http://www.cyberspawned.com/ Up to the minute Internet Security News. Breaking News and internet security related articles en-us mail@cyberspawned.com http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Spammer gets five in the slammer A man has been jailed for nearly five years in the US for building a network of 400,000 slaved PCs and using it to install adware and send spam. Jeanson James Ancheta, 21, was sentenced to 57 month http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Microsoft patches two critical flaws Microsoft has released an update for Windows that fixes critical flaws in Exchange Server and Adobe's Macromedia Flash Player._nbsp; Both of the security holes could be used by hackers to execute c http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=US wins extradition of British hacker McKinnon British hacker Gary McKinnon has lost the first stage of his fight to avoid extradition to the US on hacking charges. The decision was announced at Bow Street Magistrates' Court and McKinnon has sa http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Teachers clueless on internet safety A report into the state of IT awareness among teachers has found that over half would not know where to go for help if a child got into trouble on the internet. The survey was sponsored by BT, the http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Spam King Wallace loses court battle The US Federal Trade Commission struck a decisive blow in the fight against spam last week, after a federal judge ruled that Sanford 'Spam King' Wallace will have to pay $4m in damages. Wallace's c http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Boffins dismantle great firewall of China New software will be released at the end of the month that could cripple the great firewall of China and allow citizens of repressive regimes to bypass web censors. The software, known as Psiphon_n http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Blue Security under siege from spammers Controversial Israeli security company Blue Security has been under siege from spammers for the past few days._nbsp; The company's business websites had been under a sizeable denial of service atta http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Microsoft Patches Critical Exchange, Flash Holes Microsoft released three patches -- two deemed critical -- covering vulnerabilities in Microsoft Exchange, Flash and Windows. Topping the list of security bulletins released as part of the so http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Security, The Microsoft Way NEW YORK -- Microsoft has every intention of working with networking giant Cisco on network access control protocols in its next version of Windows, the head of Microsoft's security technology unit http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Doom For Anti-Spyware Software UPDATED: A Yankee Group report published today predicts imminent doom for anti-spyware makers with the release of Windows Vista. But don't plan a funeral for WebRoot and Ad-Aware just yet. First, Micr http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=The Surge in Mac Attacks Just as Apple Computer launched a new ad touting OSX's resilience against viruses, the Macintosh operating system and applications have come under fire for harboring serious security flaws. Securi http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=What Makes a Good Standard LAS VEGAS -- There are usually some clear indicators whether a particular standard is going to be successful. At least that's the view of John Roese, CTO of networking technologies at Broadcom, an http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Microsoft preps Exchange and Windows updates Microsoft plans to release two security updates tomorrow for its Windows operating system and a single patch for Exchange._nbsp; The release is part of the software giant's regular patch cycle on t http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Macs 'open target' for malware Security firm McAfee has unveiled antivirus support for Intel-based Apple Macs, after claiming that the computers are an _quot;open target_quot; for malware. McAfee VirusScan for Mactel 8.0 runs u http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Google sued over child porn payments Google is being sued in the US by a politician who believes that the company is profiting from child pornography. Jeffrey Toback, a Democratic Party member of the Nassau County Legislature, has fil http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=World Cup wall chart hides Trojan A new Trojan was spammed out last night posing as a free wall chart that lets users track their team's progress in the World Cup finals. The Haxdoor-IN Trojan arrives as an attachment in an email c http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Censors crack down on bloggers and surfers Repressive regimes are increasingly highlighting blogs and websites as a threat to be shut down or censored, according to the annual report (PDF 1.36MB) from Reporters Without Borders (RSF) publishe http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Apple users 'complacent' about security A new report from US security firm McAfee has suggested that Apple users are complacent about security. McAfee's Avert Labs said that Macintosh platform vulnerability discovery rates have increased http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Modders add porn scenes to PC game A PC_nbsp;game has had its age rating raised by the Electronic Software Ratings Board (ESRB) after a player created an 'adult' modification. Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion was upgraded from 'Teen' to ' http://www.cyberspawned.com/archive/news.php?story=Virus emails drop to record low The number of emails carrying viruses has plummeted to fewer than one per cent of all messages sent, according to the April virus trends report from BlackSpider Technologies._nbsp; The total number