Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1289 technology Security News en-us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:08:11 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1289 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091125/bs_nf/70315 nf/20091125/70315 NewsFactor business Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:08:11 GMT NewsFactor - One of the world's most notorious spammers has reached the end of the road -- or at least a rest stop -- that could last for the next 51 months. Alan Ralsky, known as the spam king, was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison by U.S. District Judge Marianne O. Battani in Detroit. In June, Ralsky pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, and to violations of the CAN-SPAM Act. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091125/tc_pcworld/attacksappearimminentasieexploitisimproved pcworld/20091125/attacksappearimminentasieexploitisimproved PC World technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:50:13 GMT PC World - Hackers working on the open-source Metasploit project have spiffed up a zero-day attack on Microsoft's Internet Explorer, making it more reliable -- and more likely to be used by criminals. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091125/tc_pcworld/fivetipstoshopblackfridayandcybermondaysecurely pcworld/20091125/fivetipstoshopblackfridayandcybermondaysecurely PC World technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:49:00 GMT PC World - This Friday is Black Friday--officially kicking off the 2009 holiday shopping season. Online attackers and malware developers know how to capitalize on current events, and the rush to find great holiday bargains offers a prime opportunity to exploit eager shoppers. Here are five tips to help you shop online securely. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091125/tc_zd/246383 zd/20091125/246383 PC Magazine technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:57:08 GMT PC Magazine - Four men, including a 64-year-old Michigan resident known as the "Godfather of Spam," were sentenced to several years in prison Tuesday for conspiring to commit wire fraud, mail fraud, and violate federal anti-spam legislation. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091125/bs_nf/70286 nf/20091125/70286 NewsFactor science Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:54:27 GMT NewsFactor - Internet security and climate change had a surprising run-in last week, as thousands of emails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit wound up on climate-skeptic web sites. The University says it is cooperating with police and launching its own investigation into how the emails wound up online. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/tc_afp/skoreaitspam afp/20091125/skoreaitspam AFP technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:45:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/tc_afp/skoreaitspam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259131453493-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=BdY_xgFBo4OWgmqgg1i7TA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said. The number of text messages that a mobile user can send out a day has been restricted to 500, down from 1,000.(AFP/File/Choi Jae-Ku)" border="0" /></a>AFP - South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/tc_afp/skoreaitspam"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259131453493-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=96&q=85&sig=BdY_xgFBo4OWgmqgg1i7TA--" align="left" height="96" width="130" alt="photo" title="South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said. The number of text messages that a mobile user can send out a day has been restricted to 500, down from 1,000.(AFP/File/Choi Jae-Ku)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091124/tc_pcworld/godfatherofspamsentencedtofouryearsinprison pcworld/20091124/godfatherofspamsentencedtofouryearsinprison PC World technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:30:27 GMT PC World - One of the most notorious U.S.-based spammers was sentenced to more than four years in jail on Monday for a scheme that used spam to manipulate stock prices in order to make a profit. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/climate_hacked_e_mails ap/20091124/climate_hacked_e_mails AP science Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:52:21 GMT AP - A leading climate change scientist said hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting documents online show the nasty politics of global warming. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091124/ap_on_bi_ge/us_spam_scam ap/20091124/us_spam_scam AP business Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:01:29 GMT AP - A federal judge has sentenced a suburban Detroit man described as one of the world's most prolific senders of spam e-mail to more than four years in prison for his role in a 2005 stock fraud scheme that netted him $2.7 million. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/tc_afp/ushongkongcanadaitcrimeinternet afp/20091124/ushongkongcanadaitcrimeinternet AFP technology Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:00:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/tc_afp/ushongkongcanadaitcrimeinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259020780575-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=AHnHEEFku1eyRplOcL2s_A--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe. A Hong Kong resident and three other men, including the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Spam," were sentenced to prison on Monday for their roles in an email stock fraud scheme, the Justice Department said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A Hong Kong resident and three other men, including the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Spam," were sentenced to prison on Monday for their roles in an email stock fraud scheme, the Justice Department said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091124/tc_afp/ushongkongcanadaitcrimeinternet"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091124/capt.photo_1259020780575-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=AHnHEEFku1eyRplOcL2s_A--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe. A Hong Kong resident and three other men, including the self-proclaimed "Godfather of Spam," were sentenced to prison on Monday for their roles in an email stock fraud scheme, the Justice Department said.