Reuters - A computer hacker pleaded guilty to helping write malicious code that let him breach AT&T Inc servers and steal personal data belonging to 120,000 Apple Inc iPad subscribers, U.S. prosecutors said.

NewsFactor - The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice, and law-enforcement partners in Europe have seized the computers and bank accounts of a cybercriminal ring responsible for PC scareware attacks worldwide. Moreover, two alleged members of a second group posing as a legitimate advertising agency were indicted on criminal charges.

PC Magazine - A San Francisco man who participated in a hack of AT&T's servers that provided access to email addresses and other information about Apple iPad customers has pleaded guilty in a Newark federal court.

AP - Law enforcement officers in the U.S. and seven other nations have seized dozens of computers, servers and bank accounts in an international probe of cybercrime rings responsible for $74 million in losses to more than 1 million computer users, the FBI said Wednesday.

Reuters - Ukraine's state security service on Thursday said it had broken up an international hacking ring that infiltrated foreign banks' computer networks and stole $72 million.

AP - British police filed charges Wednesday against a teenager suspected of involvement in cyberattacks on the CIA website.

The Atlantic Wire - Related: The FBI Is Losing the War on Cybercrime

Appolicious - There seems to be some confusion around the upcoming launch of an Android version of the popular game Cut the Rope. After a fake version made a brief but wayward stint in the Android Market last year, the popular iPhone game has yet to make an Android debut. Already ripened with last year’s scam, Cut the Rope finally prepares an Android launch at a time when Android games are being favored by malware attackers. Red flags are raised, but Cut the Rope just may make its way to Android phones by the end of the week.

Reuters - Australia's government unveiled legislation on Wednesday to crack down on cybercrime in the wake of recent cyber attacks on multinational companies and institutions, from Google to the International Monetary Fund and the U.S. Senate.

Digital Trends - The Internet has never been a safe place, and since its inception, and introduction to consumers, privacy and security have been a major concern. Of course, now that the average person’s computer skills are many times over what they used to be, that only amplifies the problem. Couple this with the fact that millions and millions of people are uploading mass amounts of personal and sensitive data and you’ve got a recipe for some serious cyber-insecurity. The advent of hackers with a conscience has exacerbated the situation while also putting a new twist on Web ethics.

Reuters - British police arrested a 19-year-old man in England on suspicions that he was linked to cyber attacks on the CIA, Britain's anti-organized crime agency and Sony Corp.

Reuters - Each week brings word of another cyber attack on a major U.S. institution, sending law enforcement scrambling and raising new questions about whether it has the ability or resources to track down cyber criminals.

Appolicious - Now that Verizon’s (VZ) able to sell the iPhone, is Android’s market share suffering? A chart released from Needham’s Charlie Wolf demonstrates “The Verizon iPhone Effect,” noting Apple’s (AAPL) share of the US smartphone market gaining 12.3 percentage points to nearly 30 percentage in March, while Android’s share fell to just below 50 percentage. This is the first sequential loss for Android since it swiftly took over smartphone market share across the globe. ...

Reuters - Hackers knocked offline a website run by the British police Serious Organized Crime Agency (SOCA), which targets organized crime in Britain and overseas.

PC Magazine - As part of its combined cyber attack effort with Anonymous, hacker group LulzSec said today that it has successfully targeted the Web site for the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA).

PC Magazine - DARPA is developing the National Cyber Range to help fight cyber criminals, and it could be online as early as 2012.

Reuters - Japan's Sega Corp joined the rapidly growing club of video game companies whose computer systems have been hacked by cyber criminals, the company said on Friday.