As the Conficker worm sprang to life on April 1 , talk here at the PC World offices turned to some interesting debates about how best to protect PCs from malware threats. In recent weeks we’ve run several helpful articles offering tips, tricks, and

Hackers‘ discount - stolen card details for 8 cents - Age
The theft of personal information by hackers is so prevalent - and efficient - that stolen credit card details now sell for as little as eight cents a card, a report by one of the world’s biggest computer security companies says. The global report

Social networking linked to spam attacks - ninemsn
The amount of spam sent over the internet increased by 192 per cent in 2008, and social networking sites are contributing to more sophisticated spam attacks, says a computer security company. Symantec’s annual Internet Security Report found 349.6

Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Finds Online Crime Continues - Computerworld Australia
SYDNEY, Australia April 15, 2009 Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq; SYMC) today announced that online crime, in the form of malicious code activity, continued to grow at a record pace throughout 2008, primarily targeting confidential information of

False Security: ‘Scareware’ Spreads - Wall Street Journal
While surfing the Web in December, Keren Brophy got a message on her computer screen telling her to update her antivirus software. The pop-up message looked similar to Windows security warnings she’d routinely received. She paid $49.99 for a program

PIN Crackers Nab Holy Grail of Bank Card Security - Wired
Hackers have crossed into new frontiers by devising sophisticated ways to steal large amounts of personal identification numbers, or PINs, protecting credit and debit cards, says an investigator. The attacks involve both unencrypted PINs and

Loyola: Laptops for all - Mankato Free Press
Kate Breiter already has ideas. Breiter s classroom is no stranger to technology. The social-studies teacher builds Web sites with her eighth-graders (causes of the Civil War) and creates podcasts with her seventh-graders (evidence the Inca

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