Robert Lemos

Kaspersky calls for a massive effort to break the code keys used by a malicious program that encrypts its victim’s data and asks for ransom, but other experts doubt the keys can be found or that finding them will help.
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Security firm Trend Micro refuses to apply for future VB100 certifications, highlighting a debate over how to best test antivirus software.
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Video-content firm Revision3 accuses anti-piracy company MediaDefender — known for its aggressive tactics against file sharers — of attacking its servers over the weekend.
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Federal prosecutors charge the parent who allegedly badgered a girl to suicide with three counts of computer crime, but law experts worry about a dangerous precedent.
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Normally considered a low-level threat on the Internet, scans for default-configured secure shell servers spiked this week.
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In a letter to Congress, nearly three dozen organizations protest the seizures of electronic devices by U.S. customs officials, an act upheld by a federal appeals court in a recent ruling.
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A group of four computer scientists say Windows Update — and other patch services — should be redesigned, after they create a technique to quickly produce attack code from a distributed patch.
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Follow-up: Patch paper redux: Move along please

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The National Retail Federation sends a letter asking that its members be allowed to decide what credit-card data to keep.
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A Congressional committee claims that Unisys allowed malicious code to infect federal systems.
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Numerous account holders complained over the past year that the consumer brokerage had sold or leaked e-mail addresses to pump-and-dump spammers.
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