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Keeping Yourself Safe
Phishing, identity theft, denial-of-service attacks, viruses, computer worms — the Internet can be a scary place
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LATEST NEWS
- Technology Rivals Unite to Thwart Web Hijack Risk
- Internet Governing Body Loses Own Domain Name
- Google Ordered to Hand Over All YouTube User Data
- Hackers Steal Millions From 7-Eleven ATMs
- 'Communist' Hackers Target Entire Nation of Lithuania
- Why Overseas Hackers Are Impossible to Catch
- Kiddie-Porn Charges Dropped; PC Virus Blamed
- Ruling Likely to Change Corporate Cell-Phone Policies
- Survey: One in 3 Information Tech Professionals Snoops on Other Employees
- Swedish Government Gets Massive Eavesdropping Powers
- Court Restricts Bosses' Ability to Read Employee E-Mail
- California Teenagers Face Prison for Hacking Into School Computers
- Security Vulnerability Exposes Utilities to Internet Attack
- Report Names 'Most Dangerous' Web Domain Names
- Spain Arrests 5 Suspects Accused of Hacking U.S. Government Web Pages
CELL PHONES, PDAS AND VOIP
- Copy-Protection Body Probing Hack of HD DVD Format
- Alleged VoIP Scam Highlights Looming Security Threat
- Two Men Charged With Hacking Into VoIP Networks
- Skype Calls May Be Impossible to Wiretap
- Self-Destructing Text Messages Debut in Britain
CYBERSTALKING AND CYBERPREDATORS
- Harvard Team to Study Child Safety on Internet
- Mob Spam? E-Mail Scam Threatens Recipient With Hit on Life
- Officials: 29,000 Registered Sex Offenders on MySpace
- Study: Online Personal Info Little Threat to Kids
- Ulanoff: Parents Need to Know What Kids Are Doing Online
- U.K. Couple Guilty of Webcam Sex While U.S. Girl Watched
- Study: Rising Number of Kids Exposed to Online Porn
- Bloggers Help Unearth Clues in Missouri Kidnapping Cases
- FBI Investigating 'Hit Man' E-Mail Scheme
- Survey: Fewer Teens Sexually Solicited Over Internet
- MySpace.com Parent Company Launches Internet-Safety Ad Campaign
- MySpace Teen's West Bank Trip Leads to Family Court Charges
- Top Internet Providers Hope to Combat Child Porn With Image Database
- Criminals Follow Ordinary Citizens Onto Internet
- 'Social Networking' Makes Protecting Kids Tougher for Cops
E-MAIL, SPAM & '419' SCAMS
- Scambaiters Turn Tables on Nigerian E-Mail Scam Artists
- India Fears BlackBerrys Are Threat to National Security
- Wanted: Multilingual Hackers to Help Write Spam
- Spam King Among 11 Named in Stock-Scam Indictment
- Ron Paul Supporters May Be Using 'Botnets'
- FTC Warns of Fake FTC E-Mail Virus
- Feds: Fake Harassment Complaint E-Mail Contains Virus
- Seattle 'Spam King' Soloway Denied Bail
- Notorious Spam King Nabbed in Seattle, Could Face Long Prison Term
- Korean Duo Accused of Sending 1.6 Billion Spam E-Mails
- Hackers Use European Windstorm as Cover for Computer-Virus Attack
- EU Report Says Up To 80 Percent of All Email There is Spam
- E-Mail Hoax Claiming to Be From FBI Director Making Rounds on Internet
- Spammer's Grandparents to Let AOL Examine Back Yard
- AOL Wants to Dig for Gold in Spammer's Parents' Back Yard
ENCRYPTION
- British Computer Store Discovers Confidential Government Disc Hidden in Laptop
- Hackers Decrypt Computer by Freezing Memory Chips
- Angry Employee Deletes All of Company's Data
- Security Software Tracks Down Stolen PCs
- Sexy Stripper Scam Makes Viewers Crack Codes
- Laptops to Ship With Automatic-Encryption Hard Drives
- Copy-Protection Body Probing Hack of HD DVD Format
- Encrypted Binaries Found in Apple's Mac OS X
- Experts: Lax Corporate, Government Laptop Security Due to Laziness
- IBM Unveils Encryption Module for CPUs
- Computer Virus Demands Ransom for Encrypted Files
- New Security Features Added to Electronic Passports
- County Law Would Mandate Wireless Security
HACKS & DOS ATTACKS
- Hackers Steal Millions From 7-Eleven ATMs
- 'Communist' Hackers Target Entire Nation of Lithuania
- Why Overseas Hackers Are Impossible to Catch
- California Teenagers Face Prison for Hacking Into School Computers
- Spain Arrests 5 Suspects Accused of Hacking U.S. Government Web Pages
- Air Force Colonel: Pentagon Needs Its Own Hacker Network
- Radio Free Europe Under Cyber-Attack
- Chertoff: Feds Working on Hacker 'Early Warning' System
- Hackers Flood Epilepsy Web Forum With Flashing Lights
- The Secret China-U.S. Hacking War
- Dallas Police Web Site Hacked, Defaced
- Bush Spending Plan Focuses Attention on Preventing Computer Hacks
- Bank Employee Unplugs Remote-Control Robbers
- Report: U.S. Struggled to Survive Mock Cyber-Attack
- Hackers Declare War on Scientology
PHISHING, FRAUD & IDENTITY THEFT
