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• 11/19/09 Fake Payment Request Attack Ramps Up
  
• 11/18/09 Thousands of web sites compromised, redi
  
• 11/04/09 Corporate bank accounts targeted in onli
  
• 10/30/09 Reports: Cyberattacks traced to NKorea
  
• 10/30/09 Multilingual web address system approved
  
• 10/30/09 US-CERT Moves in With NCC, NCSC
  
• 10/23/09 McCain Bill Would Ban FCC Internet Regul
  
• 10/23/09 Disney Wants To Make Videos Accessible f
  
• 10/20/09 Fake security software in millions of co
  
• 10/20/09 New twist on scareware locks up your PC
  
• 10/19/09 Microsoft exposes Firefox users to drive
  
• 10/15/09 Opera Unite beta launched
  
• 10/14/09 Snow Leopard bug deletes all user data (
  
• 10/13/09 Startup hopes to use user data to map qu
  
• 10/13/09 McAfee releases new security suite for M
  
• 10/12/09 Adobe exploit puts backdoor on computers
  
• 10/12/09 Hacked web mail accounts used to send sp
  
• 10/12/09 Patch Tuesday Will Be Biggest Ever with
  
• 10/09/09 Adobe Reader and Acrobat Patch Coming Tu
  
• 10/09/09 Cyberthieves find workplace networks are
  
• 10/09/09 Phished or not, leaked passwords show la
  
• 10/08/09 Online banking fraud rockets as fraudste
  
• 10/08/09 Intel's Light Peak optical links could a
  
• 10/08/09 FBI smashes US-Egypt cyber 'phishing' ri
  
• 10/07/09 Massive E-Mail Phishing Attack Hits Web
  
• 10/07/09 FCC chairman warns of "looming spectrum
  
• 09/10/09 Microsoft flaw could open PCs to Confick
  
• 09/10/09 Symantec tool calculates your data's val
  
• 09/09/09 New protection system to anticipate PC i
  
• 09/09/09 Windows Genuine Advantage: Spyware or le
  
• 09/09/09 WordPress warns of wayward worm
  
• 09/03/09 Vulnerable Adobe Flash shipped with Snow
  
• 09/03/09 Symantec: Posted code enables VoIP spyin
  
• 08/31/09 High-end server chips breaking records
  
• 08/31/09 Hackers mailing malware-infested CDs to
  
• 08/26/09 Social network users not taking security
  
• 08/26/09 Symantec pulls Norton patch after error
  
• 08/26/09 US ranks 28th in Internet connection spe
  
• 08/25/09 55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malw
  
• 08/21/09 Report: Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon to Figh
  
