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• Retail Mania, IE Woes, EU Charges Although this is a normally slow tech news week, some real news occurred, what with the ongoing IE exploit and the larger world not sidetracked by holidays.
• Viviane Reding Picked to Re-write EU Data Protection Laws Viviane Reding has been picked to take charge of a re-write of Europe's 15 year-old data protection laws due to start next year.
• China Warns About Return of Destructive Panda Virus A computer worm that China warned Internet users against is an updated version of the Panda Burning Incense virus, which infected millions of PCs.
• Hack In The Box Heading to Holland Hack In The Box will host its first hacker convention in Europe next year, in Amsterdam.
• India to Set up Automatic Monitoring of Communications India setting up new system for monitoring communications in the country.
• Metasploit Releases IE Attack, but It's Unreliable Metasploit has released attack code for an unpatched bug in Internet Explorer, but it is not reliable.
• Attacks Appear Imminent as IE Exploit Is Improved Metasploit has released an improved attack for an IE zero-day attack, making criminal use more likely.
• Sept. 11 Pager Messages Published Online Wikileaks is publishing 573,000 pager messages sent nationwide on Sept. 11, 2001.
• Four Years Not Enough for "Godfather of Spam" Spam costs every American--every one of us--over $13-a-year each, $42 billion in all, and that's just what business pays. And that doesn't include the criminals' take.
• Redirecting DNS Requests Can Harm the Internet, Says ICANN ICANN on Tuesday condemned the practice of redirecting requests for nonexistent domains as a threat to the smooth functioning of the Internet.
• Man Pleads Guilty to Selling Fake Chips to US Navy A California man has pleaded guilty to charges that he sold fake chips to the U.S. Navy.
• 'Godfather of Spam' Sentenced to Four Years in Prison One of the most notorious U.S.-based spammers was sentenced to more than four years on Monday for a stock spam manipulation scheme.
• Facebook Worm Spreads With a Lurid Lure Facebook was hit with a worm that infected users' profiles and then redirected them to pornography sites.
• Hacks of Chinese Temple Were Online Kung Fu, Abbot Says The Web site of China's Shaolin Temple, a famous kung fu training ground, has been hacked multiple times by attackers critical of its commercial activities.
• Microsoft Issues Security Advisory on IE Vulnerability Microsoft has issued a security advisory that provides customers with guidance and workarounds for dealing with a zero-day exploit aimed at Internet Explorer.
• Advanced Antivirus Hackers have shown that they can plant their malware even on mainstream sites--proving that you need antivirus protection now more than ever. We lab-tested eleven top security programs to find the best guardians for your PC.
• How To De-Worm Your iPhone iPhone behaving badly? Here's how to find out if you've caught a worm--and how to get rid of it.
• Pros and Cons of Windows 7 Security Windows 7 is the most secure version to date of Microsoft's flagship desktop operating system, but its not perfect. Here are some of the ups and downs of Windows 7 security.
• Critical Zero-Day Flaw Opens Holes in IE 6 and 7 A newly discovered security hole in IE 6 and 7 allows for attacks against either browser.
• Third iPhone Worm Targets Jailbroken iPhones Another week, another worm hitting jailbroken iPhones.
• Hacked Climate Change E-mails Highlight Security Concerns In the heat of the climate change debate sparked by hacked e-mail messages, there has been little discussion of how the e-mails were leaked. In a connected world, security and privacy are both more important, and harder to come by.
• Can Droid Phones Take Care of Business? Motorola Droid and HTC Droid Eris aren't strong on Exchange mail support, security, and configurability -- all needed for business use.
• New Attack Fells Internet Explorer Symantec says that an unpatched flaw affecting IE 7 and IE 6 has been made public.
• Top 10 Strategic Technologies for 2010 The Gartner Symposium serves up a selection of hottest issues and challenges for technology management in the next year.
• Global Warming Research Exposed After Hack A hacker has posted e-mail and documents belonging to a noted climate change researcher.