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Sat, 29 Aug 09
Burglars search Facebook, Twitter for targets
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32596367/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Facebook users enthusing about an upcoming holiday or a recently purchased high-tech gadget may not just be telling their friends but also potential burglars, warns an insurance company.

Sat, 29 Aug 09
Hacker in huge credit card data theft pleads guilty
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32600043/ns/technology_and_science-security/


Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami will forfeit his substantial assets, including $1.1 millioin buried in his parents' backyard as part of a plea deal Friday involving a massive credit card hacking scheme.A computer hacker accused of masterminding one of the largest cases of identity theft in U.S. history agreed Friday to plead guilty and serve up to 25 years in federal prison for his crimes.

Sat, 29 Aug 09
State govs saying 'No thanks' to mystery laptops
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32596489/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Even during tight budgetary times, a growing handful of state governors are proving too wary to accept laptop computers that have shown up at their offices this month, unsolicited.

Fri, 28 Aug 09
Man charged in huge ID theft case in plea talks
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32586024/ns/technology_and_science-security/


Albert Gonzalez, 28, was indicted Aug. 18 on charges that he carried out the largest hacking and identity-theft case in US history. People close to the case against an accused computer hacker charged in what prosecutors call the largest identity fraud case in U.S. history say he is in plea talks.

Fri, 28 Aug 09
Facebook to give Canadian users more privacy
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32581192/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Facebook is agreeing to give users more control over their information in response to concerns raised by Canadian privacy officials.

Thu, 27 Aug 09
Dutch Web site must remove copyright works
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32568115/ns/technology_and_science-security/
A civil court on Wednesday ordered Dutch Web site Mininova to remove within three months all files on its servers that point to copyrighted works or face a fine of up to euro5 million ($7.16 million).

Wed, 26 Aug 09
Wikipedia testing new method to curb false info
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32553952/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Wikipedia says it is testing a new method for curbing false information on pages devoted to individual people.

Wed, 26 Aug 09
UK proposes cutting Web access to file sharers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32551437/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Repeat offenders who persist in illegally downloading music from file-sharing sites such as Limewire could be blocked from accessing the Web under British government proposals issued on Tuesday.

Tue, 25 Aug 09
Jessica Biel ‘most dangerous’ celeb search name
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32533198/ns/technology_and_science-security/


Fans who use Web search engines to hunt for Jessica Biel photos, videos, computer wallpaper and screensavers have a 20 percent chance of reaching a site that may have malicious software, ranging from spyware to viruses, according to security software maker McAfee.Security firm McAfee found that users searching for the star’s photos or screensavers had a 20 percent chance of getting a site that had malicious software.

Tue, 25 Aug 09
Officials warned about fake DHS intel e-mails
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32540442/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Homeland Security officials are warning that some e-mails purporting to be from the department's intelligence division were fake and contained malicious software.

Tue, 25 Aug 09
U.S. payment-card industry grapples with security
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32541650/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Fresh details of large-scale cyber attacks against data processor Heartland Payment Systems and supermarket chain Hannaford Brothers show the challenges facing the efforts of the United States credit-card industry to upgrade security measures.

Tue, 25 Aug 09
Official tells Google to erase Swiss street views
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32539789/ns/technology_and_science-security/


Zurich Google Street View image.A Swiss government official is demanding that Google Inc. immediately take off the Internet any image of Switzerland in its "Street View Maps," and the company said Monday it would discuss the matter with the privacy rights regulator.

Fri, 21 Aug 09
Accused credit card hacker lived large in Miami
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32495363/ns/technology_and_science-security/


Albert Gonzalez, 28, of Miami was indicted by Aug. 17 for conspiring to hack into computer networks supporting major retail and financial organizations in a scheme that involved more than 130 million credit and debit cards. Albert Gonzalez, charged with hacking into business computer networks to steal millions of   credit and debit card accounts,  allegedly dubbed his operation "Get Rich or Die Tryin'."

Fri, 21 Aug 09
Alaska state e-mail policy follows Palin fallout
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32490440/ns/technology_and_science-security/
The Alaska Department of Administration has announced this week that state employees are to use state e-mail "whenever feasible" for state business.

Thu, 20 Aug 09
Who hacked that Justin Timberlake tune?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32475695/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Record label SyCo and music trade body IFPI have called in the police to help them hunt down computer hackers who leaked a track by Leona Lewis and Justin Timberlake on the Internet.

Thu, 20 Aug 09
Radisson Hotels’ computer systems hacked
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32475682/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Radisson Hotels & Resorts said Wednesday its computer systems have been accessed without authorization, affecting an unknown number of people.

Tue, 18 Aug 09
Man charged in largest-ever ID theft scheme
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32450595/ns/technology_and_science-security/


Aug. 17: Federal prosecutors charged a Miami man Monday with the largest case of identity theft in U.S. history. NBC's Tom Costello reports.  (Nightly News)Federal prosecutors charged a man with the largest case of credit and debit card data theft ever in the U.S., accusing the one-time informant of trying to gain access to 130 million accounts.

Sat, 15 Aug 09
Man urges U.S. to heed electronic terror threat
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32423118/ns/technology_and_science-security/
A N.Y. man is so concerned that an electromagnetic pulse attack could paralyze U.S. that he will gather a group of scientists, congressmen and others for a conference on how America  should protect itself.

