Thursday, June 18, 2009

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June 18, 2009
In this issue
redarrow 'Golden Cash' botnet-leasing network uncovered
redarrow Date set for NASA hacker hearing in U.K.
redarrow Google considers request to boost privacy
redarrow Morro screenshots reportedly leaked; Will it be cloud-based?
redarrow Dasient helps Web sites avoid blacklists, malware

Underground network offers pay-per-use access to botnets of compromised PCs, Finjan report says.

Britain's high court will consider next month whether self-confessed hacker Gary McKinnon should be tried in the U.K., instead of the U.S., in a case that dates back to 2001.

After more than three dozen security experts ask Google to offer encryption by default for Gmail and other apps, Google says it is considering doing just that if the apps don't slow down too much as a result.

Windows enthusiast blog posts what are supposedly leaked screenshots of Microsoft's new Morro free security offering. ZDNet blog says it will be cloud-based.
Start-up launched by ex-Googlers is offering a free alert service for when sites are blacklisted for hosting malware, as well as a fee-based malware-monitoring service.

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