• 08/20/09 Rogue Facebook apps steal log-in data, s
  
• 08/20/09 Phone scams up despite do-not-call regis
  
• 08/20/09 Symantec identifies 'Dirtiest Web Sites
  
• 08/19/09 Spam offers to let people use their PC t
  
• 08/19/09 New alliance aims to unite malware fight
  
• 08/19/09 Padlock hard drive encrypts data via key
  
• 08/18/09 Adobe plugs critical ColdFusion, JRun vu
  
• 08/18/09 EU invests millions in high-speed mobile
  
• 08/17/09 Gov't: Man tried to steal 130M credit ca
  
• 08/17/09 Researchers prove kernel is secure
  
• 08/17/09 Hacker used Twitter to control infected
  
• 08/14/09 Netscape founder backs new browser
  
• 08/14/09 Undersea Internet Cables Undergoing Repa
  
• 08/13/09 Kid-friendly sites screen videos for ina
  
• 08/13/09 Two convicted in U.K. for refusal to dec
  
• 08/13/09 Oracle launches tool for virtual applian
  
• 08/12/09 New Mac OS X DNS changer spreads through
  
• 08/11/09 Top search terms among kids
  
• 08/06/09 Twitter crippled by denial-of-service at
  
• 08/06/09 Mozilla shuts online store after securit
  
• 08/06/09 Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image
  
• 08/05/09 InfoWorld confirms critical Windows 7 bu
  
• 08/04/09 Swedish crackdown on piracy pays off
  
• 08/04/09 Intel Halts Shipments of New Solid-State
  
• 08/03/09 U.S. weighs risks of civilian harm in cy
  
• 08/03/09 Clampi Worm Puts Online Financial Transa
  
• 08/03/09 Hackers expose weakness in visiting trus
  
• 07/31/09 Spammers, Virus Writers Abusing URL Shor
  
• 07/31/09 An SMS can force a URL or app on smartph
  
• 07/31/09 Adobe patches critical Flash hole
  
• 07/28/09 Network Solutions breach exposes nearly
  
• 07/28/09 Adobe 'zero-day' flaw is eight months ol
  
• 07/28/09 419 scammers using Dilbert.com
  
• 07/27/09 HP researchers develop browser-based dar
  
• 07/24/09 Legal advocates push for Google Books pr
  
• 07/23/09 More Americans Access Internet From Mobi
  
• 07/23/09 New undersea cable gives Africa high-spe
  
• 07/22/09 People the weak link in cybersecurity: r
  
• 07/21/09 Linux exploit gets around security barri
  
• 07/21/09 802.11n Should Be Finalized By September
  
• 07/16/09 Major antivirus engines failing to detec
  
• 07/16/09 Lessons from Twitter's security breach
  
• 07/16/09 Analysts See Alarming Development in Mob
  
• 07/14/09 Microsoft warns of attacks on new Active
  
• 07/14/09 IBM unveils data-masking technology
  
• 07/13/09 Microsoft moving Office online in duel w
  
• 06/30/09 Google bolsters 3-D API for browser
  
• 06/30/09 Jackson searches resemble attack to Goog
  
• 06/26/09 Businesses use Twitter to communicate wi
  
• 06/26/09 Google's Android gets native development
  
• 06/26/09 ICANN hires former cybersecurity chief a
  
• 06/25/09 Britain to get official cyber attack dog
  
• 06/25/09 Pentagon signs off on Cyber Command
  
• 06/19/09 That e-mail attachment is not a Twitter
  
• 06/18/09 'Golden Cash' botnet-leasing network unc
  
• 06/18/09 Survey: Elderly, poor narrow broadband s
  
• 06/17/09 More are searching the Web for medical a
  
• 06/17/09 Firefox 3.5 'Web upgrade' planned for en
  
• 06/17/09 Opera Unite Puts File Sharing in the Bro
  
• 06/15/09 AP IMPACT: Weak security enables credit
  
• 06/12/09 Look Ma, I created a botnet!
  
• 06/11/09 Microsoft to unveil free anti-virus soft
  
• 06/09/09 Juniper revs Ethernet to 100Gbps
  
• 06/09/09 Computer injuries on rise, youths most a
  
• 06/05/09 Scammers using search optimization on Tw
  
• 06/05/09 FTC shuts allegedly rogue Internet provi
  
• 06/03/09 Adobe service puts browsers side by side
  
• 06/03/09 Google-like' Tool Aids Network Security
  
• 06/01/09 Experts warn mobile phones face hacking
  
• 06/01/09 ID-theft ruling: Set your own fraud aler
  
• 05/29/09 Microsoft Security Advisory for Microsof
  
• 05/29/09 MacBook Pro firmware update adjusts fan
  
• 05/29/09 Obama calling for better security for co
  
• 05/28/09 US Gov't Panel Calls for New Privacy Rul
  
• 05/28/09 Google Tests Scripting Feature for Onlin
  
• 05/27/09 Twitter API ripe for abuse by web worms
  
• 05/27/09 OpenSSH chink bares encrypted data packe
  
• 05/27/09 Report: Spam now 90 percent of all e-mai
  
• 05/27/09 Fake E-Waste Recycling Events in Pittsbu
  
• 05/22/09 Clickjacking: Hijacking clicks on the In
  
• 05/21/09 Technology allows you to be a part of hi
  
• 05/21/09 Inside the botnets that never make the n
  
• 05/21/09 Report: Attackers exploit IIS hole to br
  
• 05/19/09 Businesses to pay to Twitter this year?
  
