Germany’s highest court ruled that authorities may use computer spyware to secretly collect data from personal computers, but only under strict conditions. Basic rights aren’t disposable, says DW’s Daphne Antachopoulos.
In line with an earlier ruling on censuses, the judges found that the modern digital world requires a new right, but not one which is absolute [...]

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Security researchers have discovered a bug in VMware desktop virtualization applications that allows attackers to take complete control of the underlying PC, including the execution or modification of files on the host operating system.
CoreLabs, the research center of Core Security Technologies, discovered the vulnerability affects VMware Workstation, Player and ACE software and it is only [...]

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Japanese police have arrested a “prolific spammer” who has allegedly bombarded inboxes all over the world with hundreds of millions of email messages punting internet gambling and dating sites.
Investigators believe Yuki Shiina, 25, sent as many as 2.2 billion spam messages using what appears to be fundamental spamming techniques. He allegedly purchased a list of [...]

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The risk of getting a virus-laced Valentine’s Day e-card is on the rise. The FBI has issued a warning about cards carrying the Storm Worm virus.
“With the holiday approaching, be on the lookout for spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software,” the FBI said in an alert posted to the home page of its [...]

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Over the weekend, security vendor iDefense reported three specific exploits affecting a fully patched version of Adobe Acrobat and Reader 8.1 running on Windows. In each of the cases, the attacker would need to have the users open a specially crafted PDF file delivered via an e-mail attachment or linked from a Web site.
The infection [...]

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Emails embedded with fake Britney Spears and Paris Hilton Google search links are part of a new spam botnet that leads users to malware hosted by the notorious Russian Business Network (RBN).
Once someone clicks on an e-mail link to the site offering the videos they are directed to a malware-infested URL that downloads and executes [...]

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Despite their business differences, computer security companies are coming together to standardize testing for anti-malware products and services. In Bilbao, Spain, on Monday, more than 40 security researchers and anti-malware testers convened to formalize the charter of a new Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization.
The formation of AMTSO has been driven by industry- wide concern about the [...]

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