Sat, 15 Aug 09
Hacker used Twitter to control infected PCs
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32421408/ns/technology_and_science-security/
A researcher looking into the attacks that knocked Twitter offline last week discovered another, unrelated security problem: at least one hacker used a Twitter account to control a network of a couple hundred infected PCs, mostly in Brazil.

Fri, 14 Aug 09
Man charged with infecting 3,000 computers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32402494/ns/technology_and_science-security/
A 20-year-old Australian man has been charged with infecting more than 3,000 computers around the world with a virus designed to capture banking and credit card data, police said Thursday.

Thu, 13 Aug 09
Is Facebook becoming Phishingbook?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32380454/ns/technology_and_science-security/
Is Facebook becoming Phishingbook? Users of the social networking site in the United States and around the world are finding themselves being hit up for money by "friends" in need.

Wed, 12 Aug 09
Kosovo editor: Islamist hackers block Web site
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32372974/ns/technology_and_science-security/
The editor of a Kosovo newspaper said Tuesday he suspects that Islamist radicals have attacked the paper's Web site because it was covering the trial of a Kosovar charged in the United States with plotting terrorist acts.

Sat, 8 Aug 09
What knocked out Twitter? Attacks on blogger
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32336633/ns/technology_and_science-security/


California State Senate candidate Edward Paul Reyes, left, works with a colleague on his twitter page at a Starbucks in Los Angeles on  Aug. 6, the day a hacker attack shut down the fast-growing messaging service for hours. The outage that knocked Twitter offline for hours was traced to an attack on a lone blogger in the former Soviet republic of Georgia — but left collateral damage to millions around the world.

Sat, 8 Aug 09
DOS attack on Twitter highlights security risks
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2009/08/the-best-way-to-get-the-attention-of-a-classroom-full-of-rowdy-kids-is-to-turn-the-lights-off-and-the-best-way-to-get-the-at.html#posts


A denial-of-service attack on Twitter highlights security risks that we've been warned about again and again — but never seem to take seriously enough.A denial-of-service attack on Twitter highlights security risks that we've been warned about again and again — but never seem to take seriously enough.

Sat, 8 Aug 09
Malaysia denies it has plan to censor Internet
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32329601/ns/technology_and_science-security/


A man surfs the Internet in Klang, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Malaysia may set up an Internet filter to censor pornography, a Cabinet minister said Friday, raising concerns among human rights and opposition groups that it may also be used to block out dissent.Malaysia said Friday it may encourage parents to use Internet filters to block pornography and online scams, but vehemently denied it was reneging on its promise not to censor the Web.

Fri, 7 Aug 09
Keep your PC out of denial-of-service attacks
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32317713/ns/technology_and_science-security/


Learn how a denial-of-service attack works.As a home user, you can't stop  denial-of-service  attacks, like those on Twitter and Facebook Thursday,  from happening. But you can do your best to make sure that your computer is not being used to instigate them.

Fri, 7 Aug 09
Hackers hit Twitter, slow down Facebook
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32315051/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/
Twitter and Facebook said they suffered service problems from hacker attacks on Thursday, raising speculation of a coordinated campaign against the world's most popular online social networks.

Thu, 6 Aug 09
Stolen laptop holds Army Guard members' data
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32304147/ns/technology_and_science-security/
The National Guard says about 131,000 former and current Army Guard members' personal data may be at risk because of the theft of a contractor's laptop.

Wed, 5 Aug 09
White House struggles to fill cyber czar post
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32290186/ns/politics-white_house/
Nearly six months after the Obama administration turned its focus on computer security, the White House is still struggling to name a cyber coordinator, delaying efforts to better manage the nation's digital defense.

Wed, 5 Aug 09
U.S. Marines ban social networking use
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32283587/ns/technology_and_science-security/
The U.S Marine Corps is banning its troops from going onto Facebook, MySpace and other social network sites, citing a possible security risk.

Mon, 3 Aug 09
Hackers expose weakness in trusted sites
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32258426/ns/technology_and_science-security/
A powerful new type of Internet attack works like a telephone tap, but it operates between computers and Web sites they trust.

Mon, 3 Aug 09
Apple, labels stir up deluxe digital Cocktail
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32258424/ns/technology_and_science-wireless/
New format will go beyond a simple PDF file of liner notes, and instead bundle photos, videos, lyrics and other assets with an album's music. Details remain slim, but label sources confirming the effort's existence point to it as the digital version of the record sleeves of yore.

Sat, 1 Aug 09
Jury awards $675K in music downloading case
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32236444/ns/technology_and_science-security/


Joel Tenenbaum, a graduate student from Providence, R.I., admitted July 30 that he is liable for damages for 30 songs at issue in a federal copyright-infringement case in Boston. A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels.

Sat, 1 Aug 09
Security experts offer caution on smart grids
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32238717/ns/technology_and_science-security/
The race to build a "smarter" electrical grid could have a dark side. Security experts are starting to show the dangers of equipping homes and businesses with new meters that enable two-way communication with utilities.

Sat, 1 Aug 09
Alleged hacker closer to extradition to U.S.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32236483/ns/us_news-security/


Gary McKinnon, accused of hacking into U.S. military computers, faces extradition to the U.S. to stand trial. Britain's High Court on Friday rejected an autistic British man's bid to avoid extradition to the United States to face trial for hacking into military computers.

 

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