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Wed, 29 Apr 09
Conficker adds new weapon: spam
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30453812/
The giant Conficker computer worm, once feared as an out-of-control Internet doomsday machine, seems to have settled — for now — on trying to make money in very predictable ways.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
NYT: U.S. plans cyberwar attack, defense
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30447873/
Just as the invention of the atomic bomb changed warfare and deterrence 64 years ago, a new international race has begun to develop cyberweapons and systems to protect against them.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Conficker virus begins to attack PCs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30433334/
A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
Pirate Bay lawyer files for retrial, cites bias
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30437293/
Four men jailed for breaching copyright in connection with Pirate Bay, one of the world's largest free file-sharing websites, should be given a new trial because the judge was biased, a court heard Monday.

Tue, 28 Apr 09
UK rules out e-mail, phone traffic database
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30435251/
Britain has ruled out a controversial proposal to set up a government database to store Internet and telephone traffic, saying it prefers to have such information held by private companies.

Mon, 27 Apr 09
Red Tape: Get what’s coming to you
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/04/you-might-be-ri.html
Does someone owe you money? You may have some unclaimed property waiting for you — and there's no need to pay a middleman to find it.

Sat, 25 Apr 09
Hollywood fights DVD 'ripper' software
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30386423/


Th RealNetworks headquarters in Seattle. On Friday, April 24, 2009, in federal court in San Francisco, lawyers representing Hollywood will argue that RealNetworks Inc.'s DVD "ripper" is an illegal digital piracy tool.Hollywood calls it "rent, rip and return" and contends it's one of the biggest technological threats to the movie industry's annual $20 billion DVD market — software that allows you to copy a film without paying for it.

Sat, 25 Apr 09
Newsweek: How NATO is battling cyberattacks
http://www.newsweek.com/id/194605
NATO is only just beginning to recognize that the Internet has become a new battleground, and that it requires a military strategy.

Fri, 24 Apr 09
Cybersecurity a joint effort, says U.S. adviser
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30367760/
The challenge of protecting the government's computer networks is too big for any one agency to handle alone, a top adviser to President Barack Obama said Wednesday. That suggests the administration doesn't intend to consolidate control of U.S. cybersecurity under a single department like the National Security Agency, as some have feared.

Wed, 22 Apr 09
Gates may recommend new 'Cyber Command'
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30319722/


April 21: Cyber spies that may have originated in China hacked into the Pentagon and stole several terabytes worth of data about the joint strike fighter program. The Pentagon says no sensitive material was taken. NBC's Jim Miklaszewski reports. (MSNBC)While no final decisions have been made, Defense Secretary Robert Gates is expected to recommend the creation of a new military command to face the growing threat from cyber warfare, a senior U.S. official told NBC News on Tuesday.

Sun, 19 Apr 09
U.S. seeks hackers to protect cyber networks
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30280436/
Buffeted by millions of digital scans and attacks each day, federal authorities are looking for hackers — not to prosecute them, but to pay them to secure the nation's networks.

Sat, 18 Apr 09
Pirate Bay's fileshare four get year's jail
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30265030/
Four men behind The Pirate Bay, one of the world's biggest free file-sharing Web sites, were each sentenced to a year in jail on Friday for breaching copyright, and ordered to pay $3.6 million in compensation.

Sat, 18 Apr 09
Phishers get more wily as cybercrime grows
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30263629/
Even as authorities try to stamp out phishing and other e-mail and online scams, scammers are getting more wily and finding new loopholes to exploit.

Fri, 17 Apr 09
Internet providers want to meter usage
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30229181/
If Internet service providers' current experiments succeed, subscribers may end up paying for high-speed Internet based on how much material they download.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
Smartphone consumers opt for 'cheap chic'
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30226844/


Nokia introduced the 5800, its first touch screen phone, only late last year, but analysts said the lower price helps it beat iPhone sales in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia, and there has been strong demand also in developed markets.Cell phone makers are expected to report buoyant sales of lower-priced, feature-packed smartphones as consumers opt for "cheap chic" amid the global recession.

