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Past Year's Malware Could Shape 2010's Threats

Ever heard of Induc, Sninsfs or OSX.iservice? These new types of attacks emerged in 2009 and could become more prevalent in the year to come.

The networking giant could have just ruined the lunch hours of security officers everywhere with new iPhone app.

Another external hard drive goes missing, exposing the medical records and Social Security numbers of thousands of patients.

Hackers and malware purveyors are becoming more sophisticated, meaning computer users need to become wiser and more proactive, too.

Lawmakers still struggling to find balance between protecting consumers without slowing commerce.

Seventy-nine percent of government IT honchos surveyed say popular collaboration tools and cloud-computing options will put even more data at risk.

The U.S. Army said a hard drive was either lost or stolen earlier this month, putting more than 60,000 soldiers' data at risk.

Mobile security firm successfully hacks several smartphones in warning to industry.

New guidelines use easier-to-understand language and aim to satisfy Facebook's agreement with Canadian regulators.

New release aims to push the boundaries of open source vulnerability testing.

Wireless service provider admits that employees provided private data of thousands of customers to third-party companies.

An unknown number of employee data records were compromised in latest insurance industry breach.

Senate panel probes ties between cybersecurity and terrorism as uncertainty continues about where authority should reside.

Security software vendor's study finds politically motivated cyber attacks are on the rise internationally.

Leading TLDs to get a major security upgrade, but it won't happen overnight.

Blogger that found earlier Windows bug claims to have found a hole in Windows 7.

From the blogs: Safari gets bumped to version 4.0.4 to address a handful of vulnerabilities.

Thirty-seven companies lost more than 132 million sensitive records this year because their IP networks were loosely configured.

From the blogs: The new Firefox 3.6 beta 2 slams the lid on more than 180 bugs.

A purloined USB drive contains thousands of student Social Security Numbers -- exposing 16,000 to potential identity theft.