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Beyonce, Rihanna, Kelly Clarkson video emails spread ecard Trojan horse
Sophos proactively defends against latest attempt to hack into PCs.

US man sentenced for buying stolen identities
Seven years for man who defrauded thousands of US bank customers.

Federico Biancuzzi: Virtualized rootkits - Part 2
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Spammers fail the PDF test

Bugtraq: [USN-505-1] vim vulnerability
[USN-505-1] vim vulnerability

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Enterasys aims to secure enterprise VoIP
The company launches a suite of products intended to make converged voice and data networks as secure as traditional telephony.

Vuln: Trend Micro ServerProtect RPCFN_SYNC_TASK Remote Integer Vulnerability
Trend Micro ServerProtect RPCFN_SYNC_TASK Remote Integer Vulnerability

News: Cross-Site Scripting Worm Hits MySpace
Cross-Site Scripting Worm Hits MySpace

Vuln: Microsoft Excel Worksheet Index Value Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Excel Worksheet Index Value Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Federico Biancuzzi: Achtung! New German Laws on Cybercrime
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Spyware and adware are bedeviling IT managers, as vendors roll out new
eWeek - The network anti-virus and content security software provider is putting the focus on Web reputation and URL filtering technology. A day after the FTC took action against an organization accused of distributing Trojan viruses using celebrity-themed

Adobe: No threat from PDF spam
No hard evidence that PDF spam exposes users to security risks, claims the company, which nonetheless recommends user caution.

Vuln: Sun Java Runtime Environment Font Parsing Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Sun Java Runtime Environment Font Parsing Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Malicious Ecard campaign accounts for 9 million spam messages in last 48 hours
Sophos protects proactively against dangerous spammed-out electronic postcards.

News: Teaching hacking helps students, professors say
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Zango founder calls it quits (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - One of the founders of notorious adware vendor Zango is leaving the company.

Federico Biancuzzi: Achtung! New German Laws on Cybercrime
Achtung! New German Laws on Cybercrime

Symantec patches critical Norton flaw (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - A bug in the way Norton AntiVirus software uses the ActiveX programming language could cause serious problems for users of Symantec's products.

Facebook users open to cyberattacks, ID theft?
Facebook Platform creates channel for malicious third-party applications. Users also face identity theft, VeriSign says.

Adobe: No threat from PDF spam
No hard evidence that PDF spam exposes users to security risks, claims the company, which nonetheless recommends user caution.

News: Briton charged with hacking loses extradition fight
Briton charged with hacking loses extradition fight