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• 03 January 2008

• News: Prosecutors prepared for new UK hacking law

  UK prosecutors have received guidance on interpreting amendments to a computer crime law that introduces stronger penalties for computer hacking.

• News: Locked PCs face $35 ransomware demand

  New "ransomware" that locks up a person's PC is demanding $35 in order to return control to the user, a security researcher has warned this week.

• News: RealPlayer bug threatens Windows XP users

  The US-CERT is warning computer users of a possible problem with the latest version of RealPlayer after a Russian security company claimed to have found a way to exploit a critical flaw in the multimedia software.

• 02 January 2008

• News: Interview: McAfee & Symantec CEOs talk security

  PC Advisor's US-based sister titleInfoWorld got the chance to speak to two of the IT security industry's most senior executives last month, with John Thompson, chief executive of Symantec, and David DeWalt, chief executive of McAfee revealing their thoughts on the changing face of the market in 2008.

• News: Over 20% of Windows apps left unpatched

  Over 20 percent of applications installed on Windows PCs are missing security patches, according to security firm Secunia.

• 30 December 2007

• News: Malware makers exploit Bhutto assassination

  Malware makers exploited the breaking news of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination on Thursday by attempting to dupe users into downloading attack code, security researchers said on Friday.

• 27 December 2007

• News: Anti-malware vendors to merge PC scans

  The rise of customized malware is forcing security software vendors to change their tactics quickly and begin using customers' machines as their initial line of threat detection intelligence, according to a new report from Yankee Group.

• 25 December 2007

• News: Microsoft sues domain name registrar for typosquatting

  Microsoft has sued domain name registrar Red Register claiming that it is illegally profiting from Microsoft's trademarks.

• News: Christmas warning over malicious Storm worm

  The criminals behind the Storm botnet waited until the last minute, but they've finally started delivering unwanted Christmas presents.

• News: HP fixes PC & laptop 'bricking' bug

  HP has fixed flaws in a patch-management program bundled with its computers, printers and other hardware that could be used by hackers to 'brick' HP or Compaq PCs.

• 24 December 2007

• News: Nine 'critical' Flash flaws patched by Adobe

  Adobe has patched nine critical vulnerabilities in Flash that hackers could use to attack Windows, Mac and Linux machines.

• 21 December 2007

• News: HP laptop hit by 'bricking' exploit

  A hacker who posted an exploit last week that threatened a large swath of HP's laptops has followed up with new attack code that can 'brick' nearly every HP laptop.

• 20 December 2007

• News: Google ads killed by Trojan horse

  A security company has identified a Trojan horse program that replaces Google text advertisements on web pages with ads from another source, depriving Google of revenue and potentially causing problems for end users.

• 19 December 2007

• News: Google's Orkut service hit by worm

  Google's Orkut social-networking site appeared to have been hit by a relatively harmless worm, but one that demonstrated the continuing vulnerability of web applications.

• News: Gmail open to Internet Explorer hijacks

  Hackers can exploit an unpatched flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser to access Gmail accounts, according to security firm Cenzic.

• News: Google Toolbar users warned of phishing hack

  A bug in the Google Toolbar could allow criminals to steal data or install malicious software on PCs, a security researcher claims.

• News: US web users snub Facebook privacy

  Most internet users are unconcerned with the repercussions that sharing personal information online might bring and do nothing to limit it, according to a study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

• 18 December 2007

• News: Internet Explorer crippled by Microsoft patch

  Microsoft is investigating reports that last week's Internet Explorer security update has crippled some users' web connection.

• News: Norton 360 to get test update in January

  A test version of the next major update to the Norton 360 desktop security-and-backup suite is weeks away from launch, according to Symantec.

• 17 December 2007

• News: McAfee: French Embassy site serving malware

  The French Embassy website for Libya is serving malware to visitors, according to security software firm McAfee.

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