Consumer group lampoons Google CEO over privacy issues

Consumer group lampoons Google CEO over privacy issues
Ping a Scammers Haven? Security Experts Say Watch Out
Germany to launch antibotnet program for consumers
Linux distributions update for Web flaw
Facebook glitch let spammer post to walls
Consumer Watchdog thinks Google's Schmidt is a data perv
School uses anti-bullying app after suicide
Microsoft upgrades free app security tool
Google settles Buzz privacy lawsuit

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Consumer Watchdog, a group that has been a sharp critic of Google's privacy practices in the past, is at it once again.

Ping a Scammers Haven? Security Experts Say Watch Out

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Apple's music-focused social network, Ping is only a few days old, and already the iTunes-based feature is "drowning in scams and spams," security researchers say. The scams are nothing too advanced at the moment, and there are no reports of clickjacking worms or other forms of aggressive malware, experts say. But if you're looking for links to bogus surveys promising free iPhones, iPads and other assorted iDevices then Ping in iTunes 10 is the social network for you.

Germany to launch antibotnet program for consumers

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Germany will soon launch a service to help consumers remove malicious software from their computers in an attempt to stem the spread of spam-sending botnets.

Linux distributions update for Web flaw

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT

A widely used program for Web spidering can be hijacked for malicious purposes

Facebook glitch let spammer post to walls

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT

A clever spammer found a glitch in Facebook's photo upload system and used it to post thousands of unwanted Wall messages this week.

Consumer Watchdog thinks Google's Schmidt is a data perv

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Imagine wandering through Times Square and seeing a 60-foot-tall animation depicting you (yes, you) as a creepy child-baiting ice cream truck driver. How would you feel? That's probably the question Google's Eric Schmidt is being asked today.

School uses anti-bullying app after suicide

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT

A school district in South Hadley, Massachusetts, is hoping a specialized software application will help stop tragedies like the one that befell Phoebe Prince, an Irish-born teen who committed suicide in January after an alleged bullying campaign by fellow students.

Microsoft upgrades free app security tool

Posted: 03 Sep 2010 09:00 AM PDT