• 05/19/09 Microsoft warns of new server vulnerabil
  
• 05/19/09 Web Attack That Poisons Google Results G
  
• 05/18/09 Spammers harvesting emails from Twitter
  
• 05/15/09 Supercloud looms for Japanese government
  
• 05/15/09 Hackers launch phishing attack on Facebo
  
• 05/14/09 Deloitte banking on PIN sharp security
  
• 05/14/09 Back up conveniently with free GFI app
  
• 05/14/09 Pirated Windows 7 RC builds botnet
  
• 05/12/09 French parliament adopts tough Internet
  
• 05/12/09 Microsoft says hackers seek to attack Po
  
• 05/12/09 Prism 1.0 Beta Launches With New Website
  
• 05/08/09 Report: Hackers broke into FAA air traff
  
• 05/08/09 Intel, Microsoft, Dell band together for
  
• 05/08/09 Hackers taking advantage of Windows 7: M
  
• 05/07/09 EU Parliament rejects law allowing Inter
  
• 05/07/09 HyperMac external battery gives juice to
  
• 05/07/09 Cybercriminals use fake search engines t
  
• 05/06/09 New P2P Bills Focus on Security, Not Cop
  
• 05/05/09 EU pushes for freedom of internet govern
  
• 05/05/09 Reports: Thief holds Virginia medical da
  
• 05/05/09 McAfee: New botnets dwarf Conficker thre
  
• 04/30/09 Microsoft tightens Windows 7 security fo
  
• 04/30/09 Google puts flu tracker to work on swine
  
• 04/30/09 Beware of swine flu e-mail scams
  
• 04/22/09 Why you should hack your own systems
  
• 04/22/09 Chief: NSA has no wish to control cybers
  
• 04/20/09 Secure software? Experts say it's no lon
  
• 04/20/09 Oracle to buy Sun for $7.4B after IBM dr
  
• 04/17/09 Report: Payment card data was top target
  
• 04/17/09 Researcher Offers Tool to Hide Malware i
  
• 04/16/09 Tax-free Internet shopping may be at an
  
• 04/16/09 Economic crisis 'to boost cyber crime':
  
