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  1. Microsoft Outlines Rogue Antivirus, Data Breach Threats
  2. Cyberspies penetrate electrical grid: report
  3. Snort 2.8.4 upgrade is out -- Upgrade now!, (Wed, Apr 8th)
  4. Security Threat Summary Q1/2009
  5. Spying via XLS files
  6. Pentagon bill for cyberattack cleanup? $100 million
  7. Paul McCartney's official site serving malware
  8. Veritas CommandCentral Disaster Recovery Advisor
  9. 'If Google decided to misbehave there'd be big trouble'
  10. Microsoft Stirling delayed: More interoperability please
  11. Microsoft's intelligence security report: The top 5 takeaways
  12. Creating a reputation system that's easy to use, safe and secure
  13. Gov't agency: We are not the source of data leakage
  14. Researcher's death casts pall over major TCP fix
  15. Are You Infected? A Smart and Simple Test.
  16. ID card biometrics: IBM and CSC win contracts
  17. Microsoft's security report: The top 5 takeaways
  18. Protection of Critical Infrastructure and the use of Electronic Access Control Systems
  19. Chinese information warfare capabilities
  20. FBI claims ISP stole millions from AT&T, Verizon
  21. Macs Aren’t Safer, Just a Smaller Target
  22. 20 Tips for Getting More Out of LinkedIn
  23. Google Warned over 'Misappropriation' of News
  24. YouTube worse than DMCA for fair use
  25. Experts Predict Multiple iPhone Models
  26. Privacy issues raised as Twitter employee hands over personal details of @Skype registrant to Skype
  27. Prepare for ludicrous speed: Ars reviews the 8-core Mac Pro
  28. Do You Really Need More Than 6 GB Of RAM?
  29. Password security questions get more complicated
  30. The marriage of identity yin and security yang
  31. Using Facebook to Social Engineer Your Way Around Security
  32. Researcher's Death Casts Pall Over Major TCP Fix
  33. Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated by Spies
  34. SSH scanning from compromised mail servers, (Tue, Apr 7th)
  35. Social Engineering Your Way Around Security With Facebook
  36. Conficker worm's copycat Neeris spreading over IM
  37. Tax Season Scams, (Tue, Apr 7th)
  38. Security's Role in Handling Layoffs
  39. Chinese information warfare capabilities
  40. Internet-wide problem to be revealed at conference
  41. ID cards to remain unreadable until next year
  42. Confounded Conficker
  43. Quality improves for Google Summer of Code
  44. Advanced JavaScript obfuscation (or why signature scanning is a failure), (Tue, Apr 7th)
  45. The consequences of inadequate cloud security
  46. Microsoft Delays 'Stirling' Security Suite
  47. Common Apache Misconception, (Tue, Apr 7th)
  48. Windows XP and Office 2003 Enter a New Phase of Support
  49. Understanding the Spreading Patterns of Mobile Phone Viruses
  50. Hardware Hacker Makes Commodore 64 Laptop
  51. iTunes 8.1.1 adds support for renting HD movies on computers
  52. Mysterious Computer Explosion Kills Programmer
  53. Heavy Twitters Chat Up 248 People Week
  54. Rumours hint at three new BlackBerry handsets
  55. Apple investors' worries about Jobs may be easing
  56. New Windows ad hits a nerve
  57. Columnist fired for reviewing leaked X-Men Origins
  58. How IBM builds up its store of Linux knowledge
  59. What happens at a hackathon?
  60. Spam levels soar as Easter approaches
  61. Are Microsoft's new RSS handling features a security problem?
  62. Fortify moves software security into the cloud
  63. Japanese porn at heart of Home-Office terrorism snooping
  64. Spy agency warns about complacency over al-Qaida
  65. Yet another government attempt at cybersecurity
  66. The Sound of Y2k
  67. All Together Now: Unified Threat Management
  68. Post April 1st Conficker Q&A
  69. Abuse addresses, (Mon, Apr 6th)
  70. New Symantec CEO Officially Takes Reigns
  71. Linux laptops look to phone stores and Web for distribution
  72. IT Was Ready for A Conficker Attack
  73. Zetta offers cloud storage for the enterprise
  74. PCI Standard Criticized at House Hearing
  75. Kaiser Fires 15 for Peeking At Octuplet Mom's Records
  76. Bill Seeks to Give Feds New Security Powers
  77. Who's reading your email?
  78. Torex tech treats Thorntons to quicker sales
  79. Understanding the Spreading Patterns of Mobile Phone Viruses
  80. Should you still be scared of malware?
  81. Photos: Shopping gets the IP treatment
  82. Porn dialers for smartphones
  83. Websense unveils its first Web security appliance
  84. Fraud fighting service
  85. Linux, Unix devices benefit from a unified Active Directory environment
  86. Conficker copycat prowls for victims, says Microsoft
  87. UTM Appliances: How to Choose 'Em and Use 'Em
  88. How to be Heard? 10 Tips., (Mon, Apr 6th)
  89. Microsoft: Old Worm Copies Conficker For New Twist
  90. Conficker copycat prowls for victims, says Microsoft
  91. Six Strategies for Securing an IT Interview
  92. How 2009 Compares to the Dot-Com Bust and Prior Times
  93. DiggBar Launched; URL Shorteners, Webmasters Cry Foul
  94. Computer glitch distorts LAPD crime statistics
  95. Egypt police detain Muslim Brotherhood blogger
  96. O2 in race to sell iPhone as new model looms
  97. Google shows off 'eyes-free' touchscreen dialling
  98. Apple's Nehalem-based Mac Pro 'fastest Mac ever'
  99. Google's Rumored Twitter Buyout Could Raise Privacy Concerns
  100. iPhone 3.0 beta caught hiding video editing graphics?
  101. Microsoft Warns Of Zero Day PowerPoint Flaw
  102. Next-gen SQL injection opens server door
  103. Rudd appoints first national security CIO
  104. Motorola develops totally Wi-Fi campus at Lewis University
  105. Teens are happy hacking for cash
  106. Swedish internet traffic plummets after new anti-piracy law
  107. Message alert on your phone or a virus attack?
  108. 'Ombudsman failure led to police IT woes'
