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CIO January 27, 2011 Grant Gross	Do Not Track: Is Government Intervention Necessary? The U.S. Federal Trade Commission made clear it endorses an online do-not-track tool, while Republican lawmakers and tech companies think a congressional mandate is unnecessary.
InternetNews January 27, 2011	British Cops Snag 5 Pro-Wikileaks Hackers Scotland Yard authorities announce arrest of five members of "Anonymous" hacking ring charged with marshaling DDoS attacks against firms that cut off payments service to Wikileaks.
InternetNews January 26, 2011	Zuckerberg Latest Victim of Facebook Hack The CEO of the world's largest social networking site had his own fan page hacked just as the company unveils new security improvements.
InternetNews January 26, 2011	Spam Volume Tumbles in January New report from security software vendor Symantec reveals that worldwide spam traffic fell to a two-year low in January, largely due to a sharp decline in pharmaceutical spam.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2011 Rich Smith	Welcome! You've Got Computer Worms! While the U.S. only targeted Stuxnet into Iran's nuclear centrifuge labs, the worm didn't stay stuck on it. Already, the worm has leaked out of Iran and into Symantec's virus filters.
The Motley Fool January 25, 2011 Bryan Hinmon	Protect Your Portfolio From Cyber Threats Defend your portfolio from The Attack of the Killer e-Tomatoes.
InternetNews January 25, 2011	ICQ Users Fend Off Fake AV Campaign A new scareware scam is taking flight on ICQ, attempting to infect users' PCs and mobile devices while selling them a bill of goods.
InternetNews January 21, 2011 Sean Michael Kerner	Security Expert Warns of Widget Malware Widgets, a popular vehicle for advertising and Web content, can also be used to distribute malware, according to Dasient CTO Neil Daswani, who took his message to Black Hat this week.
InternetNews January 21, 2011	Phishing Scam Preys On McDonald's Customers A new phishing scam targeting McDonald's customers attempts to elicit credit card and other personal information for identity theft.
InternetNews January 20, 2011	New Worm Takes Twitter Users For a Ride Twitter fans have a new malware campaign to worry about this week after security researchers at Kaspersky Lab identified a new scareware come-on.
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