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- Hacker disrupts economy of annoying Twitter-based game
- Insurance giant coughs to malware-related data breach
- Fake Outlook config scam aims to harvest logins
- Twitter hit with rogue anti-virus scam
- Plague of web bugs descend on British sites
- US company invents 'Turing test' to beat bots
- Phorm fights back with new Discover software
- LogLogic to protect against Britney Spears snoopers
- Spammers find new way to bust filters
- PC-pwning infection hits 30,000 legit websites
- Turkish hackers breach US Army servers, says report
- Judge throws the book at phishing fraudster
- Critical Windows vulnerability under attack, Microsoft warns
- Microsoft fortifies Windows 7 kernel with overrun buster
- Kaspersky offers 'remote wipe' for mobiles
- Spammers target corporates with new technique
- Twitter users conned by spam website
- Ericsson launches anti-fraud system using mobiles
- Viral web infection siphons ad dollars from Google
- YouTube hit by porn storm
- Phishers hit Twitter again
- DDoS attack chokes Chinese net surfing
- Gumblar Google-poisoning attack morphs
- BitDefender launches 'suck it and see' free anti-virus scanner
- Microsoft IIS6 bug exposes sensitive files sans password
- Many top companies still infected with Conficker
- Frustrated researcher posts Mac attack code
- Adobe promises action over security flaws
- 4Chan was hacked - you might be infected!
- Trend Micro 'de-lags' SMB anti-virus
- Kaspersky finds malware on new netbook
- Web attacks routinely hosted by real websites
- One in ten UK PCs infected by porn sites
- Pirates eat into UK software sales
- French net piracy bill signed off
- Microsoft slapped for Windows-only Office patch
- Pirate Win 7 ruse used to build botnet
- Patches bring zero-day relief from PDF and PowerPoint flaws
- Apple releases OS X 10.5.7 update
- US teen pleads guilty over Scientology DDoS attacks
- XSS flaws found in sites of multiple anti-virus firms
- Spam domains for sale for just $700
- Conficker hype obscures sneaky botnet growth
- Researchers release Win 7 rootkit exploit code
- Google buffs Chrome with security update
- Win 7 RC fails to thwart well-known hacker risk
- Safari, Opera browsers patch-shy, says study
- McAfee website visited by plague of security locusts
- Hacker behind P2P botnet gets no jail time
- PowerPoint patch due next week
- Microsoft renames anti-piracy tools
- HP ProCurve tightens security with server blade
- Cloud security will supplant patching, says report author
- Firefox finds more pesky bugs
- Microsoft doctors AutoRun in Windows 7 to stymie Conficker
- Facebook users hit with new phishing attack
- Trend Micro to acquire Third Brigade
- New security woe hits Adobe Reader
- Mozilla rushes out release to fix bug
- Home Office 'colluded with Phorm'
- Conficker.E set to self-destruct next week
- Cloud computing branded 'security nightmare' by Cisco chief
- Spam overload as PC hits 600,000 a day
- UK.gov to spend £2bn on ISP tracking
- Firefox add-on foils TinyURL scams
- Botnet 'ensnares government PCs'
- Cache-poisoning attack snares top Brazilian bank
- Under-caution spam faxer fined over £6,000
- Lenovo shows tool to manage encrypted drives
- FBI uses Trojan to catch cable extortionist
- Criminals offer huge sum for flawed mobile
- Mebroot upgraded to evade detection
- Microsoft revamps hosted email security
- Clamp down urged on staff flouting security rules
- Internet hampered by lack of trust
- Vendor gets cold feet about revealing software flaw
- Researcher releases tool to hide malware
- Brutish SSH attacks continue to bear fruit
- Football lottery scam targets UK punters
- Conficker botnet wake up call only pinged zombie minority
- Twitter worm author gets security job
- Court jails Pirate Bay founders
- Amazon blocks Phorm adverts scan
- Organised crime behind worst cyber-attacks
- Latest Patch Tuesday is zero day harvest
- Twitter hit by worm-infected accounts
- Scammers use Ford to drive users to scareware sites
- Scareware scammers adopt cold call tactics
- Microsoft set to release Excel patch
- Conficker reprogrammed for new attack run
- Fake "Conficker Infection Alert" spam campaign circulating
- Take care when Googling for Conficker info
- Conficker begins stealthy update
- US power grid hacked by cyber-spies
- Fake security apps plague users, says Microsoft
- Windows patching accelerated through 2008
- Multiple security scanner bugs give users a headache
- Research spies holes in Fortune 1000 wireless nets
- Old worm makes comeback
- Piracy law cuts internet traffic
- Cyber-crime rising, report warns
- Conficker zombie botnet drops to 3.5 million
- Conficker worm strikes 4 percent of PCs
- Microsoft warns of active attacks on PowerPoint flaw
- Chronicle of a Server Break-in...
