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• $15,000 For Anyone Who Can Break Into An iPhone February 25, 2010
  The hacking contest next month will award cash prizes of $15,000 to anyone who can break into an iPhone, BlackBerry Bold, Droid or Nokia smartphone. […]
• China Home to Most Hacked Computers February 25, 2010
  A McAfee report reveals that more computers are hacked in China than anywhere else in the world. The hacked computers often are clustered into "botnets," a.k.a. battalions of corrupted computers commandeered to attack websites and spew spam. The growing presence of botnets is yet another sign of network insecurity... […]
• Facebook Denies ‘All Wrongdoing’ in ‘Beacon’ Data Breach February 25, 2010
  Facebook is denying it illegally breached the privacy of its users in a proposed $9.5 million settlement to a class action challenging its program that monitored and published what users of the social-networking site were buying or renting from Blockbuster, Overstock and other locations. […]
• Google Buzz Makes Private Contact Info Public February 25, 2010
  When launched, Buzz automatically makes you a follower of the people you contact and chat with most frequently via Gmail. But the rub is this — anyone who follows you can see all the people you follow. […]
• Record 13-Year Sentence for Hacker Max Vision February 25, 2010
  A skilled San Francisco-based computer intruder was sentenced to 13 years in federal prison for stealing nearly two million credit card numbers from banks, businesses and other hackers — receiving the longest hacking sentence in U.S. history. […]
• Chip and pin should be overhauled to protect millions February 25, 2010
  Chip and pin technology must be overhauled it was claimed yesterday after it emerged that one in seven people could have already been a victim of a "fatal flaw" in the system. […]
• People's Passwords: Worst Practices (Graphic) February 25, 2010
  Analysis of the 32 million passwords exposed in the recent breach at RockYou provides further proof that people routinely use easy to guess logins. Many use the same password for everything - from their private work accounts. But how breakable is your password and what does it say about you? […]
• Massive Botnet Attack Strikes 75,000 Systems February 25, 2010
  Security researchers have unearthed a massive botnet affecting at least 75,000 computers at 2,500 companies and government agencies worldwide. […]
• Feds Can Search, Seize P2P Files Without Warrant February 25, 2010
  The authorities do not need court warrants to view and download files trading on peer-to-peer networks, a federal appeals court says. Wednesday’s 3-0 ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concerned a Nevada man convicted of possessing child pornography as part of an FBI investigation. The defendant claimed the Fourth Amendment required... […]
• Cyber attacks on Google came from Chinese schools February 25, 2010
  Online attacks on internet giant Google and several other US companies have allegedly been traced to computers at a university and a school in China, according to reports. […]
• Twitter Phishing Attack Spreading via Direct Message WARNING February 25, 2010
  A Twitter phishing attack is spreading rapidly today, attempting to obtain Twitter logins via Direct Messages. If you receive a message reading “lol, is this you”, and linking to a site called “bzpharma”, do not click the link. […]
• Chuck Norris Botnet Karate-chops Routers February 25, 2010
  If you haven't changed the default password on your home router, you may be in for an unwanted visit from Chuck Norris -- the Chuck Norris botnet, that is. Discovered by Czech researchers, the botnet has been spreading by taking advantage of poorly configured routers and DSL modems. […]
• U.S. Pinpoints Coder Behind Google Attack February 25, 2010
  U.S. government analysts believe a Chinese man with government links wrote the key part of a spyware program used in hacker attacks on Google last year. The man, a security consultant in his 30s, posted sections of the program to a hacking forum where he described it as something he was “working on”... […]
• ‘Sophisticated’ Hack Hit Intel February 25, 2010
  Intel is the latest U.S. corporation to acknowledge that it was hacked in January in a sophisticated attack that occurred at the same time that Google, Adobe and others were targeted.The giant chip maker was rumored to have been among some 34 companies that were targeted, but said there was no evidence to tie its hack to the attack... […]
• BUSTED! Google Hackers Linked To Chinese Government February 25, 2010
  US analysts believe they have identified the Chinese author of the critical programming code used in the alleged state-sponsored hacking attacks on Google and other western companies, making it far harder for the Chinese government to deny involvement... […]
• FTC: Identity Theft No. 1 Consumer Complaint February 25, 2010
  Are you really you? It's hard to say. That's because identity theft was the top consumer complaint for 2009, the Federal Trade Commission reported. […]