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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/technology/security technology Security News en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:20:39 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/technology/security http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/wr_nm/us_australia_hackers nm/20100210/us_australia_hackers Reuters technology Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:20:39 GMT Reuters - Computer hackers disabled several Australian government websites Wednesday in coordinated attacks protesting against a planned internet filter aimed at pornography. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_crypto_chip_cracked_summary_box ap/20100208/us_tec_crypto_chip_cracked_summary_box AP technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:54:33 GMT AP - CRACKING THE UNCRACKABLE: A former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has found a way to break into a type of chip that protects the most important secrets inside many personal computers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_crypto_chip_cracked ap/20100208/us_tec_crypto_chip_cracked AP technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:31:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_crypto_chip_cracked"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.bb8c38bc45bc4994b775bc0c76c90608.crypto_chip_hacked_vajm201.jpg?x=130&y=116&q=85&sig=PGt_.g8L6PVZpkelR.4IIQ--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="In this Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 photo, Chris Tarnovsky poses for photos after speaking at the Black Hat Briefings in Arlington, Va. Tarnovsky figured out a way to break chips that carry a 'Trusted Platform Module,' or TPM, designation. Such chips are billed as the industry's most secure and are estimated to be in as many as 100 million personal computers and servers, according to market research firm IDC. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a former U.S. Army computer-security specialist has devised a way to break those locks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_crypto_chip_cracked"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100208/capt.bb8c38bc45bc4994b775bc0c76c90608.crypto_chip_hacked_vajm201.jpg?x=130&y=116&q=85&sig=PGt_.g8L6PVZpkelR.4IIQ--" align="left" height="116" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 photo, Chris Tarnovsky poses for photos after speaking at the Black Hat Briefings in Arlington, Va. Tarnovsky figured out a way to break chips that carry a 'Trusted Platform Module,' or TPM, designation. Such chips are billed as the industry's most secure and are estimated to be in as many as 100 million personal computers and servers, according to market research firm IDC. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100208/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_hacking ap/20100208/as_china_hacking AP business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:26:44 GMT AP - Police in central China have shut down a hacker training operation that openly recruited thousands of members online and provided them with cyberattack lessons and malicious software, state media said Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/tc_afp/chinaitinternetespionagehacking afp/20100208/chinaitinternetespionagehacking AFP technology Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:15:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/tc_afp/chinaitinternetespionagehacking"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265609625744-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ZfgOI21dae6CGXLs8D6QRA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="File photo of a man surfing the internet at an internet cafe in Beijing. Police in central China have shut down a hacker training company that taught thousands of people how to launch cyberattacks and provided them with spy software, media reports said Monday.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Police in central China have shut down a hacker training company that taught thousands of people how to launch cyberattacks and provided them with spy software, media reports said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100208/tc_afp/chinaitinternetespionagehacking"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100208/capt.photo_1265609625744-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=ZfgOI21dae6CGXLs8D6QRA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo of a man surfing the internet at an internet cafe in Beijing. Police in central China have shut down a hacker training company that taught thousands of people how to launch cyberattacks and provided them with spy software, media reports said Monday.(AFP/File/Teh Eng Koon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/usitcomputersecurityinternet afp/20100207/usitcomputersecurityinternet AFP politics Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:48:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/usitcomputersecurityinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265575684096-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cHDrhPqinIatbaBEQ8qgtA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan is pictured in January 2010. The United States faces "serious and significant" threats within cyberspace, Brennan said Sunday, adding it was an issue of national security.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The United States faces "serious and significant" threats within cyberspace, the White House's top counter-terrorism advisor said Sunday, adding it was an issue of national security.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100207/pl_afp/usitcomputersecurityinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100207/capt.photo_1265575684096-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cHDrhPqinIatbaBEQ8qgtA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Deputy National Security Adviser for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism John Brennan is pictured in January 2010. The United States faces "serious and significant" threats within cyberspace, Brennan said Sunday, adding it was an issue of national security.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100205/tc_pcworld/kasperskygooglehacktakesspotlightfromrussia pcworld/20100205/kasperskygooglehacktakesspotlightfromrussia PC World technology Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:20:11 GMT PC World - Kaspersky Lab may not be a household name in the United States, but in some parts of the world, it's the most popular consumer antivirus software. In China the company boasts 100 million users, and the software is also popular in Germany, and, of course, Russia, where Kaspersky got its start in 1997. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_hi_te/us_terror_fight_spending ap/20100204/us_terror_fight_spending AP technology Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:26:20 GMT AP - The Obama administration is seeking billions in budget increases to target terror threats from abroad, especially Pakistan and Yemen, with boosts for surveillance and attack drones, special operations forces and a new military cyber command. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100204/tc_pcworld/nigeriausescelebritypowertostemcybercrime pcworld/20100204/nigeriausescelebritypowertostemcybercrime PC World technology Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:10:31 GMT PC World - Microsoft and Nigeria have released a song and video as part of a campaign to dissuade people from getting involved in cybercrime. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwarecomputercrimesecuritywebsense afp/20100204/usitinternetsoftwarecomputercrimesecuritywebsense AFP technology Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:03:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwarecomputercrimesecuritywebsense"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265294657970-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=On74ihiCoXk6WXIxeqjlVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Cyber crooks are rigging the Internet with booby-trapped blog commentary, chat rooms, email messages and websites, according to a Websense report released Thursday.