• 04/14/09 US mulls stiffer sentences for common Ne
  
• 04/13/09 New Skype Vulnerability Discovered
  
• 04/13/09 Mutating Worm Plagues Twitter with Malwa
  
• 04/09/09 Stealthy New Conficker Update Will Turn
  
• 04/09/09 Fear of viruses could be causing PC atta
  
• 04/08/09 Conficker worm's copycat Neeris spreadin
  
• 04/02/09 Conficker worm plays no tricks on April
  
• 04/02/09 Googling for Conficker clean-up informat
  
• 04/02/09 New Malware Specifically Targets Firefox
  
• 04/02/09 KidZui 4 looks the same, but has back-en
  
• 04/01/09 Countdown to Conficker--a bust so far
  
• 04/01/09 Don't fret about Conficker: Here's what
  
• 03/30/09 German researchers score Conficker detec
  
• 03/30/09 China-based network caught in cyber-espi
  
• 03/27/09 Google tries to break IPv6 logjam by own
  
• 03/27/09 Conficker Worm Will Call Home on April F
  
• 03/26/09 Stealthy router-based botnet worm squirm
  
• 03/24/09 HP offers free security tool for Flash d
  
• 03/24/09 Report: Rogue antivirus software pays of
  
• 03/18/09 7 easy ways to cut IT costs you may have
  
• 03/18/09 Sun challenges Amazon for cloud dominanc
  
• 03/18/09 IBM in talks to buy Sun Microsystems: re
  
• 03/17/09 Internet Access on Mobile Devices More T
  
• 03/16/09 Stolen-data trove offers look inside a b
  
• 03/12/09 Adobe issues fix for zero-day Reader vul
  
• 03/12/09 MIT Breakthrough Promises Lighter, Fast-
  
• 03/10/09 Biggest-ever Internet piracy bust claime
  
• 03/09/09 Meet the nation's first CIO
  
• 03/09/09 Microsoft to let PC users turn off IE We
  
• 03/06/09 Microsoft to release three security upda
  
• 03/06/09 IT Pro Gets Four Years for Building Botn
  
• 03/05/09 Gartner: Financial fraud hits 7.5 percen
  
• 03/05/09 Firefox 3.0.7 targets security issues
  
• 03/03/09 Spy agency gains support for key cyber r
  
• 03/03/09 Apple releases new iMacs
  
• 03/03/09 Netbooks may offer hackers private data
  
• 03/02/09 ID theft up, and 20somethings suffer mos
  
• 03/02/09 Court sets standard for online anonymity
  
• 03/02/09 Chief of key Internet oversight body is
  
• 02/27/09 Malware Tricking Search Engines, and You
  
• 02/27/09 Newsday plans to 'end free Web content'
  
• 02/26/09 Malware campaign at YouTube uses social
  
• 02/26/09 Adobe Flash Flaw Could Give Attackers Fu
  
• 02/25/09 Smart-grid project matches wind to elect
  
• 02/25/09 Trojan Attacks Excel 2007
  
• 02/24/09 Another payment firm breached, details f
  
• 02/24/09 Apple releases public beta of Safari 4
  
• 02/23/09 eBay Garage will scan PCs for malware an
  
• 02/20/09 Advisor: U.S. needs policy to defend cyb
  
• 02/20/09 Kaminsky calls for DNSSEC deployment
  
• 02/20/09 Adobe Flaw Heightens Risk of Encounterin
  
• 02/18/09 Mobile broadband usage to grow despite c
  
• 02/18/09 New exploit targets IE 7 hole patched la
  
• 02/17/09 Cisco integrates Trend Micro security in
  
• 02/17/09 Mobile banking: Safe, at least for now
  
• 02/17/09 Obama taps cybersecurity expert to asses
  
• 02/16/09 Bolt Brings High-End Browsing to Low-End
  
• 02/16/09 Web-based program improves diabetics' se
  
• 02/13/09 With Global Effort, a New Type of Worm I
  
• 02/13/09 Reward offered to catch worm creator
  
• 02/13/09 Microsoft to open own stores, take on Ap
  
• 02/12/09 U.S. tweaks Internet privacy guidelines
  
• 02/12/09 Tax season gives rise to new email scam,
  
• 02/10/09 ID fraud up, but low-tech methods still
  
• 02/09/09 Beware the bogus economic-stimulus e-mai
  
• 02/06/09 FBI: Cloned debit cards used in worldwid
  
• 02/05/09 Obama's DOJ pick is RIAA lawyer who kill
  
• 02/04/09 Firefox 3.0.6 targets security issues
  
• 02/04/09 Google launches software to track mobile
  
• 02/03/09 Ask partners with Symantec on security r
  
• 02/03/09 EU media chief rules out Internet freedo
  
• 02/02/09 Internet Explorer slips further as Firef
  
• 01/30/09 Spam nears pre-McColo-shutdown levels
  
• 01/30/09 How Does the Economic Stimulus Plan Affe
  
• 01/29/09 Hollywood studio alliance to deliver onl
  
• 01/26/09 Monster.com warns job seekers of breach
  
• 01/23/09 Obama pledges better cybersecurity, top
  
• 01/23/09 Mac OS X research warns of stealthier at
  
• 01/22/09 Researchers develop new semiconductor in
  
• 01/22/09 CERT Weighs in on Windows AutoRun Flaw
  
• 01/21/09 Credit-Card Processing Company Hit By Hu
  
• 01/21/09 Nasty worm wriggles into millions of com
  
• 01/20/09 Google wants to know which sites to sear
  
• 01/20/09 Your laptop data is not safe. So fix it.
  
