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Vigilante Hacker's Evidence Puts Judge Behind Bars
TechWeb   Saturday, 24 February 2007
TechWeb - A so-called hacktivist's Trojan program that allowed him to infiltrate the judge's computer and find evidence of child pornography possession raises legal and ethical questions for some.
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Japan's cyber crime soars
AFP   Friday, 23 February 2007

A skull and crossbones are seen above a computer keyboard. Japanese police pledged Thursday to improve their technology to battle cyber crime, which shot up 40 percent last year as fraudsters become increasingly sly.(AFP/File/Joel Saget)AFP - Japanese police pledged Thursday to improve their technology to battle cyber crime, which shot up 40 percent last year as fraudsters become increasingly sly.


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TJX: Security breach wider than thought
AP   Thursday, 22 February 2007

The exterior view of a T.J. Maxx store in Redwood City, Calif., is seen in this Nov. 15, 2005 file photo. TJX Cos., operators of Marshall's and T.J. Maxx discount retail stores, said Wednesday a security breach into its computer systems was more extensive than previously reported.  (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file)AP - A computer security breach by a hacker who stole TJX Cos. customer data was broader than initially feared, and started 10 months earlier than first thought, the company said Wednesday.


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Update: Korea's AhnLab wins anti-virus contract from Banamex
InfoWorld   Wednesday, 21 February 2007
InfoWorld - South Korea's leading anti-virus vendor AhnLab has landed a deal with a major Mexican bank as it looks to expand beyond Asia.
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Hackers Lure Users With Bogus News Of Prime Minister's Heart Attack
TechWeb   Wednesday, 21 February 2007
TechWeb - A link in the e-mail about Australia's John Howard infects the unsuspecting with malware that tracks Web access and pinpoints a PC's whereabouts on Google Maps.
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DirectRevenue to Pay $1.5M in Adware Settlement
PC World   Sunday, 18 February 2007
PC World - A New York company has agreed to pay US$1.5 million to settle charges that it infected victims' computers with adware.
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'Storm' Worm Touches Down on IM
PC Magazine   Friday, 16 February 2007
PC Magazine - A new variant of January's "Storm" worm, which sent countless spam e-mails worldwide, takes advantage of instant messaging systems to propagate.
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Microsoft Hit with Another Zero-Day Attack
PC Magazine   Thursday, 15 February 2007
PC Magazine - Hackers hit Microsoft Office and Word programs.
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Attackers seize on new zero-day in Word
InfoWorld   Thursday, 15 February 2007
InfoWorld - Microsoft's Word and Office programs have been targeted again, with the company warning that hackers may already exploiting a new vulnerability found in the applications.
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Korea's AhnLab wins anti-virus contract from Banamex
InfoWorld   Wednesday, 14 February 2007
InfoWorld - South Korea's leading anti-virus vendor AhnLab has landed a deal with a major Mexican bank as it looks to expand beyond Asia.
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UK hacker extradition appeal hearing starts
InfoWorld   Wednesday, 14 February 2007
InfoWorld - Lawyers for a British computer hacker started an appeal in London High Court Tuesday to block their client's extradition to the U.S.
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