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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Advertisements placed by Google in Web pages are being hijacked by so-called trojan software that replaces the intended text with ads from a different provider, Romanian antivirus company BitDefender says.
The trojan redirects queries meant to be sent to Google servers to a rogue server, which displays ads from a third party […]

By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
AVG said Wednesday that it has filed subpoenas under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act against Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Internet domain registrar GoDaddy.
The antivirus company, also known as Grisoft, is seeking the identities of search advertisers responsible for fraudulently promoting AVG antivirus products through sponsored text ads.
It is also seeking domain registration information […]

By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek
AVG said Wednesday that it has filed subpoenas under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act against Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and Internet domain registrar GoDaddy.
The antivirus company, also known as Grisoft, is seeking the identities of search advertisers responsible for fraudulently promoting AVG antivirus products through sponsored text ads.
It is also seeking domain registration information […]

By Thomas Claburn
InformationWeek

Most people involved in computer crimes are nameless and faceless to the organizations they attack, with the obvious exception of insiders. A few become known as a consequence of getting caught.
There’s Adam Sweaney, 27, of Tacoma, Wash., who pleaded guilty in September to running a botnet. There’s Azizbek Takhirovich Mamadjanov, 21, a Florida […]

San Francisco - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has voted to investigate claims by Trend Micro of competitors’ patent infringement involving antivirus products.
Trend Micro filed a trade complaint Nov. 21 against fellow cybersecurity vendors Barracuda Networks of Campbell, California; Panda Software International, based in Spain; and Panda Distribution of Glendale, California.
Trend Micro’s complaint accuses […]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday gave investors an easier way to compare executive compensation at 500 U.S. companies with an online, interactive tool.
The online tool includes direct links to full proxy statements, including footnotes and the companies’ explanation of their compensation decisions.
The site — www.sec.gov/xbrl — also lets users […]

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Tough-guy actor and martial arts expert Chuck Norris sued publisher Penguin on Friday over a book he claims unfairly exploits his famous name, based on a satirical Internet list of “mythical facts” about him.
Penguin published “The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 facts about the World’s Greatest Human” in November. Author Ian […]