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FTC asked to investigate Google’s privacy breaches
A privacy advocacy group has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google's data-security measures in a move that raises new questions about the security of cloud computing services, PC…
Expert: Internet-mapping bill won’t deter attacks
A California lawmaker's proposal to require internet mapping services to blur detailed images of schools, colleges, hospitals, and other potential terrorist targets has generated a great deal of attention --…
Stolen-data trove offers insights on botnets
Massive "botnet" networks -- armies of infected computers formed by spreading a computer virus that orders compromised machines to phone home for further instructions, such as sending out spam or…
New campus safety issue: Cell phone stalking
The college student had endured months of online and cell-phone harassment from her ex-boyfriend. She ignored the barrage of eMails, changed her phone number, and dismantled online profiles to cut…
Can peer-to-peer file sharing coexist with network security?
Security experts have long cautioned about the risk to school and corporate networks posed by the use of peer-to-peer file sharing by individuals, warning that the practice creates holes that…
Facebook users targeted by rogue application
A new piece of malware making the rounds on Facebook falsely warns users that their friends have had problems viewing their profiles, posing a potential threat to users' personal information,…
Personal data on University of Florida system breached
A hacker recently broke into the University of Florida's computer system, jeopardizing the personal information of nearly 100,000 people, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. …
Do we need a new internet?
Security and privacy on the internet have become so compromised that many experts believe it is time to start over, reports the New York Times. …
University’s eMail outsourcing delayed by legal woes
Plans to outsource the University of Texas at Dallas' eMail service to Yahoo! Zimbra have stalled after the Office of General Counsel (OGC), the main group of attorneys for the…
MySpace turns over 90,000 names of registered sex offenders
MySpace provided two state attorneys general the names of 90,000 registered sex offenders it had banned from its site in response to a subpoena, the New York Times reports. …