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111 arrested in massive ID theft bust
Prosecutors call it the biggest identity theft bust in U.S. history. On Friday, 111 bank tellers, retail workers, waiters and alleged criminals were charged with running a credit-card-stealing organization that stole more than US$13...
From friends and fans, Steve Jobs tributes pour in
As news of the death of Steve Jobs spread around the Internet, the tributes came pouring in Wednesday, crediting Apple's co-founder and chairman with -- more than once -- changing computing as we know it.
Firefox advises users to disable McAfee plugin
It's the last thing McAfee would want users to hear about one of its products, but the Firefox browser is advising users to disable McAfee's ScriptScan software, saying that it could cause "stability or security...
On the front line against the next Stuxnet
Something has gone terribly wrong on the plant floor at ACME Specialty Chemical International Inc.
Striking a domain provider, Microsoft kills off a botnet
Microsoft has opened a front in its ongoing battle against Internet scammers, using the power of a U.S. court to deal a knockout blow to an emerging botnet and taking offline a provider of free Internet domains.
MySQL.com hacked to serve malware
The website for the open-source MySQL database was hacked and used to serve malware to visitors Monday.
Alleged LulzSec Sony hacker arrested
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested a Phoenix student, claiming that he is one of the LulzSec hackers responsible for a database attack on Sony Pictures computers that claimed more than 1 million victims.
Man stole data from US service members via P2P
A California man who dug up sensitive information belonging to U.S. service members on peer-to-peer networks, and then used it to order iPods, cameras, and even washing machines from an online store, was sentenced to 75 months in...
Judge strikes part of Oracle's Java lawsuit against Google
A federal judge threw out a small part of Oracle's Java lawsuit against Google on Thursday but allowed the bulk of the case to proceed.
SAP pays $20M to settle criminal charges in Oracle case
SAP has agreed to pay just over US$20 million to settle a criminal case brought against its TomorrowNow subsidiary.
U.S. launches criminal probe into eBay-Craigslist dispute
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation into whether eBay executives broke the law and stole trade secrets while sitting on the board of Craigslist.org.