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A malicious software program known as Conficker that many feared would wreak havoc on April 1 is slowly being activated, weeks after being dismissed as a false alarm, security experts said.

The dreaded Conficker computer worm is stirring. Security experts say the worm's authors appear to be trying to build a big moneymaker, but not a cyber weapon of mass destruction as many people feared.

The Conficker worm, which did not bring the Internet to its knees or do much of anything else on April 1, continues to evolve in ways that have security experts scratching their heads about what may be the ultimate goals of the unknown bad guys behind the malware.

Estimates of the number of computers infected with the Conficker worm run from 1 million to 12 million. The malware's deadline is April 1, 2009, but no one really knows what will actually happen to the infected computers.

SAN FRANCISCO — "Hey Alice, look at the pics I took of us last weekend at the picnic. Bob"

Last week Google announced it was the victim of a hack in China that also hit at least two dozen other companies. McAfee soon identified the likely hole, a bug in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, and gave the hack a name: “Operation Aurora.” (See “Google China Hackers’ Unexpected Back Door.”)

A security researcher has discovered fake profiles for celebrities on LinkedIn that have links to malicious code, according to a blog posting on Trend Micro's site.

Digital photo frames were one of the best-selling consumer electronics products this holiday season, but some of them carried a nasty surprise - malicious software code that tried to hop onto personal computers when the frames were plugged in.

I LIVED in Taipei until I was 22. I graduated as a philosophy major. My grandfather was a politician and then founded a bank. My father was a philosophy major and then inherited the banking business. I think philosophy is a base that trains you how to think.

Hackers on Tuesday hijacked the Web site CheckFree.com, one of the largest online bill payment companies, redirecting an unknown number of visitors to a Web address that tried to install malicious software on visitors' computers, the company said today.

When cybercrime crusaders this week persuaded Internet service providers to disconnect a shadowy Web hosting operation called McColo, the impact was dramatic — an instant 40 percent drop in spam and other "badness'" across some e-mail networks, security experts say.

SAN FRANCISCO — The world's largest spam e-mail operator has been silenced.

Federal authorities say they've shut down HerbalKing, a global spam gang responsible for billions of spam messages promoting prescription drugs, "male-enhancement" pills and diet pills. On Tuesday, a federal court in Chicago, acting on a complaint from the Federal Trade Commission, ordered a halt to its operations, pending trial. A federal judge said HerbalKing engaged in spamming and deceptive marketing.

SAN FRANCISCO — The glass ceiling finally seems to be shattering.
Hillary Rodham Clinton nearly snagged the Democratic presidential nomination. Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has emerged as a major figure in world affairs.

Trend Micro announces Worry-Free Business Security product line for small to midsize businesses

Trend Micro Monday announced a line of desktop and server security products intended for small to midsize businesses.

Criminal attacks against major Web sites have grown so common that Internet users have no reliable way to know which sites are safe to visit, no matter how well known those destinations are, security experts say.

The number of malicious software programs vying to take up residence on unsuspecting computer users' hard drives has quadrupled in the past two years, according to security experts.

Trend Micro CEO Eva Chen has made no secret of her company's software as a service strategy. In the past year, the Japan-based company has launched a number of SAAS initiatives, pushing security into the cloud. Its latest acquisition, Identum, will add to the company's cloud computing portfolio.

Experts urge consumers to be wary when giving out credit card numbers, other info

A Russian gang allegedly hosting malicious software abruptly disappeared this week, according to Trend Micro.

Beginning in March, 102 employees of the IRS received phone calls, purportedly from the computer help desk, requesting their user names and suggesting they adopt a new password.

The greatest threat to global cyber security today, according to Internet Security Systems researcher Josh Corman, may be your mother’s computer.

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Gap Inc. announced Friday that a laptop containing the personal information of about 800,000 job applicants was stolen from the offices of one of its vendors that manages data for the company.

The San Francisco-based retailer said it has begun notifying on Thursday those applicants whose Social Security numbers were included in the information on the laptop.

Aug 9 Computer security software maker Trend Micro Inc. (4704.T) posted a 32 percent rise in half-year operating profit on Thursday as sales grew in the United States, and it forecast continued growth ahead.

The SMB network security market is heating up. In-Stat estimates that the worldwide security appliance market is poised for steady, if slowing, growth, reaching over $5.5 billion by 2011. A large part of this growth is sure to be driven small businesses, all of which need protection. Forrester estimates that 39% of small businesses will "significantly upgrade their security environment" and 44% will "significantly upgrade their disaster recovery capabilities" this year.