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Energizer Jolts PCs With Malware March 08, 2010 
If you're using Energizer's Duo USB battery charger software to monitor your battery charging status, it's probably a good idea to shut it down and uninstall it pronto. The software designed to work with the Duo contains a backdoor Trojan that lets unauthorized users access a PC remotely, among other things.
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Security and Privacy? Forget About It March 08, 2010 
As the Obama administration grapples with the thorny issue of beefing up the United States' cybersecurity infrastructure, and as security experts warn of impending cyberwarfare, a debate is raging over how much surveillance is enough. One of the biggest problems about implementing cybersecurity is that it involves a measure of surveillance, and the line between surveillance and snooping is razor thin.
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Microsoft and the Incredible 'Internet Usage Tax' March 08, 2010 
It's not often that Linux Girl is struck speechless by some tidbit of news in the tech world, but every once in a while it happens. Last week, it happened. Amid all the high-level discussion of Internet security at the RSA Conference 2010 in San Francisco, Microsoft's Scott Charney actually suggested a government tax to help the company improve Windows security.
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Say It Ain't So, Microsoft March 06, 2010 
Although its operating system and apps are so buggy that new vulnerabilities are discovered with frightening regularity, Microsoft now wants Internet users to pony up to cover the cost of cybersecurity. The idea was put forth by Scott Charney, Redmond's vice president for trustworthy computing, during a speech at the RSA Conference 2010 security convention earlier this week.
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Mueller to Cybersecurity Experts: The FBI Wants You March 05, 2010 
The Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday joined the Department of Homeland Security in seeking to hire cybersecurity experts from the private sector. "I want to send out an invitation to those of you in the audience who want to serve the country to join the FBI," FBI Director Robert Mueller said at the RSA 2010 conference in San Francisco.
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Massive Botnet Foiled but Thousands Roam Free March 04, 2010 
The three men accused of unleashing a vicious cyberassault that infected millions of computers worldwide may now be in jail, but the damage they left behind should serve as a warning for computer users to stay vigilant. The Mariposa botnet, a massive network of infected computers designed to steal account information, infiltrated an estimated 12.7 million computers.
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Napolitano Kicks Off Race to Secure Cyberspace March 04, 2010 
The United States needs the help of both the private sector and individual Americans to tackle cybersecurity, Janet Napolitano, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, said at the RSA Conference 2010 in San Francisco on Wednesday. "We need to have an ongoing two-way conversation and effort between the private and public sectors," she said.
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A New Age for US Cybersecurity March 03, 2010 
In the wake of repeated warnings by former top-level government cybersecurity experts that the United States is ill-prepared for a cyberwar, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt disclosed Tuesday the Obama administration's plans to prepare for the cybersecurity needs of the future. The administration is taking a multifaceted approach to cybersecurity, Schmidt said at RSA 2010.
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4 Wiseguys Indicted for Gobbling Up Choice Concert Tix March 02, 2010 
A federal grand jury has indicted four owners and key employees of a company that prosecutors said for years illegally cornered the market on the best concert and sporting event seats. The 60-page indictment accuses the men of directing an international conspiracy to defeat security schemes at Ticketmaster, Tickets.com and other online ticketing sites.
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EU Grouses at Google Over Privacy on Its Streets February 26, 2010 
The European Union has requested that Google make some changes to its Street View service. It wants Google to delete the images that it captures after six months, according to a letter sent to Google from the head of the EU Article 29 Data Protection Group, which is comprised of data protection officials from EU countries.
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Microsoft vs. the Zombie Hordes February 26, 2010 
Microsoft did its best Woody Harrelson impression this week and set out to bag some zombies. The zombies we're talking about here are PCs infected with malware. The bad guys spread the malware around and then remotely control victims' computers as part of a botnet that can do stuff like send out spam email or carry out DDoS attacks.
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Microsoft Gets Court Nod to Cripple Spam-Spewing Botnet February 25, 2010
Microsoft has brought a major botnet to its knees using a combined technical and legal strategy that it expects to deploy again. Earlier this week, a federal judge granted Microsoft a temporary restraining order that cut off 277 Internet domains believed to be run by criminals as the Waledac bot.
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Location-Aware Social Nets: Lights On, Nobody Home February 25, 2010 
Last week, Dutch group Forthehack launched PleaseRobMe, a site meant to expose the danger of location-based social networks such as Foursquare, BrightKite, Gowalla, and Google Buzz. Basically, PleaseRobMe says that every time someone posts his location in a location-based social network, that person is publicly announcing that he is not home, which could be taken to mean, no one is home.
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The Intel Intrusion: When Is a Hack Just a Hack? February 25, 2010 
At about the same time in January that Google reported its infrastructure had been hacked, someone broke into Intel's systems. However, unlike Google, which reported the attack publicly and ended up getting the federal government involved, Intel kept relatively quiet about its intrusion. The only mention Intel made of the attack was in its SEC 10-K filing.
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Do Companies Need Fed Cybersecurity Intervention? February 24, 2010 
Once again, Americans are hearing that the United States is a cybersecurity wimp, vulnerable to major damage should it ever suffer a large, organized cyberattack. The latest testimony underscoring that notion came from Michael McConnell, the former director of national intelligence, who spoke to the Senate Tuesday.
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Italian Court Shoots the Messenger February 24, 2010 
In a ruling that could have profound implications for the future of the Internet, three Google executives were convicted of privacy violations over a video that aired briefly in 2006 on the now-defunct Google Video site. David Drummond, Google's SVP and chief legal officer, Peter Fleischer, the company's chief privacy counsel, and George Reyes, its CFO, were all given six-month prison sentences.
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