked by hackers (Macworld.com)

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:13:00 GMT
Macworld.com - Five months after the release of the iPhone 3G last July, a team of hackers has finally figured out a way to alter the deviceā??s software so that it can be unlocked for use on networks other than AT&Tā??s. That team is, of course, the infamous iPhone Dev-Team, most recently seen hacking the iPhone to run Linux.
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About 90 percent of all email is spam: Cisco (AFP)

Tue, 16 Dec 2008 05:04:31 GMT
Computer users in Paris. Armies of hijacked computers are flooding the world with spam as hackers devise slicker ways to take over unwitting people's machines, according to a Cisco report(AFP/File/Boris Horvat)AFP - Armies of hijacked computers are flooding the world with spam as hackers devise slicker ways to take over unwitting people's machines, according to a Cisco report.
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AdAware Developer Launches Avira-Based Antivirus (PC Magazine)

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:00:05 GMT
PC Magazine - Swedish security firm Lavasoft pioneered spyware protection with their venerable Ad-Aware utility. On Monday, the company released a new standalone antivirus program, Lavasoft Anti-Virus Helix, priced at $23.95.
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Sony BMG Fined $1 Million for Child Privacy Violations (NewsFactor)

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:37:14 GMT
NewsFactor - Sony BMG Music Entertainment has agreed to pay $1 million to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it violated the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the commission's implementing rule.
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Sony Settles Online Privacy Case for $1 Million (PC Magazine)

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:12:59 GMT
PC Magazine - Sony BMG Music Entertainment agreed Thursday to settle a Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) case for $1 million, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement equals the largest settlement ever for a COPPA case, the FTC said.
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Va. seeks reinstatement of anti-spam law (AP)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:48:46 GMT
AP - Virginia's attorney general asked the nation's highest court Thursday to revive a state anti-spam law struck down by a lower court as unconstitutionally overbroad.
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Sony BMG to Pay US$1 Million to FTC for COPPA Violations (PC World)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 18:30:15 GMT
PC World - Sony BMG Music Entertainment will pay US$1 million to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for collecting data on at least 30,000 children under the age of 13 without their parents' consent, behavior that violates the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA).
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Chinese Team Mistakenly Released Unpatched IE7 Exploit (PC World)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:30:00 GMT
PC World - Chinese security researchers mistakenly released the code needed to hack a PC by exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 browser, potentially putting millions of computer users at risk -- but it appears some hackers already knew how to exploit the flaw.
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U.S. sues Sony Music over children's online privacy (Reuters)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:11:50 GMT
People walk out from Sony Corp's headquarters in Tokyo December 9, 2008. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)Reuters - Sony BMG, which is changing its name to Sony Music Entertainment, was sued on Wednesday by the U.S. government, which accused the music company of violating federal rules aimed at protecting the online privacy of children.
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Fighting cybercrime in an economic downturn (CNET)

Thu, 11 Dec 2008 12:00:00 GMT
CNET - Editor's note: This is part of a series of stories about the recession's effect on the tech industry.
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FTC, Court Halt 'scareware' Advertising Operations (PC World)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:20:32 GMT
PC World - At the request of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, a U.S. district court has ordered two companies marketing supposed computer security products online to stop their efforts.
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Web site-based crimeware hits all-time high (CNET)

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:44:00 GMT
CNET - The use of malware on Web sites to steal passwords and other sensitive information is skyrocketing, according to a new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group.
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