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Norton 2009 to Speed Up Malware Screening
Symantec has built more than 300 speed and performance enhancements into its forthcoming security products, now in public beta.News
Weight-loss Supplement Dealer Settles Spam Charges
Marketers of 'bogus' weight-loss supplements settle spam charges brought by the U.S. FTC.News
Researchers Trace Structure of Cybercrime Gangs
The chain-of-command of a cybercrime gang is not unlike the Mafia, an evolution that shows how online crime is becoming a…News
Judge Puts off ‘spam King’ Sentencing
A judge in Seattle did not hand down a sentence for Robert Soloway, known as the spam king, on Monday.News
CCTV Camera Identifies People by Race
The eye of tech-artist Benjamin Males' custom-made surveillance camera is engineered for a black and white world.
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Symantec: Microsoft Access ActiveX Attacks Will Intensify
An easy-to-use toolkit used to hack computers has now been updated to take advantage of an unpatched security vulnerability in…
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Researcher to Demonstrate Attack Code for Intel Chips
A security researcher plans to demonstrate attack code that targets bugs in Intel's microprocessors.News
ACLU Files Lawsuit to Challenge Surveillance Law
The ACLU and other groups file a lawsuit challenging a new surveillance law in the U.S.News
Senators Want Criminal Prosecutions of Passport Snoopers
Senators grill State Department officials about unauthorized access of passport files.News
Senators Question NebuAd, Targeted Ad Privacy
Senators question NebuAd on its information collection practices.News
The Internet Gets a Patch, as DNS Bug Is Fixed
Security researcher Dan Kaminsky has discovered a flaw in the DNS protocol that allows attackers to spoof Internet addresses.Neil McAllister on Software
TrueCrypt 6.0 Improves Data Security Performance
The latest version of the free drive-encryption tool can shield sensitive data from prying eyes at home and abroad, now faster than ever.Erik Larkin on the Web
Watch Out for an IE Zero-Day Attack
There's no fix yet available for the latest attack against Microsoft's browser.News
Lithuania: Attacks Focused on Hosting Company
A vulnerability in a Web server contributed to the attacks on some 300 Web sites in Lithuania earlier this week, a computer…News
Google Gives Away Free Web Application Security Scanner
Google has made public a beta version of one of its internal tools used for testing the security of Web-based applications.News
PC World Downloads Have Been Revamped and Improved
We've redesigned the Downloads section of PCWorld.com to make it simpler to find the software you want with better search tools, more user reviews and easier navigation.News
ACLU, EFF Sue US Gov’t Over Mobile Phone Tracking
The ACLU and EFF sue the U.S. Department of Justice over mobile phone tracking.
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Study: Unpatched Web Browsers Prevalent on the Internet
Only 59.1 percent of people use up-to-date, fully patched Web browsers, putting the remainder at risk of attacks from hackers…News
Infected Art: Viruses Go Visual
An art gallery has unveiled a collection of images created from the code of various viruses, worms, spam, and other malware.News
Hollywood Studios Sue China Web Site, Cafe Over Piracy
Studios fighting pirates over films illegally made available for download could soon have their day in court.News
Internal Abuse Overtakes Viruses as Security Threat
The most common security violations involve insider action, annual survey reports.News
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The 25 Worst Tech Products of All Time
These products are so bad, they belong in the high-tech hall of shame.News