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BBC: The US Supreme Court has rejected Google's appeal to dismiss legal action accusing it of breaking privacy laws. In 2010 Google admitted accidentally collecting personal data from unencrypted wi-fi networks while building its Street View program.

PC World: There is yet another reason to be wary of spam email about bank transfers or invoices—it could be carrying a new, cleverly designed malware program that steals financial information. Most Trojan programs steal financial information from users by injecting rogue forms into Web browsing sessions, but a newly discovered malware program takes a different approach and leverages browser network APIs to sniff outgoing traffic.

Softpedia: A group of hackers called Green Dragon Crew announced on Twitter that the recent cyber-attack on Privatbank, the largest commercial bank in Ukraine, was their doing.   The attack appears to be a distributed denial-of-service, as on June 30, for a few hours, the bank’s pages either would not load or offered sporadic access to its customers.

Tweaktown: Cyber criminals are finding success launching distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against companies, causing disruptions and sometimes halting organizations during business days. Forty one percent of organizations across the world were targeted, with 78 percent hit at least two or more times in the past 12 years, according to BT.

Lumension: Security researchers at IBM have gone public about a critical security vulnerability in the Android operating system, that could allow hackers to remotely execute code on users’ devices and steal sensitive information. The flaw, which was discovered nine months ago by researchers of the Application Security team at IBM but has only now been made public, affects everyone who is running Android 4.3 (Jellybean) rather than running the most up-to-date version of Android –...

IT News: Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has upgraded end-of-life infrastructure supporting the nation’s Passports website in response to scrutiny of the agency's exposure to IT security risks. DFAT upgraded its Passports web server from Windows 2003 to the open source Nginx web server within months of a freedom of information request made by the Pirate Party earlier in the year, and shortly after questions from Tasmanian Greens Senator Peter Whish-Wilson in the Senate late last month. Read...

Krebs on Security: Millions of Web sites were shuttered Monday morning after Microsoft executed a legal sneak attack against a malware network thought to be responsible for more than 7.4 million infections of Windows PCs worldwide. In its latest bid to harness the power of the U.S. legal system to combat malicious software and cybercrooks, Microsoft convinced a Nevada court to grant the software giant authority over nearly two dozen domains belonging to no-ip.com, a company that...

The Register: Apple on Monday shipped new versions of its operating systems, its web browser, and Apple TV firmware – with each update a minor release aimed at fixing bugs and closing security vulnerabilities. The latest release of OS X Mavericks, version 10.9.4, addresses a total of 19 vulnerabilities in a variety of OS subsystems, ranging from graphics and Thunderbolt drivers to the Dock.

IT News: A Zeus variant that uses encryption mechanisms to remain undetected has been identified by researchers. According to Kan Chen, a junior AV analyst with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs, the malware dubbed “Lite Zeus” is distinct from other versions of Zeus, like Gameover, due to its network communication, command-and-control protocol and encryption techniques.  

WTHR: The personal information of nearly 200,000 people is at risk after hackers recently targeted Butler University. This data breach exposed around 163,000 people, including faculty, staff, alumni, current students and even one-time prospective students who never actually wound up attending the university. Butler officials say they have reached out to those who were exposedand recommend everyone keep an eye on their bank accounts and credit scores.