| Phony Microsoft endorsement part of new scareware tactic
A new scareware package tries to sell bogus antivirus software to its victims using an apparent endorsement of the software by Microsoft. Chinese Zodiac Accurately Predicts Yearly Cybercrime Trends
Could it be possible that the Chinese Calendar has been successfully predicting the trends and methods of security activity in a given year? Could the Chinese Zodiac be used to predict the security future like the Farmers Almanac predicts the weather? We are about to close out 2009 the year of the Earthy Ox as defined by the Chinese calendar. Adobe Flash's security woes: How to protect yourself
Experts disagree whether Adobe's security is 'immature' or Flash's popularity makes it a hackers' target Facebook and Google: Contrasts in Privacy
The headlines recently have been dominated with news of online privacy. Facebook has implemented changes that affect the privacy of status updates, and Google made headlines for its apparent disregard for privacy. Lawmakers seek to stop reposting of TSA security document
Several lawmakers are asking DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano to examine if any legal remedies are available to stop Web sites from reposting a recently leaked TSA security manual. Can high-tech communications systems untangle traffic congestion?
As anyone who commutes to work knows, traffic congestion is a huge waste of time and money. Traffic congestion resulted in 4.2 billion hours of time spent waiting in traffic and 2.8 billion gallons of extra fuel used, at a total cost of $87.2 billion in 2007 alone, according to one study. FBI: Rogue antivirus scammers have made $150M
They're the scourge of the Internet right now and the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation says they've also raked in more than US$150 million for scammers. Security experts call them rogue antivirus programs. Google's Schmidt Roasted for Privacy Comments
An Internet privacy watchdog has blasted Google chief executive Eric Schmidt for his comments on Internet privacy, saying his remarks suggest Google misunderstands basic lessons about why privacy is important. Today from the Subnet communities On Cisco Subnet: Annual revenue for Cisco TelePresence and Cisco's EMC/VMware collaboration viewed favorably; On Microsoft Subnet: Power outages cause Windows Server 2008 problems; On Google Subnet: Google claims its new URL shortening service is more secure Network World on Twitter? You bet we are | 
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