'Seattle Spammer' arrested   31 May 2007 16:07 GMT
After being indicted by a federal grand jury, Robert Alan Soloway pleads not guilty to 35 counts related to junk e-mail.
Source: ZDNet

Company looks to sell or license online-ad patents   31 May 2007 11:37 GMT
After a year and a half of investigation, a Georgia technology vendor feels sufficiently comfortable with the defensibility of three of its patents related to online advertising that it's prepared to sell or license them -- or to pursue infringements. Letters have already gone out to Microsoft and Google.
Source: Computerworld

Bogus IRS beefs become latest scammer tool   31 May 2007 10:34 GMT
In an attack aimed specifically at business executives, criminals claiming to be from the IRS are emailing malware under the guise of informing recipients of a consumer complaint against them.
Source: Computerworld

Mozilla patches 6 Firefox bugs   31 May 2007 10:34 GMT
Six vulnerabilities, one critical, have been patched in the latest round of Firefox patches issued Wednesday. For those keeping score at home, total browser patch counts so far in 2007 stand at Firefox 22, Internet Explorer 8.
Source: Computerworld

New Hampshire Officials Say No to Real ID   30 May 2007 13:00 GMT
Both houses of the New Hampshire legislature have overwhelmingly passed a bill that would ban the state from complying with the Real ID national identification law.
Source: Computerworld

Five reasons to prepare -- now -- for more mobile security threats   30 May 2007 13:00 GMT
So far, mobile security threats have been rare and have been more annoying than dangerous. That's changing rapidly, a security expert says.
Source: Computerworld

Hackers can hijack PCs using Firefox add-ons   30 May 2007 13:00 GMT
Mozilla Corp. has acknowledged that hackers can drop malicious code into systems running Firefox when the browser is armed with any of several high-profile add-ons, including Google Toolbar and Yahoo Toolbar.
Source: Computerworld

F-Secure hit with antivirus vulnerabilities   30 May 2007 13:00 GMT
Security vendor F-Secure's own antivirus products are in need of patches to seal off several vulnerabilities, including one that fellow security vendor Secunia rates as "highly critical."
Source: Computerworld

Symantec mobile security client delayed   30 May 2007 13:00 GMT
Security vendor Symantec says its security suite for Windows Mobile devices coudl be delayed as long as six months.
Source: Computerworld

Symantec mobile security client delayed   30 May 2007 12:21 GMT
Symantec on Tuesday announced that its first security suite for Windows Mobile devices, which was expected this week, will be delayed. An enterprise product should be available in June, but the consumer edition may be unavailable until the end of the year.
Source: Computerworld