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• Beware Domain Registration Scams Analysis: Hoaxes and spam about expiring domains are a favorite ploy -- here's how to spot the fakes.
• 8 Tips for Safer Online Shopping Holiday shoppers are flocking to the Web this year in unprecedented numbers. Here's what you need to know to avoid this season's crop of security threats.
• What Office 2010 Can Teach Us About Security The upcoming version of Microsoft’s productivity suite rethinks how desktop applications should approach security.
• Experts Not Surprised By iPhone Malicious App Report According to one developer, iPhone apps that sneak through Apple's approval process could attack even non-jailbroken iPhones.
• Web Services Should Add 'Scam Protection' If Yahoo and Google already search e-mail to generate targeted ads, why not targeted warnings?
• Securing Your iPhone Jailbreak To those who have already jailbroken, or are considering making the jump- fear not! Your jailbroken iPhone can be just as, if not even more secure than any stock iPhone. Here are a few tips.
• Online Privacy Campaign Site Kicks Off The Center for Democracy and Technology today launched a new Take Back Your Privacy site to help push for better privacy laws and controls.
• Botnet Behind H1N1 Malware Campaign Spam campaign relies on fake messages from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) that instruct recipients to register for H1N1 vaccinations.
• Security Firm Retracts 'Black Screen' Claims, Apologizes to Microsoft Prevx, the U.K. security company that started a firestorm after claiming recent Windows security updates caused a widespread "black screen" lock-out of users'...
• Fake Swine Flu Emails Lead to Real Malware Infection Security companies have issued warnings of e-mails that appear to come from the Centers for Disease Control, but in fact lead to the Zeus Trojan.
• Sprint Makes Goverment Tracking of GPS Data Easy Sprint handed over info on customer locations 8 million times last year. So where's the outrage?
• Microsoft: 'Black Screens of Death' Not Due to Patches Microsoft remains adamant that its security updates are not at fault for widespread "black screen" lock-out of users' PCs.
• Microsoft: Don't Believe the Black Screen of Death Hype The dramatic-sounding reports over a Windows 7 "black screen of death" are inaccurate, Microsoft says -- and blown way out of proportion.
• Rogue Gallery Helps ID Scam Software Lavasoft today launched a new online database of known rogue antivirus software.
• Five Tips for Safe Holiday Shopping Keep your credit card or debit card info out of the hands of scammers with these counter-fraud tips.
• Will There Be an Electronic Pearl Harbor? Could there be a strategic attack on computer infrastructures? It's possible.
• Microsoft is Investigating Claims Patches Cause Windows 'Black Screen of Death' Microsoft confirms that November's security updates triggered a black screen on some Windows users' PCs.
• How to Lose Your Identity This Holiday Season Looking to expose your personal data to online thieves? Follow these five easy steps — or better yet, use them as a cautionary tale.
• New Malware Scam Targets Twilight Fans Security firm warns that a free movie offer supplies instead a contaminated viewer.
• British Hacker Loses Another Extradiction Appeal The U.K. Home Minister says Gary McKinnon must face his charges in the U.S., as the latest in a line of rebuffs.
• Working at Home: A Wi-Fi, H1N1 Survival Guide The ultimate guide to surviving the 2009 holiday season: How to visit family and reconnect with old friends and still get done all that work while out of the office.
• Securely Wipe a Dead Hard Drive Dwma needs to return a dead hard drive to the manufacturer. Is there a way to first remove sensitive data?
• New Banking Trojan Horses Gain Polish As banks improve their ability to detect and fight fraud, the Trojan horses that criminals devise become even more sophisticated.
• Facebook Blocks Raunchy Worm Exploit spreading around the social network prompted users to click to see a revealing photo of a woman.
• Picking the Right Security Software Here are some considerations to keep in mind when choosing security apps.