- Conficker infections higher than first thought
- NeuStar's UltraDNS hit by DDoS attack
- Spam levels return to pre-McColo levels
- Conficker set to be damp squib
- Researchers find new Conficker-detection trick
- Foreign phisher makes history with US conviction
- Firefox quick to patch recent flaw
- Users ignoring Adobe patches
- Fears of Internet meltdown have been exaggerated
- World's biggest cyber spy network
- Social sites dent privacy efforts
- 'Cybercrime exceeds drug trade' myth exploded
- Researchers poke holes in super duper SSL
- Google denies flaws in Docs pose security risk
- Rush to patch Firefox after attack code published
- Microsoft renews hunt for counterfeit Windows XP
- Cisco patches bugs in router software
- Facebook fights back against fraud tide
- New 'scareware' Trojan holds users to ransom
- China's techies turn to cybercrime
- Romanian hacking group downs tools
- eCard scammer avoids jail
- Windows Home Server update finally fixes bugs
- Worm breeds botnet from home routers, modems
- Big websites urged to avoid Phorm
- Electricity grids could be at risk from hackers
- Web scam nets criminals $10,800 a day
- Spam filters block legitimate email, finds test
- Visa tests new credit card security initiatives
- Researchers trawl for Conficker's 'Patient Zero'
- New Twitter flaw revealed
- IE8 and Safari flaws exposed at hacker contest
- SonicWall's secure Wi-Fi boosts speed
- Brits stuff mobiles with risky ID data
- Browser plugin blocks ad-tracking cookies
- Researcher upset by Windows DNS patch
- Irish ISPs rally against record label anti-piracy threat
- Mozilla hangs fire on Firefox 3.5 till June
- New DNS trojan taints entire LAN from single box
- Microsoft patch leaves users vulnerable, says nCircle researcher
- Tim Berners-Lee is cybercrime victim
- Conficker set to hit on April Fools' Day
- Symantec slip sparks suspicion, spam
- BBC botnet hijack proves controversial
- Cybercrime 'police' membership grows
- Facebook worm's comeback tackled by Microsoft
- Microsoft patches first critical bug in Windows 7 beta
- Critical Windows DNS hole gets patch
- McAfee cash to boost cybercrime training
- Ten million PCs infected by Trojans, vendor reports
- Researchers discover way to 'fingerprint' paper.
- New worm variant on the loose
- Botnet author gets four year jail sentence
- Conficker gets upgraded with defenses
- User info stolen from music site
- Firefox went ton up in bugs in 2008
- Vista SP2 RC released to public
- Microsoft: No patch for Excel zero-day flaw next week
- Windows security patches coming next week
- Photo site hit by internal phishing attack
- Websites brace for Conficker worm attack
- The fantasy and reality of government security
- Laptop user ordered to hand over encryption key
- Spam kingpin booted off Facebook by judge
- Prime Minister's health records breached in database attack
- Koobface variant worms across social networking sites
- AVG finally bothers with behaviour-based defences
- Pirate Bay prosecutor argues for one year prison terms
- Phishers automate attacks using 'Google hacking'
- Spyware to stay away from
- Experts sound scam threat warning
- Straw hit by internet fraudsters
- New software to check virtual security policy
- Adobe patches critical Flash vulnerabilities
- Caching bugs exposed in second biggest DNS server
- Camelot dismisses lottery website hack claims
- Phorm unleashes legal attack on critics
- Second rogue Facebook app bewilders users
- Warning of infected auction tool
- New Symbian Trojan spotted
- Conficker variant dispenses with need to phone home
- Symantec dismisses blind SQL hack claims
- Adobe flaw could lead to more PDF malware
- Researcher shows new SSL website hack
- Spammers break Hotmail's CAPTCHA yet again
- BitDefender site exposes private data (yet again)
- Landmark copyright trial against Pirate Bay gets underway
- Microsoft puts bounty on Conficker creator
- Apple issues massive security patch
- Parking ticket leads to a virus
- Ditch admin rights to remove most Microsoft bugs
- Valentine Trojan onslaught blights inboxes
- Kaspersky hacker: Database exposed for days
- HP printer hack risk prompts update
- Firefox release fixes security bugs
- Pinch Trojan lives on after authors' arrests
- Windows 7 UAC flaw silently elevates malware access
- Vista SP2 RC on way to testers
- Russian hackers knock Kyrgyzstan offline
- IT admin plotted to erase Fannie Mae
- Alarm sounded over wi-fi networks
- Job website hit by major breach
- UK will not legislate on piracy
- Breakthrough as vendors agree drive crypto standard
- New Apple Trojan slays Adobe pirates
- Microsoft boasts 'out of box' IE8 clickjack protection
- Ad-Aware 10th Anniversary Edition
- Mac malware piggybacks on pirated iWork
- £229m Sumitomo spyware trial begins in London
- A Virus Attacks More Than 8 Million Computers
- Three in 10 Windows PCs still vulnerable to Conficker exploit
- article on new conficker worm
- Two big, bad botnets gone, but replacements step up, says researcher
- McKinnon's lawyers hope UK prosecution will derail extradition
- Royal Navy warships lose email in virus infection
- Sacked worker faces jail over malware revenge attack
- Prolific worm infects 3.5m Windows PCs
- UK.gov prepares for filesharing fracas
- Major bug opens all browsers to phishing attack
- Paris Hilton website violated by Trojan-spreaders
- AVG snaps up behaviour-based threat detection firm
- Virus writer signs off in cordial Trojan message to MS
- Storm worm smackdown as researchers unpick control system
- Dangerous coding errors revealed
- Hacktivist tool targets Hamas
- VeriSign remedies massive SSL blunder (kinda, sorta)
- SanDisk puts 'one-touch' backup on flash drive
- Microsoft's starts the year with slimmed down Patch Tuesday
- Bumper patch release from Oracle
- UK e-mail law 'attack on rights'
- Texan firm sues whole security world
- Virus peddlers set up shop on Google code project
- Twitter hit by security breaches
- TJX Maxx hacker banged up for 30 years
- Destroy discarded hard drives, warn researchers
- Data breaches rose sharply in 2008
- Police set to step up hacking of home PCs
- 'Undetectable' phishing attack identified by research team
- Warning over DNS protection
- Microsoft heralds 'record' prison terms for Chinese pirates
- Windows Media Player flaw denied
- Microsoft: MD5 hack poses no major threats to users
- Researchers hack VeriSign's SSL scheme for securing Web sites
- Microsoft admits knowledge of SQL bug
- Privacy group releases email protector