Microsoft to target other botnets with legal weapon

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Microsoft to target other botnets with legal weapon

Microsoft to target other botnets with legal weapon

Posted: 28 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST


Microsoft has several other botnets in its crosshairs, and believes it can use the same legal tactic against them that it used to strike at the Waledac botnet's command-and-control centers.

Perfume business rescued from DDoS attack

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST


No website, however unlikely, is beyond the reach of the dreaded distributed-denial-of-service attack (DDoS), with cloud security outfit Prolexic publicising a pre-Christmas attack on a web perfume seller.

Google Street View Raises Privacy Concerns...Again

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST


It's like déjà vu all over again for Google with privacy concerns related to its Street View Maps. The European Union, which earlier this week revealed that it is investigating antitrust accusations against Google, has asked Google to make some changes to the way it gathers and retains data for Street View Maps.

Another case of MacBook-based spying on students? Maybe not

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST


Earlier this week, an investigation involving a Pennsylvania school where staffers may have remotely used Apple laptops to spy on their students made headlines. Now, an assistant principal at a middle school in the Bronx may have unintentionally revealed that the first incident wasn't entirely an isolated one.

More than 100 companies targeted by Google hackers

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More than 100 companies targeted by Google hackers

More than 100 companies targeted by Google hackers

Posted: 27 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST


The hackers who broke into Google two months ago have gone after more than 100 companies, according to an estimate by security vendor Isec Partners.

'Spygate' teenager demands webcam pix from Pa. school

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST


The suburban Philadelphia teen who has accused his high school of spying on him at home with the camera in his school-issued laptop wants school officials to hand over copies of all photographs snapped by students' MacBooks.

Meeting an Olympic-size security challenge

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST


Events like the Olympics make me truly appreciate those actively involved in security, intelligence and law enforcement.

Wyndham hotels hacked again

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST


Hackers broke into computer systems at Wyndham Hotels & Resorts recently, stealing sensitive customer data.

Researchers find materials that could lead to super crypto chips

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST


Researchers at Florida State University have discovered crystals that could lead to super security chips as well as contribute to the discovery of materials that expand the capacity of electronic storage devices by 1,000 to 1 million times.

High school confidential: Spies, lies, and alibis

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST


I knew my story about the Lower Merion School District spying on its students via their webcams would get a rise out of the Cringeville population, and I wasn't disappointed. Since I posted the piece, however, there have been a few new developments.

Scanning the Security Classifieds

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST


[Editor's note: Nearly every month somebody takes Debriefing seriously. So we are compelled to mention THESE ARE NOT REAL JOBS.]

You don't know tech: The InfoWorld news quiz

Posted: 26 Feb 2010 08:00 AM PST


Apple apps strictly for purists, Google nailed by Italian jurists