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Google to buy e-mail security company for 5 million
The Internet giant gobbles up Postini, which supplies on-demand communications security and compliance products to more than 35,000 businesses.

U.K. jails trio who incited terrorism over Web
In Britain's first such case, suspects plead guilty to inciting terrorism outside U.K. via Web sites advocating murder of non-Muslims.

Top executives face personalized e-mail attacks
MessageLabs reports a surge in malicious spam aimed at individuals in senior management positions--and their family members.

Spammers phish for iPhone fans
Hackers exploit excitement over Apple's smart phone by sending malicious e-mails claiming that recipients have won their own.

Google security: 'We all have to invent the wheel'
Leading the charge in Web security at Google, vice president of engineering stands at the forefront of a critical period.

Microsoft's lessons from the desktop
While similar rules apply to Web security, the differences are crucial and the stakes are high, says Microsoft senior security director.

Solving the Web security challenge
Unprecedented amounts of data will need to be secured in new, untested ways. What's the best course through such uncharted territory?

Malware finds a new home
Commentary--Compromised Web pages are now rapidly emerging as the replacement vehicle of choice for mass malware distribution. Let's keep up with the virus writers, says Secure Computing's Paul Henry.

At Yahoo, it pays to be paranoid
All employees are encouraged to be at least a little paranoid. Meet the man who was the first to put it in a job title.

Homeland Security IT chief blamed for cyberwoes
Top Democrat suggests CIO isn't fit to keep his job amid reports of security-related "incidents." CIO points to "significant progress."

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Internet gambling laws at stake (WTHR Indianapolis)
No one's ready to say you can bet on it, but Congress may change its mind and make gambling over the internet legal again.

Deuell: Jessica’s Law, health services top 80th Legislature achievements (The Rowlett Lakeshore Times)
Sen. Bob Deuell (R-Greenville) praised advances in health and human services, called for better water conservation by Metroplex residents, called Jessica’s Law a win for children and generally praised actions taken by the 80th Texas Legislature in an address Tuesday to the Mesquite Republican Club.

Men jailed for inciting terrorism on the internet (The Register)
A combined 24 years and a recommendation to deport Three men have been jailed for their use of the internet to incite terrorism. The three were convicted after entering a late change of plea to 'guilty' earlier this week.…

AT&T: No Need for FCC Set-Top Waiver (MultiChannel News)
AT&T didn’t seek a set-top-box waiver from the Federal Communications Commission because the company claimed that its Internet-protocol video-delivery technology isn’t covered by the law that forced traditional cable operators to discontinue deployment of integrated set-top boxes July 1.

College of Law to receive funds for space law program (Daily Nebraskan)
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law is preparing to boldly go where no U.S. college has gone before. The college is scheduled to receive million in a senate commerce, justice and science appropriations bill to support a degree program in space and telecommunications law.

Uproar as German minister mulls 'targeted killing' (AFP via Yahoo! News)
German Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble drew flak Monday for considering a security policy that would allow the indefinite detention and "targeted killing" of terror suspects.

Kilpatrick Stockton Selects Sophos to Secure Endpoint (CNW Group via Yahoo! Finance)
Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, today announced that Kilpatrick Stockton, one of the Largest US Law Firms, has selected Sophos Endpoint Security & Control to protect its desktops against viruses, Trojans, worms, spyware, adware, potentially unwanted applications and hackers.

Busting Internet fraud that sends four to San Quentin (San Jose Mercury News)
It was an out-of-place detail in an out-of-town theft that tipped San Jose police detective Mike Niehoff to a massive Internet fraud.

What does homeland security mean to you? (The Post and Courier)
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Google (Finally) Gets To Map Russia (WebProNews)
Presidents Bush and Putin may not be on the best of terms, but the Russian government is embracing (or at least nodding to) Google; a changed law has allowed the American search engine giant to release a Russia-specific mapping service. “Until just recently, it was a crime to produce and distribute overly detailed maps of Russia,” acknowledges Tai Adelaja of the Moscow Times ; it seems the ...

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Zango’s continued bad practices in light of FTC’s proposed settlement terms
Zango out of compliance with terms in every aspect of FTC proposed settlement per Edelman and Howes. Is the million repayment of ill-gotten gains just a slap on the wrist?

Zango, the FTC, MySpace and You Tube
This past Friday, the FTC announced a million dollar settlement with Zango, formerly named 180solutions, in a lawsuit charging Zango with unfair and deceptive business practices, among other things. See ZDNet story here with more details. FTC announcement here.  Case documents can be downloaded here.As usual Zango refuses to take responsibility for anything, again blaming [...]

Halloween sites tricking users with malware
Update October 27:  This morning I contacted the owner of the listed sites.  The sites were indeed hacked, and the owner has since removed the malicious code from the web pages. This is a nasty trick!  There are a few Halloween sites being used to distribute malware, right at the time when unsuspecting web users might be searching [...]

Scary malware tricks part 1
In keeping with the Halloween season, I'm starting a series on scary malware tricks, similar to last year's series on spyware tricks. Perhaps my personal focus has changed, but it seems to me spyware tricks are becoming far more devious and destructive.  Last year I was testing mostly adware, whereas this year I'm testing more [...]

Edelman on ‘Deceptive Door Openers’ and Ask toolbars
In a new article posted this morning, Ben Edelman continues his investigation of high-profile companies clogging users' computers with junk.  Today's target: InterActiveCorp's Ask.com, known for its widespread "smiley" toolbars.Last year I blogged about Ask's various toolbars and the trinkets Ask uses to get users to install them.  But Ben thinks there's a bigger problem here.  [...]

Is Zango stealing affiliate commissions from adult webmasters?
It seems that Zango, formerly known as 180solutions, the company we all love to hate, has royally ticked off a bunch of adult webmasters. Paperghost, aka Chris Boyd, has the story, complete with links to forums where the adult webmasters discuss Zango allegedly stealing affiliate commissions.  True?  I don't know, but considering some of Zango/180solutions' past questionable business practices, [...]

So what about user education on security?
CNET's Joris Evers writes about one security expert who says education users on computer security in the enterprise setting is "pointless".  Doctoral candidate Stefan Gorling, speaking at the Virus Bulletin Conference, said:"I don't believe user education will solve problems with security because security will always be a secondary goal for users," Gorling said. "In order [...]

Malware being spammed as PDF from retail stores
Reports surfaced today of spam purporting to be from Dell, Walmart, Circuit City or Sony confirming an order for a Sony Vaio computer with a PDF attachment, but the attachment is, in fact, a very nasty piece of malware named Haxdoor. Text of email:Subject: Order ID : 37679041Dear Customer,Thank you for ordering from our internet shop. If [...]

MVP awards, Messenger Plus! and adware — a good combination?
A controversy has been raging in certain circles the last few days over a MVP award, which has now been rescinded, to an adware pusher known as Patchou, Cyril Paciullo, the author of Messenger Plus!. There's a lot of nonsense going around and I'd like to clear some of that up.

Spyware pushers cash in big on zero day exploit
Nearly 50 malware threats being installed though the VML zero day exploit, including familiar names like Virtumonde, BookedSpace, webHancer, SurfSideKick, Qoologic (also known as Qoolaid), Zenotecnico, TagAsaurus, with some trojan downloaders and a backdoor thrown in the mix. Many of these use affiliate programs where the affiliate gets paid per install, so somewhere affiliates of these adware/spyware companies are making a killing off this zero day exploit, trashing computers with their crapware.

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