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Adobe warns of zero-day hole in Reader, Acrobat
Critical vulnerability could allow an attacker to take control of a computer, company says, and no patch is available yet.
 
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Antivirus isn't dead--it's growing up
Despite longtime diagnoses that antivirus software is doomed, security will become a service for mobile devices, experts predict.
 
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Mozilla fixes Firefox holes, curtails clickjacking
Along with the security fixes, Firefox 3.6.9 gets a new feature to help Web developers reduce clickjacking risks. Also: Chrome 6 gets bug fixes.
 
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Norton's new Power Eraser goes free
The tool for removing aggressive malware is part of Symantec's 2011 refresh to its Norton consumer security suites. 
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Study: Two-thirds of Web surfers fall prey to online crime
Survey finds China, Brazil, India, and the U.S. at top of list of countries with the most cybercrime victims.
 
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Trend Micro bets on the cloud
Trend Micro revamps its consumer-protection suites by wagering heavily on cloud-based protection, creating security suites that the company claims are faster at detection and lighter on system resources.
 
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Court allows warrantless cell location tracking
Philadelphia appeals court rules that no search warrant is needed for police to track Americans' cell phone whereabouts but says individual judges can "sparingly" require one.
 
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Facebook closes hole that let spammers auto-post to walls, friends
Social-networking site plugs a second hole that allowed spammers to automatically post to people's pages.
 
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Apple's Ping dinged by spam
The new iTunes-based social network is getting hit by comment spam since Apple apparently left it vulnerable through a lack of spam- or URL- filtering, according to Sophos.
 
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U.N. exec: Cyberwar could be 'worse than tsunami'
Proposal for a global "cyberpeace" treaty has met "a lot of resistance" from industrialized nations, says head of U.N.'s International Telecommunication Union.
 
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Facebook adds new remote log-out security feature
Facebook users who log in from multiple devices will soon have a way to make sure they are only logged in on the computer they are currently using.
 
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Nigerian scam tops list of decade's online cons
Notices of winning the lottery and requests from Russian women who want to know you better are also up there on Panda Security's ranking of decade's top Net swindles.
 
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India wants local servers from RIM, Google, Skype
India plans to ask the three companies to set up local servers in the country so that security agencies can monitor customer communications.
 
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Twitter plans to record all links clicked
In a move that could raise privacy concerns, the microblogging site said Wednesday evening that it will record and analyze every link users click on when using its Web site or any of the thousands of third-party apps.
 
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China requires cell phone subscriber IDs
New subscribers are asked for identification and existing subscribers are being encouraged to register their IDs with their numbers in what the Chinese government calls a crackdown on spam and fraud.
 
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Quantum crypto cracked, researchers say
Researchers claim to have cracked the quantum cryptography equipment used to cloak highly sensitive communications by banks and defense agencies.
 
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Sweden reopens rape probe of Wikileaks founder
After dropping a rape case against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange last month, Sweden is reopening it for further investigation, according to reports.
 
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Cars: The next hacking frontier?
Efforts to make autos safer and more energy efficient with embedded computers and wireless technologies are also increasing security risks, experts say.
 
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Gmail, Skype now in India's crosshairs
India is poised to send notices to Google and Skype about the government's inability to monitor e-mail and conversations.
 
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3M to buy biometrics firm Cogent for $943 million
Cogent, which sells biometric ID systems to governments, law enforcement, and businesses, will be swallowed up by the massive conglomerate.
 
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