• 01/16/09 Browser wars deemed hot again
  
• 01/16/09 UK Ministry of Defence Stung by Rapidly
  
• 01/15/09 Social network use by adult Americans on
  
• 01/14/09 Programmer uncovers Safari RSS vulnerabi
  
• 01/14/09 Google unwraps Apps partner program
  
• 01/13/09 Browser Bug Could Allow Phishing Without
  
• 01/12/09 First Internet car radio a hit at consum
  
• 01/09/09 Fake CNN site from phishing e-mail hides
  
• 01/08/09 MD5 Hack Interesting, But Not Threatenin
  
• 01/08/09 Researchers claim flaws in Intel's trust
  
• 01/08/09 Microsoft to let consumers test Windows
  
• 01/06/09 Survey: One in seven SSL certificates ar
  
• 01/06/09 Online video viewing jumps 34 percent
  
• 12/23/08 Microsoft warns of SQL Server vulnerabil
  
• 12/22/08 Apple confirms glitch in updating Leopar
  
• 12/19/08 Personalized spam rising sharply, study
  
• 12/19/08 Hackers exploit IE bug with 'insidious'
  
• 12/19/08 Google launches Cross-Language Enterpris
  
• 12/18/08 The tricky math of server virtualization
  
• 12/18/08 More Users Report Apple's 10.5.6 Update
  
• 12/17/08 Critical IE 7 exploit making the rounds
  
• 12/17/08 Yahoo lowers data retention to three mon
  
• 12/17/08 Sprint Nextel Corp. to release dual-netw
  
• 12/15/08 Serious flaw in Internet Explorer not fi
  
• 12/10/08 Google adds magazines to online book arc
  
• 12/05/08 Adobe Admits New PDF Password Protection
  
• 12/04/08 Criminals Take Control of CheckFree Web
  
• 12/04/08 DHS needs fresh ideas on cybersecurity,
  
• 12/02/08 Say It Ain't So: Apple Encourages Antivi
  
• 11/26/08 Security firm: Google's Orkut being used
  
• 11/25/08 PayPal Adds PIN-By-Phone Authentication
  
• 11/25/08 Random House to digitize thousands of bo
  
• 11/24/08 Mac OS X targeted by Trojan and backdoor
  
• 11/21/08 US Congress warned of Chinese cyber, spa
  
• 11/20/08 Malware found in Lenovo software package
  
• 11/20/08 Google shutting down virtual world 'Live
  
• 11/20/08 E-mail in zero G: NASA develops network
  
• 11/19/08 Cybercrime as destructive as credit cris
  
• 11/17/08 USB 3.0, ExpressCard 2.0 Products Expect
  
• 11/12/08 Google tracks flu outbreaks through sear
  
• 11/06/08 Why traditional security doesn't work fo
  
• 11/06/08 Adobe Patches Acrobat and Acrobat Reade
  
• 10/30/08 Facebook worm feeds off Google's reputat
  
• 10/28/08 Google, Authors Guild settle book-scan s
  
• 10/27/08 Google Android vulnerable to drive-by br
  
• 10/27/08 Microsoft flaw attracts only minor malic
  
• 10/23/08 Google releases Android open-source code
  
• 10/17/08 Botnets on cell phones in 2009?
  
• 10/16/08 Google update stomps Chrome browser bugs
  
• 10/16/08 FCC overhaul eyes broadband but could ra
  
• 10/15/08 Fake Microsoft Patch Tuesday malware cam
  
• 10/14/08 Apple closes open-source flaws with late
  
• 10/14/08 Five outside-the-box ways to cut IT cost
  
• 10/13/08 Dynamic programming futures
  
• 10/13/08 UK university holds artificial intellige
  
• 10/03/08 Will your IT job survive the financial m
  
• 10/03/08 Senate calls for FCC to consider content
  
• 10/03/08 Skype admits privacy breach by Chinese p
  
• 09/29/08 The devilish details of desktop virtuali
  
• 09/24/08 Kaspersky: Worry About Trojans, Mobile P
  

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