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Security

November 2007

November 30, 2007

New Zealand Teen Suspected of Leading Botnet

New Zealand police have questioned and released an 18-year-old suspected of being the leader of a botnet that infected and disabled more than a million computers in the United States and the Nether... More >

November 29, 2007

Google Dumps Malware Sites

Google has purged from its index more than 40,000 sites hosting malware that wormed their way into search results, reports Computerworld .   Sunbelt Software reported Monday that attackers we... More >

November 26, 2007

EU Panel Focuses on Fostering Trust in e-Government

As they put more services online, governments must do more to earn -- and might we say, deserve -- citizens' trust, according to a European Commission research body with the unfortunate name of cc:... More >

November 21, 2007

Wikimedia Finds Donated Pennies Not from Heaven

The Wikimedia Foundation, parent organization of Wikipedia, has increased to $1 the minimum donation it will accept after it received hundreds of 1-cent "donations" in a short period, indicating cred... More >

November 20, 2007

Latest Targeted E-Mails Allege Justice Department, BBB 'Complaints'

A new round of e-mail attacks addresses recipients and their companies by name and warns of complaints allegedly filed against them by the U.S. Justice Department or the Better Business Bureau, r... More >

November 16, 2007

Retail Stores Ripe for Hacking, Survey Finds

Retailers seem to have learned little from the massive TJX data breach , according to security-device maker AirDefense Inc.   It found that half of more than 3,000 retail stores it was secretly... More >

November 12, 2007

'Botmaster' Pleads Guilty

A Los Angeles man plead guilty Friday to infecting a quarter-million computers and stealing the identities of thousands of people by intercepting messages to PayPal and similar Web sites, which allow... More >

November 9, 2007

Federal IT Pros Feeling Insecure

Does focusing more on security only lead to insecurity? That's the question after a Cisco survey of federal-government IT decision makers found them more concerned about security than a year ago a... More >

November 8, 2007

Phishers Prey on Salesforce.com, Its Customers

Customers named on a leaked Salesforce.com contact list have been receiving increasingly dangerous e-mails that install viruses or key loggers, reports eWEEK .   The company sent a letters to ... More >

November 5, 2007

Chilean President's Web Site Hacked

A hacker broke into the Web page of Chile's presidency , planted the flag of neighboring Peru, the message "Long live Peru," and an expletive. Chilean officials took the site down minutes later, acc... More >

Study: 1 in 6 PCs May be Infected

As many as 1 in 6 PCs may be infected with malware or spyware , according to U.K. security vendor Prevx after a recent study of 300,000 personal computers.   These malicious programs are prolife... More >

November 1, 2007

IBM Plans $1.5 Billion Focus on Security

IBM on Thursday announced it will spend $1.5 billion on security product development and marketing in 2008, in a drive centered around products it gained through acquisition of security company ISS... More >

Al-Qaeda Planning Cyber Attack?

The Israeli Web site DebKAfile is warning that al-Qaeda hackers will attack Western, Jewish, Israeli, Muslim apostate and Shiite Web sites starting Nov. 11, reports InformationWeek .   The ... More >

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