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RED ORBIT
Microsoft: Recession Could Increase Cybercrime Threat
Layoffs could increase ranks of attackers, expert says

ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION
Computer Science Student Investigated For Allegedly Sending Email
Campus police seize computers, search dorm room

CANADA.COM
Hackers Steal Government, Corporate Data
Employees fooled by fake job listings in email

LETHBRIDGE HERALD
New Study Suggests Email Spam Could Be Harmful To The Environment
Cost of processing and filtering spam could be as much as 22 billion kilowatt hours annually

INFOWORLD
In Poor Economy, More IT Pros Could Turn To E-Crime
KPMG study says incidence of insider fraud has tripled since 2007

SOPHOS.COM
Malware Campaign Masquerades As Email From Courier
Malicious spam appears to be message from DHL about a package addressed to your company

eWEEK
Symantec Data Leak Remains Under Investigation
Principals still trying to find out how customer data made its way to undercover reporter

WWL TV
Katrina Evacuees May Have Had Personal Data Published On The Web
FEMA says public posting of data on 17,000 evacuees was "not authorized"

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
California Mortgage Broker Charged In Multi-million-Dollar Identity Theft Ring
Broker allegedly stole data from immigrants and children of those applying for mortgages

NEWS.COM.AU
Patients' Medical Records Leaked Online By Pathology Lab
Posting of personal information on lab's Website blamed on "processing error"

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
Man Faces Charges For Illegally Accessing Customer Data
Insurance broker allegedly used personal information to try to get customers to switch carriers

THE REGISTER
Smoking Power Supply Turns Up The Heat At Online Brokerage House
Overheated server causes evacuation at TD Ameritrade

YAHOO!
Consultant Gets Four Years In Prison For Malware Install
Contractor turned thousands of machines into zombies so he could steal data

ZDNET
RIM Records All Employee Calls
Blackberry maker tapes workers' conversations to protect intellectual property

ENTERPRISE STORAGE FORUM
Social Media ?? The Next Smoking Gun
Enterprises must develop policies for using social media, just as they did with email

COMPUTERWORLD
Photocopiers: The Newest ID Theft Threat
Newest models contain hard drives that store data in unencrypted form

SWITCHED
15 Phishing Scams To Watch Out For
If you haven't warned your employees about these, it's time to take action

TECHWORLD
New "Guru" App Lets Techies Fix Friends' PCs
Symantec to launch service that updates its venerable PC Anywhere product

SILICON REPUBLIC
Identity In A Crisis
Recession spurs creative methods of stealing data from jobseekers, vulnerable businesses

ANTI-FORENSICS
The Trojan Defense
A look at how users may cover their legal tracks by claiming that their computers were remotely controlled