Rustock botnet goes quiet, reason for takedown unclear

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• Rustock botnet goes quiet, reason for takedown unclear
• HBGary's Hoglund identifies lessons in Anonymous hack
• Notorious spamming botnet, Rustock, takes a fall
• Google first to patch Flash bug with Chrome update
• Obama Administration calls for new privacy law
• Twitter adds option to always use HTTPS connection

Rustock botnet goes quiet, reason for takedown unclear Posted: 17 Mar 2011 08:00 AM PDT Spam-sending botnet Rustock has suddenly ceased activity, but it's having a small effect of spam levels.

HBGary's Hoglund identifies lessons in Anonymous hack Posted: 17 Mar 2011 08:00 AM PDT Companies need to make sure that they are protecting their cloud assets, not just their networks, the beleaguered CTO of HBGary says.

Notorious spamming botnet, Rustock, takes a fall Posted: 17 Mar 2011 06:15 AM PDT A large network of hacked computers called Rustock, which was responsible for a great volume of spam, has shut down, perhaps as a result of another coordinated take down by security researchers.

Google first to patch Flash bug with Chrome update Posted: 16 Mar 2011 12:30 AM PDT Google on Tuesday updated Chrome, patching a flaw in the browser's copy of Flash Player.

Obama Administration calls for new privacy law Posted: 15 Mar 2011 11:27 PM PDT The Obama Administration is backing a new data privacy bill of rights aimed at protecting consumers against indiscriminate online tracking and data collection by advertisers.

Twitter adds option to always use HTTPS connection Posted: 16 Mar 2011 09:51 AM PDT With the rising awareness and concern over the stealing of passwords and other sensitive data from unsecured Wi-Fi networks, Twitter is the latest online services company to boost its use of encrypted website connections.

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