SecurityPC World - Microsoft moved the battle against spam-distributing botnets from cyberspace to the court room, winning a temporary restraining order shutting down nearly 300 domains thought to make up the command and control structure for the vast Waledac botnet.
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Microsoft uses law to cripple hacker spam network (AFP)
AFP - Microsoft on Thursday said it combined technology with an "extraordinary" legal maneuver to cripple a massive network of hacked computers that had been flooding the Internet with spam.
Court Order Helps Microsoft Tear Down Waledac Botnet (PC World)
PC World - With the help of a U.S. federal judge, Microsoft has struck a blow against one of the Internet's worst sources of spam: the notorious Waledac botnet.
IBM: Vulnerabilities Fell in 2009, but Other Risks Abound (PC World)
PC World - The number of software vulnerabilities fell overall in 2009, but the number of bugs in document readers and multimedia applications increased by 50 percent, according to IBM's annual X-Force Trend and Risk Report.
Are Hollywood Hackers Bogus or Bright? (PC World)
PC World - Quick: What's a hacker? A pimply faced teenager in a dark bedroom trying to start World War Three, or a thirty-something professional with mad computer skills?
Cyber-whistleblower stuns Latvia with tax heist (AP)
AP - Latvian officials struggled Wednesday to come to grips with an enigmatic group that stole millions of classified tax documents from government computers in a purported effort to expose waste and graft in Europe's weakest economy.
Intel victim of cyberattack at same time as Google report (AFP)
AFP - US computer chip giant Intel said Tuesday it was the target of a cyberattack last month at around the same time that Google reported that its systems had been probed by hackers based in China.
China says Google hacking claims "groundless" (Reuters)
Reuters - Google's assertion that its computers were attacked by hackers based in China was "groundless," Beijing said on Tuesday, hardening its rhetoric in a spat with Washington over Internet freedom.
VeriSign Rolls out New Web Site Verification Service (PC World)
PC World - VeriSign is introducing a certification service that confirms whether a business is legitimate and that their Web site is free of malware.
U.S. pinpoints code writer behind Google attack: report (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. government analysts believe a Chinese man with government links wrote the key part of a spyware programme used in hacker attacks on Google last year, the Financial Times reported on Monday.
Reports: Internet Attacks Traced to Chinese Schools (PC World)
PC World - Computer security experts investigating Internet attacks on Google and other U.S. companies say computers at Chinese educational institutions may have been involved, according to U.S. media reports.
Adobe Working to Fix Security Bug in Download Manager (PC World)
PC World - Adobe Systems is working to fix a glitch in software it uses to speed up downloads of its products that could give hackers a way to push malicious programs onto a victim's PC.
Global cyberattacks hit firms, govts: NetWitness (AFP)
AFP - Hackers have created a "dangerous new" network of virus-infected computers in 2,500 businesses and government agencies around the world, a US Internet security firm warned Thursday.
Corporations, agencies infiltrated by `botnet' (AP)
AP - Security experts have found a network of 74,000 virus-infected computers that stole information from inside corporations and government agencies. The unusual thing about the incident is not that it happened but that it was discovered, and it is a reminder of the dangers of having computers with sensitive data connected to the open Internet.
Summary Box: Gov't, corporate PCs hacked (AP)
AP - THE ATTACK: Security researchers found a network of 74,000 virus-infected computers that stole information from inside corporations and government agencies.
Hackers disrupt Australian government Web sites (AP)
AP - Hackers shut down several Australian government Web sites Wednesday in a coordinated attack against a proposed Internet filter that targets pornography and criminal sites.
China artist-activist says Google email hacked (AFP)
AFP - One of China's most controversial artists on Wednesday spoke out in support of US Internet giant Google in its standoff with Beijing, and said his Gmail accounts had been breached by hackers.
Australia websites hacked over porn filter plan (Reuters)
Reuters - Computer hackers disabled several Australian government websites Wednesday in coordinated attacks protesting against a planned internet filter aimed at pornography.
New Russian Botnet Tries to Kill Rival (PC World)
PC World - An upstart Trojan horse program has decided to take on its much-larger rival by stealing data and then removing the malicious program from infected computers.
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