Q&A: Eleven questions for a warez site owner   30 Nov 2007 14:00 GMT
What goes on in the mind of the folks who run software sites that operate along the lines of the notorious Casbah? PC World's Steve Bass interviewed the owner of a "warez" site in hopes of understanding how the ethics work -- not to mention the finances.

Source: Computerworld

Google asks for help finding malicious Web sites   30 Nov 2007 14:00 GMT
Ordinary Web folk would be most welcome to pitch in over at Google, where they're undertaking a fresh effort to stamp out malicious Web sites in the wake of an embarrassing infiltration by malware purveyors.

Source: Computerworld

Privacy concerns prompt U-turn at Facebook   30 Nov 2007 13:12 GMT
A firestorm of controversy over Facebook's revealing "Beacon" service appears to have enlightened the company.

Source: Computerworld

Government-sponsored cyberattacks on the rise, McAfee says   30 Nov 2007 13:12 GMT
Well over a hundred countries are currently engaged in online spying and cyberattacks against enemies, according to a new survey from McAfee.

Source: Computerworld

The new battleground in cybercrime   30 Nov 2007 12:00 GMT
Finjan CTO Yuval Ben-Itzhak writes that user data increasingly is driving "criminal-2-criminal" business. In an age where "data equals money," fortune has replaced fame as hackers' key motivation. Criminals are willing to pay top dollar for personal, financial, and corporate data collected by Trojans and other "crimeware." ...
Source: ZDNet

Second helping of FBI's Bot Roast serves eight   30 Nov 2007 10:07 GMT
Operation Bot Roast, the FBI-led international initiative to put a crimp in the activities of cybercriminals who press-gang innocent users' PCs into zombie botnet herds, reported on Thursday that eight individuals have been indicted, pled guilty or have been sentenced to prison over the last few months as a result of the program.

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Study: 'Huge jump' in Microsoft flaws since last year   29 Nov 2007 21:40 GMT
The number of security holes found in Microsoft software between 2006 and 2007 has risen threefold, says vulnerability-scanning company Qualys. The past year has seen a massive increase in the number of flaws found in Microsoft software, according to vulnerability-scanning company Qualys. Between 2006 and 2007, there...
Source: ZDNet

World faces 'cyber cold war' threat, report says   29 Nov 2007 14:08 GMT
About 120 countries are trying to use the Net as a weapon to target financial markets, government computers, and utilities, McAfee says. A "cyber cold war" waged over the world's computers threatens to become one of the biggest threats to security in the next decade, according to a...
Source: ZDNet

Insider charged with hacking California canal system   29 Nov 2007 14:00 GMT
A former electrical supervisor at a regional water authority has been charged with hacking a computer used to control water canals in California.

Source: Computerworld

Symantec Endpoint Challenge   29 Nov 2007 14:00 GMT
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