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/tc_nm/us_iphone_security nm/20091123/us_iphone_security Reuters technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:09:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/tc_nm/us_iphone_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091123/i/r1625279754.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=Zo3wkU4tcXJNufvQi1zwGg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="An advertisement for the Apple iPhone is shown at a retail store of an Orange mobile phone network provider in Bordeaux, southwestern France, October 23, 2009. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hackers have built a virus that attacks Apple Inc's iPhone by secretly taking control of the devices via their Internet connections, security experts said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091123/tc_nm/us_iphone_security"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091123/i/r1625279754.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=Zo3wkU4tcXJNufvQi1zwGg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="An advertisement for the Apple iPhone is shown at a retail store of an Orange mobile phone network provider in Bordeaux, southwestern France, October 23, 2009. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20091123/bs_nf/70226 nf/20091123/70226 NewsFactor business Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:52:45 GMT NewsFactor - Just two weeks after Apple iPhone users in Australia reported jailbroken iPhones came under siege by attackers, a new version of the iPhone worm is posing a threat. Symantec reports the new worm targets jailbroken iPhones running SSH that are still using the default password. The worm can reportedly steal data stored on the iPhone as well as connect back to the attacker, giving them control of the phone. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/macworld/20091123/tc_macworld/thirdiphonewormtargetsjailbrokeniphonesineuropeaustralia macworld/20091123/thirdiphonewormtargetsjailbrokeniphonesineuropeaustralia Macworld.com technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:50:00 GMT Macworld.com - Another week, another worm hitting jailbroken iPhones. As with the previous exploits, which Rickrolled your phone’s wallpaper and stole your data, this nasty piece of work burrows its way into your jailbroken device if you haven’t changed the password for the iPhone’s root account—you have changed your root password, right? Right? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20091123/tc_zd/246293 zd/20091123/246293 PC Magazine technology Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:10:04 GMT PC Magazine - A new Facebook worm appeared over the weekend, pairing malware with a sexy come-on. NSFW warning: racy image inside. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091122/tc_pcworld/newattackfellsinternetexplorer pcworld/20091122/newattackfellsinternetexplorer PC World technology Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:30:00 GMT PC World - A hacker has posted attack code that could be used to break into a PC running older versions of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091120/tc_pcworld/securityprosaysnewsslattackcanhitmanysites pcworld/20091120/securityprosaysnewsslattackcanhitmanysites PC World technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 07:40:16 GMT PC World - A Seattle computer security consultant says he's developed a new way to exploit a recently disclosed bug in the SSL protocol, used to secure communications on the Internet. The attack, while difficult to execute, could give attackers a very powerful phishing attack. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_hi_te/eu_britain_computer_virus ap/20091118/eu_britain_computer_virus AP technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:05:00 GMT AP - A couple suspected of helping spread some of the Internet's most aggressive computer viruses has been arrested in the English city of Manchester, police said Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/wr_nm/us_britain_trojan nm/20091118/us_britain_trojan Reuters technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:01:31 GMT Reuters - Detectives have made the first arrests in Europe to tackle a "trojan" computer virus which is believed to have infected tens of thousands of computers across the world, London police said on Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/pcworld/20091118/tc_pcworld/ukpolicerevealarrestsoverzeusbankingmalware pcworld/20091118/ukpolicerevealarrestsoverzeusbankingmalware PC World technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:10:11 GMT PC World - British police said Wednesday they've made the first arrests in Europe of two people for using Zeus, a sophisticated malicious software program that can scoop up any sensitive information on a PC. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_bi_ge/us_los_alamos_computer_security ap/20091118/us_los_alamos_computer_security AP business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:26:19 GMT AP - Security weaknesses uncovered in Los Alamos National Laboratory's classified computer network could increase the risk of a breach of classified information, the U.S. Government Accountability Office said in a new report.