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November, 2009

• 11/02: Spammer Ordered to Pay Facebook $711M, But is it Enough?

October, 2009

• 10/23: Scam Police Unplug 800 Nigerian Websites
• 10/20: Symantec: 93% of Fake Antivirus Downloads Intentional
• 10/16: Total Security 2009: Total Scam (Ransomware)
• 10/14: Adobe Matches Microsoft with Massive Patch Update
• 10/12: Pentagon, NASA Hacker to Face Extradition
• 10/08: Phishing, Malware both Blamed for Hotmail Breach
• 10/08: FBI Reels in 100 Phishers in Huge Cybercrime Case
• 10/07: Hotmail Phishing Scam Also Targets Gmail, Yahoo Mail
• 10/06: Hotmail Leak: Phishers Make off with Thousands of Passwords
• 10/05: RIM Patches BlackBerry Null Character Exploit
• 10/05: New Malware Takes Hacking to a Whole New Level
• 10/01: Pirates Denied Free Windows Security Software

September, 2009

• 09/30: IRS Email Scam Devastating: Targets Users, Businesses
• 09/29: New Exploit Threatens Vista, MS Scambles for Fix
• 09/28: Scientists use Virtual Ants to Sniff out Malware
• 09/28: Aussie Gov't Puts Win7 Security up to 'Ultimate' Test
• 09/22: MS Releases Temp Fix for Critical SMB Network Flaw
• 09/15: Google Groups Trojan Reveals Latest Trend in Malware
• 09/14: Record-Breaking Credit Card Hacker Pleads Guilty
• 09/10: New 'Fan Check' Malware Infests Google, Yahoo Search
• 09/09: New 'Legit Looking' Spyware Appears as Flash Plug-In
• 09/04: New Zeus Trojan Uses Instant Messaging to Expedite ID Theft

August, 2009

• 08/28: Radisson Hotels Hacked: Data Leaked Nov '08 to May '09
• 08/26: Jessica Biel Tops Web's Most Dangerous List
• 08/21: Credit Card Super Hacker 'Genius,' Lived Lavishly
• 08/18: Super Hacker Swipes 130M Credit Cards: Largest Ever
• 08/12: Security Experts on August Patch Tuesday: Update Now
• 08/11: New Technology Can Eavesdrop VOIP, Video Streaming
• 08/10: Hackers Crack Nat'l ID Card; Gov't Plans to Forge On
• 08/07: Whatever Happened To The Conficker Virus?
• 08/07: Java SE6 Update Fixes Exploit Linked to ActiveX Flaw
• 08/05: Network Solutions Hacked, 500k Credit Cards Exposed
• 08/04: Fake ATM Nabbed by Defcon 'Hackers' in LA
• 08/04: Beware Man-In-The-Middle Hacker Attacks
• 08/03: Experts Tout Increased Security of Windows 7

July, 2009

• 07/31: Black Hat Security: iPhone And Firefox At Risk
• 07/28: Officials Abused Access to Jackson Records, Report Says
• 07/24: Researchers: Power Sockets can Detect Keyboard Input
• 07/24: Department of Homeland Security Warns Users to Disable Flash
• 07/20: Mozilla's Firefox 3.5.1 Addresses TraceMonkey Flaw
• 07/10: 'Browse And Get Owned' Patch Coming Tuesday
• 07/08: Online Fraud Easier Due to Social Security Flaw
• 07/07: Clear Shutdown Leaves More Than 250,000 IDs in Limbo
• 07/07: ActiveX Security Hole Stumps Microsoft
• 07/06: Conficker Worm Saves Hundreds from Traffic Violations
• 07/02: New Tech to Quash Drive by Downloads, XSS Attacks
• 07/01: Harry Potter Movie Targeted by Hackers

June, 2009

• 06/29: Malware Peddlers Target Michael Jackson Mourners
• 06/25: Next-Gen Cell Spying: Like Straight out of a Movie
• 06/16: Safe Calculator: Encrypts Data, Acts like MS Calc
• 06/16: China Content Filtering Software Puts PCs At Risk
• 06/11: Windows XP-Based ATMs Targeted by Hackers
• 06/08: RIM Admits BlackBerry Security Hole, Patch Available
• 06/08: Credit Card Fraud: Most Common Form of ID Theft
• 06/05: Next Microsoft Patch Tuesday: This Year's Biggest
• 06/01: Gumbler Virus Infects Google Search, Deadliest Yet

