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New spam trick: Mimic legit newsletters
AP   Thursday, 18 January 2007
AP - Spammers have something new in their bag of tricks.
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Dutch prosecutors seek jail terms for botnet gang
InfoWorld   Thursday, 18 January 2007
InfoWorld - Dutch prosecutors are pursuing jail terms for two men charged in a large-scale computer hacking scheme in which more than 1 million computers may have been infected with adware and other malicious programs.
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Vista Aims to Stop Hackers' Social Engineering Ploys
PC Magazine   Wednesday, 17 January 2007
PC Magazine - News Analysis: Microsoft maintains that by addressing the social aspect of IT attacks, the portion that can dupe even the smartest users into launching malware-laden attachments or clicking unknown URLs, Vista will improve PC security significantly.
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'White Listing' Repairs Broken Anti-Malware Model
TechWeb   Wednesday, 17 January 2007
TechWeb - White listing defines up front the programs allowed to execute inside one's corporate network and excludes everything else.
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CheckPoint Releases ZoneAlarm Suite 7
PC Magazine   Tuesday, 16 January 2007
PC Magazine - CheckPoint software today released version 7 of the popular ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite, which drops the Zone Labs name and uses Kaspersky's virus protection instead of Computer Associates'.
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AMD warns of substantially lower Q4 operating profit, blames falling prices
Canadian Press   Friday, 12 January 2007
Canadian Press - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc., the world's second-largest microprocessor maker behind much-larger rival Intel Corp., says plunging selling prices for their computer chips hacked into the company's fourth-quarter profit.
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iDefense Posts $12,000 Bounty On Vista, IE 7 Bugs
TechWeb   Friday, 12 January 2007
TechWeb - iDefense will pay $8,000 for new vulnerabilities that can be used to execute remote code, and an additional $2,000 to $4,000 for working exploit code.
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Sophos Buys NAC Compliance Vendor Endforce
PC Magazine   Thursday, 11 January 2007
PC Magazine - The anti-virus software maker continues building out its product portfolio, acquiring an endpoint compliance specialist.
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Two charged with hacking LA traffic lights
InfoWorld   Thursday, 11 January 2007
InfoWorld - Two men have been charged with illegal computer access after they allegedly hacked in to the Los Angeles city traffic center to turn off traffic lights at four intersections last August.
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ID Thieves Dupe Users With Saddam Execution Video
TechWeb   Tuesday, 09 January 2007
TechWeb - F-Secure has tracked three different pieces of malware that use a Saddam theme to download a spyware keylogger that steals online bank account passwords.
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4-month sentence for Utah college hacker
AP   Saturday, 06 January 2007
AP - A University of Utah student who admitted hacking into a university computer system to change his grades was sentenced to four months in jail or a halfway house.
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