"Spam king" walks away from prison
(AP) AP - An inmate known as the "spam king" for sending hundreds of thousands of unsolicited e-mails has walked away from a federal prison camp in Colorado.
New Spyware (Wrongly) Claims It's Won PCMag Award
(PC Magazine) PC Magazine - It's worth reminding: there is a large category of malicious programs that present themselves as antispyware or antivirus programs. We recently came across one which claims to have won a number of awards, including the PC Magazine Editors' Choice.
Hackers Post Software to Jailbreak Apple's iPhone 3G
(NewsFactor) NewsFactor - According to an online community, the latest iPhone operating system 2.0 has been hacked less than a week after its release. The iPhone Dev Team, a portal for iPhone hacks, cracks and comments, announced in a blog entry that it had broken the code.
iPhone Dev Team Releases Jailbreak Software
(TechWeb) TechWeb - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/cmp/tc_cmp/storytext/209400178/28311812/SIG=1316pb2pl/*http://www.informationweek.com/;jsessionid=TMLDNYW2YQUIAQSNDLQSKHSCJUNN2JVN?cid=feed-yahoo-news">InformationWeek</a> - The hacker group's PwnageTool 2.0 software allows iPhone users to load non-Apple-approved applications on their handsets.
Protecting against Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RFID data attacks
(CNET) CNET - NEW YORK--Using a laptop, cell phone headset, building access badge, credit cards, or even a passport can make you a walking target for data thieves and other criminals, a security expert warned at the Last HOPE hacker conference here late Friday.
Obama warns against 'fighting the last war'
(AP) <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/security/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080717/ap_on_el_pr/obama"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080720/capt.cps.nau29.200708102614.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=IgpCLuxhrZ7y0RCCoixRPg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Iraq denied Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had made remarks backing US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama's, seen here in June 2008, plan to withdraw troops from the country and demanding a quick pullout.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)" border="0" /></a>AP - Democrat Barack Obama warned Wednesday about the danger of "fighting the last war" as he pledged to focus on emerging nuclear, biological and cyber threats if elected president.</p><br clear="all"/>
Cyber-capos: How cybercriminals mirror the mafia and businesses
(CNET) CNET - Cybercrime, the harvesting and sale of credit card and other data for online fraud and theft, is a "shadow economy" that mimics the real business world in its practices and the mafia in its structure, according to a new report from security firm Finjan.
The iPhone 3G Gets Unlocked
(TechWeb) TechWeb - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/cmp/tc_cmp/storytext/209100524/28260594/SIG=131p4lobg/*http://www.informationweek.com/;jsessionid=CI2FGA4BKRW5WQSNDLQCKHSCJUNN2JVN?cid=feed-yahoo-news">InformationWeek</a> - A group in Brazil has unlocked the phone to run on other carriers' networks, and a hacker team has enabled independent apps to run on Apple's latest handset.
Congress asks Embarq about selling customer info
(AP) AP - Congress has asked Embarq Corp. about its work with a company that tracks online subscribers' Web traffic for advertising purposes, part of growing concern about Internet privacy.
NY spammer hit with 30-month prison sentence
(CNET) CNET - A federal court on Tuesday sentenced a New York man to a 30-month prison term for sending unsolicited marketing e-mail to 1.2 million AOL subscribers, according to a Reuters report.
NY man gets 30 months in prison for spamming AOL
(Reuters) Reuters - A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 30
months in prison on Tuesday for sending spam e-mails to more
than 1.2 million subscribers of America Online in a scheme that
foiled the Internet company's spam-filtering system.
Microsoft Says Yahoo-Google Deal Threatens Internet Privacy
(TechWeb) TechWeb - <a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/cmp/tc_cmp/storytext/209100255/28247488/SIG=13145bbg0/*http://www.informationweek.com/;jsessionid=SQAMYUDEC4K5GQSNDLRCKHSCJUNN2JVN?cid=feed-yahoo-news">InformationWeek</a> - The company's complaints may have as much to do with privacy and competition as they do with its own strategic interests in Yahoo's search business.
