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WELLINGTON (AFP) - A New Zealand teenager who confessed to a central role in a global cyber-crime ring which caused millions of dollars in losses walked free from court Tuesday with police wanting to secure his skills.

InformationWeek - The fix applies to the ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite, Pro, Antivirus, Anti-Spyware and Basic Firewall editions of the product.

Hackers always are on the lookout for the most vulnerable spot on your personal computers. These days, that weakest link might be your flash thumb drive.

WASHINGTON - Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. told lawmakers Wednesday that Congress should pass basic privacy legislation to protect information about consumers, such as the data being gathered about people's Web surfing habits in order to pinpoint Internet advertising.

WASHINGTON - Executives from major Internet players — Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. — are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday, but the company likely to get the most scrutiny is a small Silicon Valley startup called NebuAd Inc.

Facing heat over privacy concerns, NebuAd said Tuesday it has a new notification and opt-out system for its targeted...

AVG has upgraded the free version of a product that includes a component that scans Web sites for malware but caused Web site...

A Trojan horse program that has been around for about six years is now being used to steal system-administrator passwords...

InformationWeek - The site runs a script that pretends to do an online security scan of your computer and presents a bogus warning message that your PC is infected with malware, researchers said.

InformationWeek - Coming to IE8 is a set of cross-site scripting defenses to defeat hackers looking to steal cookies and browser history, logging keystrokes, stealing credentials, or just evading phishing filters.

MySpace is facing continuing security problems that threaten to spoil many of the innovative features that make the site...

LOS ANGELES - A hacker suspected of infecting thousands of personal computers with malicious software to obtain private financial information will plead guilty to fraud under a plea agreement, the U.S. attorney's office said.

A major antispam organization is pushing a set of new best practices for ISPs to stop increasing volumes of spam generated by...