- Internet Governing Body Loses Own Domain Name
- Report Names 'Most Dangerous' Web Domain Names
- Chilean Hacker Posts 6 Million People's Data Online
- Social-Networking Sites Pose Huge Security Risk, Say Experts
- Same Password for Everything? Not a Good Idea
- Stolen-Data Glut Means Hard Times for Identity Thieves
- Identity Theft Leads to Child-Porn Arrest Nightmare
- Secretly Installed Software Stole Grocery-Store Customer Data
- Four Million Credit, Debit Cards Exposed in Data Breach
- Hacker Snags Data on Harvard Applicants
- Small Romanian Town Gets Rich Through eBay Scams
- Personal Data Lost on 650,000 Credit-Card Holders
- Data Theft Has Web-Porn Sites, Customers Worried
- Government Web Sites Make Identity Theft Easy
- Personal Data Theft Reaches Unprecedented Levels in 2007
PRIVACY
- Google Ordered to Hand Over All YouTube User Data
- Ruling Likely to Change Corporate Cell-Phone Policies
- Survey: One in 3 Information Tech Professionals Snoops on Other Employees
- Swedish Government Gets Massive Eavesdropping Powers
- Court Restricts Bosses' Ability to Read Employee E-Mail
- EU Panel: Kill Search-Engine Results After Six Months
- Microsoft Shatters $900 Million Global Software Piracy Ring
- Microchips Everywhere Could Mean Total Loss of Privacy
- How Microsoft Could Monitor You in the Office
- Microsoft System May Monitor Workers' Brains, Bodies
- Consumer Groups Want 'Do Not Track' List of Web Surfers
- Companies Screen Employee E-Mails, Instant Messages for Sensitive Information
- Microsoft Cuts Retention Time of User Data
- Beauty-Queen Saga Shows Nothing's Private on Internet
- Court Rules E-Mail Search Without Warrant Violates Fourth Amendment
SPYWARE
- Top Web-Ratings Company Loses Security Certification
- Connecticut Teacher Gets New Trial on Web-Porn Charges
- Google Study: Ten Percent of Web Pages Carry Malicious Code
- How to Make Your PC Secure, for Little or No Money
- Tech Experts Question Schoolteacher's Computer-Porn Conviction
- Sony BMG Settles With FTC Over CD 'Rootkits'
- Yahoo Slapped With Spyware-Syndication Fraud Suit
- Spitzer Sues Another Pop-Up Advertiser Over Spyware
- Hackers Use BBC News as Keylogger Trojan Lure
- Do-It-Yourself Spyware Kit Sells For $20 on Web
- Adware Pioneer Claria Getting Out of Business
- Watchdog Group: Kazaa Tops List of Sneaky Software
- Companies, Universites Jointly Create Anti-Malware Site
SYSTEM & APPLICATION HOLES
- Technology Rivals Unite to Thwart Web Hijack Risk
- Security Vulnerability Exposes Utilities to Internet Attack
- Report: IRS Computers Vulnerable to Hackers
- How to Hack Into a Boeing 787
- Antivirus Software Offered for PlayStation 3
- Abode: Acrobat, Acrobat Reader Have Security Holes
- Four 'Critical' Patches in October's Microsoft Updates
- Poll: Most Americans Dangerously Clueless About Computer Security
- Online Videos Could Infect Computers With Viruses, Study Finds
- Tech Experts: 'Widgets' Are Huge Security Risk
- Monthly Microsoft Patch Fixes Instant-Message Hole
- Microsoft Fixes Nine Holes in August 'Patch Tuesday'
- Facebook Source Code Leaked Onto Internet
- Richard Clarke: Government Leaves Cyberspace Open to Attack
- Security Expert: PC Media Players Full of Holes
VIRUSES, WORMS & TROJAN HORSES
- Kiddie-Porn Charges Dropped; PC Virus Blamed
- Hackers Try to 'Copyright' Computer Virus
- Electronic Gadgets Often Full of Computer Viruses
- FBI Warns of Valentine's Day E-Mail Virus
- Porn-Site Virus Forces PC Users to Pay Up
- Hacker Marks 25th Anniversary of First Computer Virus
- FBI Pulls Plug on Several Botnet Hackers as Part of 'Operation Bot Roast'
- Hundreds of PC Users Click on 'Click Here to Get Infected' Ad
- Virus Found Using Windows Updater to Further Infect PCs
- New Worm Targets Portable Memory Drives
- Microsoft Issues Patch for Critical Internet Explorer Hole
- Current 'Zero-Day' Web Attack Leaves PCs Unprotected
- Computer Virus Found in Car Navigation Systems
- 'Storm Worm' Continues to Spread Around Globe
- Monthly Microsoft Patch Sneaks In Internet Explorer 7 Installation
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- College Student Gets Death Threats for Smuggling ‘Body of Christ’
- Woman Shoots Herself While Trying to Kill Mice
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- Iran Test-Fires Missiles Capable of Hitting Israeli, U.S. Bases
- Cops: Drug-Laced Treats Dropped Off at Police Stations
- Terrorist Attack Outside U.S. Consulate in Turkey Leaves 6 Dead
- Second Climber in a Week Dies Shortly After Reaching Mount McKinley Summit
- Russia Warns of Military Response If U.S.-Czech Missile Defense Agreement Approved
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