Chile probes data theft and posting by hacker
(AP) AP - A prosecutor was appointed Monday to investigate how a computer hacker accessed government data for 6 million Chileans and posted it to the Internet.
Three accused of hacking Dave & Buster's computers
(Reuters) Reuters - Three people have been charged with
stealing credit and debit card numbers from customers at U.S.
restaurant chain Dave & Buster's Inc by hacking into cash
register terminals, the Department of Justice said on Monday.
Windows Vista More Vulnerable To Malware Than Windows 2000
(TechWeb) TechWeb - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/cmp/tc_cmp/storytext/207601217/27404819/SIG=131d9s0s7/*http://www.informationweek.com/;jsessionid=JKBHWLNDZZFXUQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?cid=feed-yahoo-news">InformationWeek</a> - Vista let 639 threats per thousand computers through, compared with 586 for Windows 2000, 478 for Windows 2003, and 1,021 for Windows XP, security vendor PC Tools said.
Google Cuts Price, Rebrands Postini Security Service
(TechWeb) TechWeb - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/cmp/tc_cmp/storytext/207601046/27404833/SIG=131d9s0s7/*http://www.informationweek.com/;jsessionid=JKBHWLNDZZFXUQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?cid=feed-yahoo-news">InformationWeek</a> - Google has slashed the cost of its security service by 40% and added an optional protection feature for public Wi-Fi users in its continued efforts to lure businesses to Google Apps.
'Crimeserver' Discovered with Treasure Trove of Stolen Data
(NewsFactor) NewsFactor - Cybercriminals collect a treasure trove of data from Web surfers whose computers are infected with Trojans. That's all-too-common news these days, but a recent case shows that the problem is getting worse. Finjan Inc., which makes secure Web gateway products, discovered a server in Malaysia being used by hackers to store more than 1.4 gigabytes of stolen data. What surprised the Finjan researchers was that the data was stolen from businesses as well as individuals -- and it was amassed in just three weeks.
Fake MP3 Trojan Detected On 27% Of PCs
(TechWeb) TechWeb - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/cmp/tc_cmp/storytext/207600502/27390004/SIG=131lg8u05/*http://www.informationweek.com/;jsessionid=M2SG054XGAF5SQSNDLQSKHSCJUNN2JVN?cid=feed-yahoo-news">InformationWeek</a> - McAfee Avert Labs says more than half a million of the adware programs disguised as media files have been detected in less than a week.
Yahoo Searches Will Use McAfee for Security Alerts
(NewsFactor) NewsFactor - On Tuesday, Yahoo and McAfee announced a partnership to make the Yahoo Search experience safer. Launched in beta, the new SearchScan feature, powered by McAfee SiteAdvisor technology, offers always-on alerts for sites with security concerns involving spyware, adware and other malicious software. McAfee SiteAdvisor tests and rates nearly every trafficked site on the Internet.
Hackers harpoon US executives with phony email subpoenas
(AFP) <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080506/bs_afp/usinternetcourtcrime"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080506/capt.cps.ncc69.060508043221.photo00.photo.default-342x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=176N5.5g90nM4lzwDbSqZQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="US federal court officials have warned that hackers are emailing phony subpoenas, embedded with malicious software, to high-ranking executives to steal valuable corporate information(AFP/File/Joel Saget)" border="0" /></a>AFP - US federal court officials have warned that hackers are emailing phony subpoenas embedded with malicious software to high-ranking executives to steal valuable corporate information.</p><br clear="all"/>
For 30 years now, you've been getting spam
(AFP) <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080502/tc_afp/technologyinternetspamhistory30years"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080502/capt.cps.nbi40.020508122335.photo00.photo.default-512x375.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=GwzCBMvWMcmqGktpuVpCtA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="People surf the Internet at a coffee shop in Ho Chi Minh City.(AFP/File/Hoang Dinh Nam)" border="0" /></a>AFP - This week, the world will mark an anniversary that has changed the face -- and other anatomical regions -- of email inboxes everywhere: the first known spam email was sent 30 years ago on Saturday.</p><br clear="all"/>
Criminals try to "copyright" malware
(AP) AP - Even criminal hackers want to protect their intellectual property, and they've come up with a method akin to copyrighting — with an appropriate dash of Internet thuggery thrown in.
