| 'Ransomware' extorts payment with phone call, 01/03/2008 New "ransomware" that locks up a person's PC and demands $35 to return control to its user is on the prowl, a security researcher said this week. ... Protecting against data leaks, 12/20/07 Three project types are getting the go-ahead on a variety of projects aimed at solving the ever-present data leakage threat. They involve privacy, enterprise rights management and even data center automation initiatives. UK. politicians want losing data to be a crime, 01/03/08 A committee of MPs has called for tougher criminal penalties for data security breaches as incidents where the government or contractors have lost people's personal data continue to come to light. Malware honeypots wait for '08, 01/02/08 An innovative malware honeypot project backed by a leading consortium of IT security experts is preparing to re-launch its global sensor network after Jan. 1 in an effort to dupe more cybercriminals into handing over information about their latest attack methods. 8 hottest skills for '08, 01/03/08 No one is mistaking the current IT jobs market for the one that sizzled during the dot-com days and inflated salaries to astronomical rates. But as the U.S. economy wrestles with a weak housing market and record oil prices, demand for IT workers is on the rise. 8 hot-button issues to watch in '08, 01/03/08 Ready for 2008? Budgets may tighten up, but IT's challenges will just keep growing: security problems, virtualization technology, legal issues, users who can't be stopped and that worrisome baby-boomer brain drain. Here are eight hot-button issues to watch out for in the coming year. US-CERT warns of flaw in latest RealPlayer, 01/02/08 The US-CERT is warning computer users of a possible problem with the latest version of RealPlayer after a Russian security company claimed to ... | 
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