Thu, 16 Apr 09
Hackers grab more than 285M records in 2008
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30226226/
Hackers made off with at least 285 million electronic records in 2008, more than in the four previous years combined, according to a new study that shows identity thieves are getting better at exploiting careless mistakes that leave companies vulnerable to attack.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
U.S. mulls stiffer sentences for 'Net proxy crime
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30211146/
"Proxy" servers are an everyday part of Internet surfing. But using one in a crime could soon lead to more time in the clink.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
Prisons dial up fight against cell phones
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30210731/


In this photo taken Friday, April 10, 2009, Correctional Officer Jose Sandoval, inspects one of the more than 2,000 cell phones confiscated from inmates at Calfornia State Prison, Solano in Vacaville, Calif. California prison officials are trying to stiffen penalties for inmates and prison employees for possessing cell phones inside state prisons. Drugs were once the contraband of choice of prisoners. These days, corrections officials are on the lookout for a more high-tech scourge — cell phones.

Wed, 15 Apr 09
EU to sue Britain over Internet privacy
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30208116/
The European Union started legal action against Britain on Tuesday for not applying EU data privacy rules that would restrict an Internet advertising tracker, called Phorm, from watching how users surf the web.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Pennies for your thoughts — and credit card
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30198791/
One economy apparently isn't hurting these days — the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet.

Tue, 14 Apr 09
Woman checks Webcam; sees her house robbed
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30191095/
April 13: TODAY’s Matt Lauer talks to Jeanne Thomas about watching her house being burglarized on a live Internet video feed.  (Today Show)Authorities say a woman checking her video surveillance system from the Internet while she was at work caught four people robbing her house.

Mon, 13 Apr 09
Conficker worm hits University of Utah
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30179873/
University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers, including those at the school's three hospitals.

Sat, 11 Apr 09
Low-tech tools take out phones in Silicon Valley
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30139776/
A hacksaw and a few other tools were probably all it took for someone to sever eight fiber-optic cables in Silicon Valley this week, knocking out cell phone, landline and Internet service.

Fri, 10 Apr 09
Extremist Web sites are using U.S. hosts
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30121523/
Reliable service and anonymity provided by U.S. Internet companies attracts anti-American groups, including the Taliban and al-Qaeda.

Fri, 10 Apr 09
Huge computer worm Conficker stirring to life
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30142702/
The dreaded Conficker computer worm is stirring. Security experts say the worm's authors appear to be trying to build a big moneymaker, but not a cyber weapon of mass destruction as many people feared.

Thu, 9 Apr 09
Cyberspies penetrate electrical grid
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30107040/
Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs that could be used to disrupt the system, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Thu, 9 Apr 09
Fear of viruses could be causing PC attacks
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30107069/
Computer users' growing fear of worms and viruses could be behind a recent spike in attacks on PCs via bogus security software, according to a Microsoft Corp. report published on Wednesday.

Wed, 8 Apr 09
Pentagon spends $100 million on cyber attacks
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30090749/
The Pentagon says it spent at least $100 million in the last six months responding to and repairing damage from cyber attacks and other network problems.

Sat, 4 Apr 09
English villagers send Google snapper packing
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30031071/
An undated file photo made available by Google Friday, April 3, 2009 of one of their street-mapping cars. You're never far from a camera in Britain, a country that has accepted the presence of millions of surveillance cameras in its streets, shopping centers and public spaces.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
Tweak in `Conficker' worm sparks fears
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29981552/
Even if it's not an April Fools' joke, the latest moves by the dreaded Conficker worm are by no means an Internet Armageddon, either.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
Dalai Lama condemns hacking of computers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29975100/


Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama visually corroborates with his hands as horns as he speculates that the Chinese government probably thinks of him as the devil at a press conference in New Delhi, India.The Dalai Lama said Tuesday that regardless of who is hacking into the computers of his Tibetan government-in-exile, the stolen information appears to go straight to the Chinese government.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
Beijing rejects China spy ring report as 'lies'
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29976429/
China on Tuesday denied a research report's contention that a China-based computer spy ring stole sensitive information from thousands of hard drives worldwide, calling the accusation a lie meant to feed anxiety over Beijing's growing influence.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
Take steps to avoid April 1st computer virus
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29975229/
The Conficker worm, a nasty computer infection that has poisoned millions of PCs, will start ramping up its efforts Wednesday to use those machines for cybercrimes. It's unclear whether everyday PC users will even notice, but this is as good an excuse as any to make sure your computer is clean.

Wed, 1 Apr 09
Enforcement spurs rise in Web sex arrests
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29972729/
More people in the United States have been arrested in recent years for sexually soliciting youths online, but the sharp increase comes from better enforcement, and the Internet remains a relatively safe social environment, researchers said in a new study.

 

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