The Glider

AFP - Microsoft on Thursday announced the dismantling of a "notorious and complex" network of virus-infected computers used to send billions of email messages daily hawking fake drugs.

Time.com - President Obama is endorsing a "bill of rights" for onlineconsumers--and so are his Silicon Valley friends

Time.com - Amid growing concern over data mining, the Senate Commerce Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing on the state of online consumer privacy on Wednesday

AP - A man accused of violating the online privacy of women by making public their intimate photos was portrayed Thursday by his lawyer as a naive, bored young person who had a drinking problem and didn't recognize the public embarrassment he was causing.

AFP - A German computer security expert said Thursday he believes the United States and Israel's Mossad unleashed the malicious Stuxnet worm on Iran's nuclear program.

AFP - US computer chip giant Intel said Monday that it has completed its $7.68 billion acquisition of computer security firm McAfee.

Reuters - The cyber warfare threat facing the United States is increasing in scope and scale and its impact is difficult to overstate, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper told a congressional hearing on Thursday.

AFP - Smartphones have become prime targets for hackers and spammers, computer security firm McAfee said in a report released Tuesday.

AFP - The Nasdaq stock exchange said hackers penetrated one of its computer systems, but that there was no evidence customer information or trading was compromised.

AFP - Stock exchanges in Britain and the United States have enlisted the help of the security services after finding out they were the victims of cyber attacks, The Times newspaper reported on Monday.