  109. Exiled Tibetan Leaders Decry Malware Attack
  110. Heavens, what are these hackers up to!
  111. Open Source Conficker-C Scanner/Detector Released, (Sun, Apr 5th)
  112. China denies cyberespionage charges
  113. IBM sees Conficker hitting 4 percent of PCs
  114. Hackers seize on 0-day flaw in Microsoft's PowerPoint
  115. IBM continues push for Sun, but will the deal kill Solaris?
  116. Bill would give feds role in private sector cybersecurity
  117. Conficker may be more widespread than previously thought
  118. Forrester now says '09 U.S. IT spend to drop 3.1 percent
  119. Conficker activation passes quietly, but threat isn't over
  120. Gartner: IT spending drop-off worse than after dot-com bust
  121. Fake security software scammers jump on Conficker
  122. Attackers exploit critical PowerPoint vulnerability
  123. Cries of protest, censorship greet news of cybersecurity bill
  124. PowerPoint Hit with Zero-Day Attacks
  125. Senators introduce texting spam bill
  126. Bill seeks to give president power over private networks
  127. Recent VMware Updates Available, (Sat, Apr 4th)
  128. DNS Providers Under Attack, (Fri, Apr 3rd)
  129. Bill would put a stop to wireless spam
  130. Microsoft delays Stirling security suite until late 2009/early 2010
  131. Microsoft delays Stirling security-suite until late 2009/early 2010
  132. Three Laws of Behavior Dynamics for Information Security, (Fri, Apr 3rd)
  133. Scientists use virus to build a better battery
  134. Free security awareness training on-line from InfraGard, (Fri, Apr 3rd)
  135. Brief: Tenuous trail leads from GhostNet to hacker
  136. Brief: Senators ready bills to beef up cybersecurity
  137. IBM sees Conficker hitting 4% of PCs
  138. Conficker.c controls 4% of all infected PCs, IBM says
  139. Three spammers sentenced in U.S. for advance fee fraud
  140. Reputation scoring changes enterprise security game
  141. TACO Firefox Addon Fights Ads With Cookies
  142. After Conficker: A PowerPoint Zero-Day Flaw
  143. French 'three strikes' antipiracy law passes second reading
  144. Web 2.0 disruptive, but necessary to business
  145. Hackers get cracking on unpatched PowerPoint flaw
  146. Conficker Scareware Scammers Use Symantec as Lure
  147. Friday Rant - Conficker worm hype
  148. PowerPoint zero-day vulnerability (969136), (Fri, Apr 3rd)
  149. Secunia Research and BA / Advisories Teams
  150. Post April 1st Conficker Q&A
  151. IBM sees Conficker hitting 4 percent of PCs
  152. Bill would give Obama power to shut down Internet, networks during cyber attacks
  153. Retail banks unify systems to fight crime: study
  154. Lobbyist urges more gov't coordination of cybersecurity
  155. Cloud computing needs better security, interoperability to live up to hype
  156. British hacker's supporters rally at U.S. embassy
  157. Microsoft Warns of Attacks on PowerPoint Vulnerability
  158. The Proposed Federalization of the Computer Security Field
  159. Jailbreak for iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2 confirmed working -- with screenshots!
  160. MIT researchers make virus battery
  161. Smartphone viruses can't spread well — yet
  162. 25 computer products that refuse to die
  163. Wired.com lays off 12 percent of staff
  164. Conficker postmortem: hype distracted but threat is real
  165. Arctic ice gone in 30 years?
  166. Could Zune phone come with free music?
  167. DT threatens to block use of Skype on iPhone
  168. Jailbreaking Prohibited by New iPhone Developer License Agreement
  169. Obama: Stop Filling Administration with RIAA Insiders
  170. Robot Makes Scientific Discovery All by Itself
  171. Revamped Safari for iPhone Will Let You Know If A Site Is Secure
  172. W32/Cowen Hits Comms Satellite
  173. Is AT&T violating DMCA by not booting 'repeat infringers'?
  174. Yahoo Rolls Out Mobile Apps
  175. Web browsers remain vulnerable to user mistakes