May, 2009

• 05/29: Click Carefully: New DirectX Exploit in the Wild
• 05/27: New Netbook Ships, Preloaded with Factory Malware
• 05/25: Alive and Well: Conficker Infecting 50k PCs Daily
• 05/20: Trojan Alert: Windows 7 RC1, FIFA World Cup Virus
• 05/20: MS IIS6 Virus Compromises Password-Protected Files
• 05/20: FAA's Air Traffic Control Apps Highly Vulnerable
• 05/12: Hackers Breach 160k Med Records at UC Berkeley
• 05/07: US Med Data Held Hostage by Hackers; Ransom: $10M
• 05/06: Hackers 'Tap In' to Improve Radio Frequency (RFID) Systems
• 05/04: New Malware Plays On Global 'Swine Flu' Fears

April, 2009

• 04/29: McAfee '911' Helps Victims Recover from Online Attacks
• 04/28: Hospital Equipment Infected with Conficker
• 04/27: Cybercriminals Buy Captcha-Codes for Pennies
• 04/24: Win7: Security Hole 'Unfixable', Experts Say
• 04/22: Homeland Security Seeks Ethical Hackers to Defend US
• 04/17: Study: 91% of Data Breaches are Organized Crime
• 04/17: Annual Spam Emissions Could Power 3.1M Homes
• 04/14: Teen Creates Twitter Worm 'Out of Boredom'
• 04/13: Conficker Worm Crashes University of Utah
• 04/10: Conficker E Awakens: Uses Mystery Payload, Waledac
• 04/03: Conficker Stats: Vietnam Worst, Worm Still Dormant
• 04/03: Conficker Alive and Well Post April 1st Deadline
• 04/01: New iPhone App Reduces ID Theft by Unique Password
• 04/01: Conficker Detection Breakthrough From Germany

March, 2009

• 03/31: Homeland Security Releases Conficker-Detection Tool
• 03/30: Chinese Cyberspace Espionage Affects 103 Nations
• 03/30: China Implicated Over Conficker Virus
• 03/27: New Botnet Worm 'Psyb0t' Targets Modems, Routers
• 03/26: Conficker Virus: Next Update, Attack April 1st
• 03/20: Internet Explorer 8 RC1 Released: Imperfect, but Improved
• 03/18: Social Search Reveals 700 Comcast Customer Logins
• 03/13: New Koobface Virus Messages Malware to Friends
• 03/12: ID Theft on Rise due to Economic Slump, Report Suggests
• 03/11: Third Conficker Worm Wields: Most Resilient Yet
• 03/11: MS Fixes 8 Flaws, Critical Excel Flaw Still Looms
• 03/11: EU Police To Receive Corporate Hacker Training
• 03/09: eBay Hackers Exploit IE, Firefox Vulnerabilities
• 03/06: Microsoft to Patch Critical Flaw, Still no Excel Fix
• 03/06: Conficker Time Bomb Targets Southwest Airlines, Others This ...
• 03/04: Justifying Mass Surveillance: A Fallacious Myth
• 03/02: Obama Stimulus Pours Millions into Cyber Security

February, 2009

• 02/25: New Conficker B++ Worm Discovered, More Stealth
• 02/25: MS Excel Users Susceptible to New Vulnerability
• 02/24: Software Glitch Exposes 600 Student Accounts Online
• 02/24: MS Browser Prototype Promises Greater Security
• 02/20: Can Facebook be Trusted in Wake of TOS Debacle?
• 02/16: New Malware 'Virux' Spreading Rampant in US
• 02/13: Identity Theft Highest Since 2004, Report Suggests
• 02/12: Warnings Issued Over Britain's Surveillance Techniques
• 02/10: Ethical Hacker Proves RFID Tags Remain Vulnerable to ' ...
• 02/10: Antivirus Company Admits Site Hacked, Exposed for 11 Days
• 02/09: HP Printers Susceptible to Online Attack
• 02/06: Windows 7 UAC A Security Risk, Microsoft Concedes
• 02/05: Microsoft Ambivalent About Advertising, Privacy
• 02/04: MS Participates in Data Privacy Day, Surveys Risks
• 02/02: Secret Military Files Found On Used MP3 Player
• 02/02: Botnet Threatens to Sour Valentine's Day

January, 2009

• 01/30: Spam to Reach All-Time High in 2009
• 01/30: IE8 has Zero Impact on ClickJacking, Experts Say
• 01/29: Virus Infects Second Pirated Mac App
• 01/29: Rising Malware Threats reported by AVG and F-Secure
• 01/28: Largest Credit Breach Ever Reported Inauguration Day
• 01/23: Nasty Trojan Hidden in Pirated Apple App
• 01/20: 9M PCs infected with New Conficker Worm
• 01/09: SSL Websites Not Secure Enough, say Researchers

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