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The Yahoo! email accounts of some journalists and other users whose work relates to China were compromised in an attack discovered this week, Reuters has reported. The development comes days after Google announced it would move its Chinese-language search services out of China and to Hong Kong because it was no longer prepared to censor results. Some journalists in China and Taiwan found they were unable to access their accounts from March 25. Andrew Jacobs of … Read entire article »

Google Inc.’s business ties in China unraveled a little more amid a widening backlash to the U.S. Internet company’s decision to move its Chinese search engine offshore in a challenge to the country’s online censorship laws. While Google’s stand is winning it praise in the U.S. and other countries, it’s threatening to turn the company into a pariah in China. A high-profile Communist Party newspaper skewered Google in a front-page story. And more of its partners and … Read entire article »

Hackers have flooded the Internet with virus-tainted spam that targets Facebook’s estimated 400 million users in an effort to steal banking passwords and gather other sensitive information. The emails tell recipients that the passwords on their Facebook accounts have been reset, urging them to click on an attachment to obtain new login credentials, according to anti-virus software maker McAfee Inc. If the attachment is opened, it downloads several types of malicious software, including a program that steals … Read entire article »

Researchers believe technology could be used to determine a computer typist’s age, sex and culture within 10 keystrokes by monitoring their speed and rhythm. The murder of Ashleigh Hall, a teenager from Darlington, last year by a predator she met on Facebook has raised fresh calls for extra security to protect young people on the internet. Professor Roy Maxion, associate professor at Newcastle University, has been carrying out the research in America. Former Northumbria Police detective … Read entire article »

The German Federal Office for Security in Information Technology has advised people to use an alternative web browser, after a Firefox security loophole came to light that could allow cyber criminals to infect computers with malicious software. Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, acknowledged the existence of the vulnerability, and said that a new version of its browser, with the loophole patched, would be available from March 30. Users can also download a beta version … Read entire article »