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• Microsoft will look to courts for botnet takedowns

  Microsoft has seen a dramatic drop in the number of computers infected with Waledac, a piece of malicious software affiliated with a botnet that was once responsible for a massive amount of spam.

• Zeus botnet thriving despite arrests in the US, UK

  The Zeus botnet remains a robust network that is difficult to destroy despite an international sting operation that saw dozens arrested this week for allegedly stealing money from online bank accounts.

• Feds hit Zeus group, but the brains remain overseas

  U.S. authorities dealt a significant blow to the most successful computer crime organization this week, but it's unclear whether the masterminds behind the Zeus malware will ever be brought to justice.

• Zeus botnet bank thieves were careless with own security

  Suspects charged with stealing more than US$9.4 million from U.K. banks using the Zeus botnet apparently spent more time figuring out the logistics of stealing the money than they did on securing their cyber operation.

• UK police arrest 19 in Zeus crimeware bust

  U.K. police rounded up 19 people Tuesday in a pre-dawn raid targeting a criminal network using the Zeus banking trojan.

• California bans malicious online impersonation

  A new law makes it illegal in California to maliciously impersonate someone online.

• Man gets 10 years for VoIP hacking

  A Venezuelan man was sentenced to 10 years in prison Friday for stealing and then reselling more than 10 million minutes of Internet phone service.

• Meeting the new PCI wireless requirements

  Beginning Sept. 30, Visa will require merchants and related businesses to conduct wireless security scans to prove compliance with version 1.2 of the PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) which is designed to safeguard cardholder data from wireless threats.

• Comcast hackers get 18 months in prison

  Two hackers convicted of defacing Comcast's website two years ago were sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison.

• FBI investigating 'Here you have' worm

  The FBI has launched an investigation into the "Here you have" worm, which disrupted corporate e-mail systems in the U.S. two weeks ago.

• Google sues allegedly rogue prescription drug advertisers

  Google is at its wit's end dealing with illegal sellers of prescription drugs that market medicines on its ad network, so it has decided to take some of these allegedly rogue advertisers to court.

• Was Stuxnet built to attack Iran's nuclear program?

  A highly sophisticated computer worm that has spread through Iran, Indonesia and India was built to destroy operations at one target: possibly Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor.

• IETF approves e-crime reporting format

  An Internet standards group has approved an electronic crimes reporting format, which may eventually give security researchers a cohesive, broad set of data to gauge online crime.

• Are colleges and universities at greater risk of data breaches?

  A database security vendor says colleges and universities need to do more to secure their databases against break-ins.

• Anti-US hacker takes credit for 'Here you have' worm

  A hacker who claims he was behind a fast-spreading e-mail worm that crippled corporate networks last week said that the worm was designed, in part, as a propaganda tool.