Updated : Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:30:20 GMT
 AFP - Losses from cybercrime and online scams more than doubled in 2009 to 559 million dollars as Internet criminals used more sophisticated techniques, an FBI-led task force said Friday.
Publ.Date : Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:43:51 GMT
PC World - A new security hole in Internet Explorer 6 and 7 can be targeted via code on a poisoned Web site, Microsoft warned today. A successful attacker could install malware on a victim PC or run any other remote command.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:49:00 GMT
PC World - A security researcher has published exploit code for the latest Internet Explorer zero-day flaw on the Web and Microsoft is warning that more attacks against the unpatched vulnerability can be expected in-the-wild. One thing seems to be more apparent with each passing Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability: its time to upgrade the Web browser.
Publ.Date : Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:33:00 GMT
NewsFactor - Spanish authorities say they have nabbed the hackers behind the Mariposa botnet. The botnet, which was developed for large-scale theft of information, took control of more than 13 million computers in 190 nations.
Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:04:52 GMT
 AFP - US government cybersecurity efforts are being hampered by a need to better define the roles of the agencies responsible for defending against cyber threats, a US Congressional watchdog said Friday.
Publ.Date : Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:03:09 GMT
 AFP - Internet crime in Japan jumped to a new record last year, led by ID theft and database attacks, child pornography posts and copyright violations, the national police agency said Thursday.
Publ.Date : Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:58:32 GMT
NewsFactor - Some Windows PC users may hope the Energizer bunny didn't keep going and going. It turns out the Energizer DUO USB battery charger is a vehicle for attacks on PCs, according to the Department of Homeland Security's Computer Emergency Readiness Team.
Publ.Date : Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:06:28 GMT
Reuters - Militant groups, foreign states and criminal organizations pose a growing threat to U.S. security as they target government and private computer networks, FBI Director Robert Mueller said on Thursday.
Publ.Date : Fri, 05 Mar 2010 03:46:58 GMT
 AFP - Microsoft on Tuesday warned that hackers are targeting a freshly-uncovered weakness in some earlier versions of its Internet Explorer (IE) Web browser software.
Publ.Date : Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:10:49 GMT
AP - In a story March 2 about the arrest of three suspects in the virus infection of nearly 13 million computers, The Associated Press erroneously reported the spelling of the last name of a captain with Spain's Guardia Civil, which is investigating the case. The captain's correct name is Cesar Lorenzana, not Lorenza.
Publ.Date : Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:03:17 GMT
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