(AFP/Illustration)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Cyber crooks are rigging the Internet with booby-trapped blog commentary, chat rooms, email messages and websites, according to a Websense report released Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100204/tc_afp/usitinternetsoftwarecomputercrimesecuritywebsense"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100204/capt.photo_1265294657970-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=On74ihiCoXk6WXIxeqjlVQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Cyber crooks are rigging the Internet with booby-trapped blog commentary, chat rooms, email messages and websites, according to a Websense report released Thursday.(AFP/Illustration)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100204/wr_nm/us_carbon_eu_attacks nm/20100204/us_carbon_eu_attacks Reuters technology Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:23:06 GMT Reuters - Cyber attacks on the European Union's Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) have prompted the executive European Commission to revise its Internet security guidelines, the Commission said on Thursday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_china_google_cyberattacks ap/20100204/as_tec_china_google_cyberattacks AP technology Thu, 04 Feb 2010 03:31:43 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_china_google_cyberattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265143460276-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=lKerNraiNGm0Z5l6dXe5KA--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="Two pedestrians walk past the company logo outside the Google China headquarters building in Beijing in January 2010. Google's recently reported cyberattacks are a "wake-up call" about the vulnerabilities of computer networks to attacks that could cripple the US economy, the top US intelligence official warned Tuesday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0" /></a>AP - Google's accusation that its e-mail accounts were hacked from China landed like a bombshell because it cast light on a problem that few companies will discuss: the pervasive threat from China-based cyberattacks.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100204/ap_on_hi_te/as_tec_china_google_cyberattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265143460276-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=lKerNraiNGm0Z5l6dXe5KA--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="Two pedestrians walk past the company logo outside the Google China headquarters building in Beijing in January 2010. Google's recently reported cyberattacks are a "wake-up call" about the vulnerabilities of computer networks to attacks that could cripple the US economy, the top US intelligence official warned Tuesday.(AFP/File/Liu Jin)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100204/tc_pcworld/ieflawgiveshackersaccesstouserfilesmicrosoftsays pcworld/20100204/ieflawgiveshackersaccesstouserfilesmicrosoftsays PC World technology Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:40:00 GMT PC World - Microsoft warned on Wednesday that a flaw in its Internet Explorer browser gives attackers access to files stored on a PC under certain conditions. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/tc_nm/us_oracle_security nm/20100203/us_oracle_security Reuters technology Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:24:32 GMT Reuters - A computer security expert has uncovered what he says are flaws in widely used software from Oracle Corp that could let hackers remotely access sensitive information in corporate and government databases. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100203/tc_pcworld/fakemicrosoftoutlookupdateinstallstrojan pcworld/20100203/fakemicrosoftoutlookupdateinstallstrojan PC World technology Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:22:00 GMT PC World - A malicious spam campaign caught by Panda Labs is using a fake Microsoft Update notice to trick victims into installing a Trojan. While well crafted, the attack still provides dead giveaways. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20100203/bs_nf/71424 nf/20100203/71424 NewsFactor business Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:46:22 GMT NewsFactor - Facebook and Twitter were all the rage in 2009, and not just for social networkers. The sites were also extremely popular among hackers and thieves, IT security firm Sophos revealed Monday in its Security Threat 2010 report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/tc_nm/us_cybersecurity_badguys nm/20100203/us_cybersecurity_badguys Reuters technology Wed, 03 Feb 2010 00:34:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/tc_nm/us_cybersecurity_badguys"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100203/i/r1593024557.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ln5ShB0TkSO6mF7jHqR.bg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Taiyuan, Shanxi province August 13, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The people who brought the world malicious software that steals credit card numbers from your personal computer and empties bank ATMs of their cash are hiring, and they're advertising online.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100203/tc_nm/us_cybersecurity_badguys"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100203/i/r1593024557.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ln5ShB0TkSO6mF7jHqR.bg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Taiyuan, Shanxi province August 13, 2009. REUTERS/Stringer" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/tc_afp/uschinaitcompanyrightsdiplomacyinternetgoogle afp/20100202/uschinaitcompanyrightsdiplomacyinternetgoogle AFP technology Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:01:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/tc_afp/uschinaitcompanyrightsdiplomacyinternetgoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265133660013-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=YhJL.jTTrqzlpeWG1L4eOg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Sen. Dick Durbin, seen here in 2009, asked 30 leading companies, including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, IBM, Nokia and Twitter, for information about their human rights practices in China after Google's threat to leave the country over cyberattacks and Web censorship.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A US senator on Tuesday asked 30 leading companies, including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, IBM, Nokia and Twitter, for information about their human rights practices in China after Google's threat to leave the country over cyberattacks and Web censorship.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100202/tc_afp/uschinaitcompanyrightsdiplomacyinternetgoogle"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100202/capt.photo_1265133660013-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=YhJL.jTTrqzlpeWG1L4eOg--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sen. Dick Durbin, seen here in 2009, asked 30 leading companies, including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, IBM, Nokia and Twitter, for information about their human rights practices in China after Google's threat to leave the country over cyberattacks and Web censorship.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/wr_nm/us_banking_internet_security nm/20100202/us_banking_internet_security Reuters technology Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:42:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/wr_nm/us_banking_internet_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100202/i/r437942992.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=vNOqQMcRtujY9ugs0G5YNg--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="A customer uses an automated teller machine at a bank branch in a file photo. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne" border="0" /></a>Reuters - A vast majority of online banking customers use their login credentials to access other websites, sharply increasing risk of attack to their bank account, Internet security firm Trusteer said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100202/wr_nm/us_banking_internet_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100202/i/r437942992.jpg?x=130&y=102&q=85&sig=vNOqQMcRtujY9ugs0G5YNg--" align="left" height="102" width="130" alt="photo" title="A customer uses an automated teller machine at a bank branch in a file photo. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20100202/tc_pcworld/chinaworkstotoughenhackinglaws pcworld/20100202/chinaworkstotoughenhackinglaws PC World technology Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:20:11 GMT PC World - Chinese police and judicial officials are formulating new measures that govern how hacking crimes are handled by courts, the country's latest step to strengthen its cyber laws, state media reported.