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Internet provider Yahoo Inc. says e-mail worm has been contained
Canadian Press   Wednesday, 14 June 2006
Canadian Press - SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) - Yahoo Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) said Tuesday it has contained a malicious program aimed at the millions of people who use its e-mail service, which ranks as the world's largest.
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Microsoft Calls Trojans a 'Significant' Threat
NewsFactor   Tuesday, 13 June 2006
NewsFactor - According to a new report from Microsoft, rootkits have not yet risen to the level of being a hacker weapon of choice, but Trojan horse programs have become a "significant and tangible threat to Windows users."
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Energy Dept. tells workers of data theft
AP   Tuesday, 13 June 2006
AP - Energy Department officials have informed nearly 1,500 individuals that their Social Security numbers and other information may have been compromised when a hacker gained entry to a department computer system eight months ago, a spokesman said Monday.
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Backdoors, Bots Biggest Threats To Windows
TechWeb   Tuesday, 13 June 2006
TechWeb - Of the 5.7 million unique PCs from which the Malicious Software Removal Tool has deleted malware, 3.5 million of them -- 62 percent -- had at least one backdoor Trojan.
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Virus spreads data, scandal over Winny
AP   Tuesday, 13 June 2006
AP - A computer virus that targets the popular file-sharing program Winny isn't the most destructive bug or even the most widespread. But it's the most talked about in Japan as it generates headline after headline, month after month.
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How Widespread Is Malware?
PC World   Tuesday, 13 June 2006
PC World - Microsoft's security tools find malicious software on nearly one in every 300 PCs, company says.
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Yahoo Mail Worm Harvesting Addresses
TechWeb   Monday, 12 June 2006
TechWeb - A new worm targeting Yahoo's Web-based e-mail service has been spotted in the wild, a security company warned Monday.
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Worm Attacks Yahoo E-Mail
PC World   Monday, 12 June 2006
PC World - Mass-mailing worm exploits a vulnerability in the Web-based e-mail, but its impact is low.
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New technology and savvy Net users make cybercrime tough for police to crack
Canadian Press   Sunday, 11 June 2006
Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - The anonymity and versatility of the Internet has made it an ideal breeding ground for fringe groups to thrive, and police say monitoring the criminal activity that such groups can engage in is harder now than ever before.
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Data on nuclear agency workers hacked: lawmaker
Reuters   Saturday, 10 June 2006

Linton Brooks, Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, speaks in Livermore, California, October 27, 2005. A computer hacker got into the agency that guards the country's nuclear weapons stockpile and stole the personal records of at least 1,500 employees and contractors, a senior lawmaker said on Friday. (Kimberly White/Reuters)Reuters - A computer hacker got into the U.S. agency that guards the country's nuclear weapons stockpile and stole the personal records of at least 1,500 employees and contractors, a senior U.S. lawmaker said on Friday.


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Microsoft Changes WGA Following Spyware Allegations
NewsFactor   Saturday, 10 June 2006
NewsFactor - Microsoft has changed a feature found in its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) software after receiving complaints about the program's daily check-ins with the company's servers. Now, the tool will dial home in 14-day intervals instead of after every system boot.
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