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A conversation with a Symantec exec yields special insight into the attack methods used by sophisticated cyberthieves
The high number of users on social-networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook means malware can be distributed on a mass scale
Infected PCs received an RSS feed containing new instructions
Users need to become more careful when sharing location data, says analyst
Those registering domain names face higher fees if they try to monitor those domains for Web traffic
If software vendors don't make their data-collection practices more transparent, regulators are liable to step in and do it for us
An application sandbox may limit the impact of malware
Among the security holes that Apple plugged is the Top Sites flaw, which lets criminals insert malicious sites into thumbnail views
Fixes software affected by its own development code bug, plugs holes already exploited
Users can still be tracked even if they delete their HTTP cookies since Adobe's Flash plug-in stores data