SecurityGermany’s new e-ID cards raise hackles over privacyGermany has introduced electronic identity cards that store personal data on microchips, raising fears over data protection in a country especially wary of surveillance due to its Nazi and Stasi past.  Google sues U.S. government over hosted e-mail bid against MicrosoftGoogle is suing the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) over a bid for a new hosted e-mail system which Google claims unfairly benefits Microsoft. Facebook uncovers user data salesFacebook has taken action against developers it caught selling user names and contact lists. Russia launches rare case against accused spammerThe charges were unprecedented in Russia, a major center for spammers, which is under pressure from Western partners to clamp down on abuse of the Internet. Most Americans support an Internet kill switchSixty-one percent of Americans said the President should have the ability to shut down portions of the Internet in the event of a coordinated malicious cyber attack, according to research by Unisys. US regulators scold Google for taking e-mailsThe Federal Trade Commission is scolding Google Inc. without punishing the Internet search leader for collecting e-mails, passwords and other personal information transmitted over unsecured wireless networks. Firefox extension makes social network ID spoofing trivialA simple-to-use Firefox plugin presented yesterday at Toorcon in San Diego has hit the security world with the realization that squabbles about Facebook’s changing privacy settings and various privacy breaches simply miss the point. Report Reveals the Riskiest Web Domains to VisitWeb risk climbed to a record 6.2% of more than 27 million live domains evaluated for the 2010 Mapping the Mal Web report released today by McAfee. Iranian Cyber Army moves into botnetsA group of malicious hackers who attacked Twitter and the Chinese search engine Baidu are also apparently running a for-rent botnet, according to new research. Google tightening privacy leash on its employeesGoogle Inc. is tightening its privacy leash on employees in an effort to ensure they don’t intrude on people while the Internet search leader collects and stores information about its users.
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