  176. Hulu tries HTML encoding trick to protect streaming content
  177. Conficker: I Came, I Saw, I Did ... Nothing
  178. 40% of teenagers have hacked
  179. IBM-Sun deal nears finish line; Antitrust worries just starting
  180. Post April 1st Conficker Q&A
  181. Bill Grants President Unprecedented Cyber Security Powers
  182. A view from the CWG Trenches, (Thu, Apr 2nd)
  183. Security Researcher to Unveil Database Server Hack at Black Hat Europe
  184. Kido/Conficker: a sobering thought
  185. Eyeballing Conficker with eye-charts and maps
  186. Conficker an April Fool's joke? Maybe not
  187. Five Free Tools to Help Exterminate Conficker
  188. British hacker's supporters rally at US embassy
  189. Bill would give feds private sector cybersecurity role
  190. SMEs stick 'heads in sand' over security
  191. Conficker Worm: Not Finished Yet
  192. Organisational networks remain vulnerable
  193. Cloud Security Alliance set to launch at RSA
  194. Cybercrime, Internet Fraud on Upswing as Lawmakers Discuss Strategy
  195. Google: Spam volume for Q1 back to pre-McColo levels
  196. Ariba, DocuSign partner to offer e-signatures on business docs
  197. NAC has a future
  198. 2008 was not a good year
  199. Project Spring Cleaning 2009
  200. Conficker may be more widespread than previously thought
  201. VeriSign app turns iPhone into security device
  202. Legislation would create new cybersecurity regulations
  203. PCI security standard gets flayed at House hearing
  204. Conficker's makers lose big, expert says
  205. Phone service for the deaf becomes a fraud tool
  206. Conficker World Maps
  207. Bill to centralize cybersecurity
  208. JavaScript insertion and log deletion attack tools, (Thu, Apr 2nd)
  209. Conficker's 'Big Day' Passes Quietly, But Was it Really a Bust?
  210. Infocus: Enterprise Intrusion Analysis, Part One
  211. Infocus: Data Recovery on Linux and ext3
  212. Web 2.0 Expo: Top ten Web hacking techniques
  213. Lawmakers Call for National Cyber Security Czar
  214. When will it start?
  215. Report: SMS Spam is on the rise
  216. DDoS attack on UltraDNS affects Amazon.com, SalesForce.com, Petco.com
  217. DoS attack on UltraDNS affects Amazon.com, SalesForce.com, Petco.com
  218. Brief: Senators ready bills to beef up cybersecurity
  219. Brief: Spam back up to pre-McColo levels
  220. 3 Free, Easy Ways To Protect Your Network
  221. Four steps to mastering security kung fu
  222. Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so far
  223. eWeek Newsbreak, March 31, 2009
  224. Conficker Worm Deadline Passes Quietly - So Far
  225. Photos: FC Porto on the ball with stadium tech
  226. Symantec probes call centre data theft allegations
  227. Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so far
  228. Is your credit card data well enough protected?
  229. Questions and Answers: Conficker and April 1st
  230. Conficker's Domain Routine has Already Started
  231. Conficker - What's going on?
  232. April Fools Jokes and Conficker
  233. iPhone OS 3.0 beta 2 screenshots
  234. Enter to win a Cisco Press book
  235. Group takes Conficker fight to a new level
  236. Conficker activation passes quietly, but threat isn't over
  237. Fraud in Canadian firms mostly an 'inside job'
  238. FAQ: Conficker clock ticks toward April 1 deadline
  239. Cloud computing vendors converge on standard definition, goals
  240. Spam recovers from a knockout blow
  241. Conficker.c infects small number of U.S. PCs, IBM says
  242. Microsoft-TomTom settlement doesn't end war
  243. Kaiser fires workers for snooping in octuplet mom's records
  244. April Fools jokes and Conficker
  245. Conficker - what's going on?
  246. Apple's $500 or Microsoft's 81% tax?
  247. Conficker - what's going on?
  248. Conficker: What It Is, How To Stop It, and Why You May Already Be Protected
  249. Computer rage can relieve stress
  250. FBI Nabs Robbers With Google Map, Spycam Mashup