CNET – The use of malware on Web sites to steal passwords and other sensitive information is skyrocketing, according to a new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group. Source:Web site-based crimeware hits all-time high (CNET)

PC World – A Florida company that sells a spyware program must change advertising pitches that emphasize the product’s clandestine nature, but the company can continue to sell the application, a U.S. federal court has ruled. Source:Court Allows Spyware Program to Go Back on Sale (PC World)

AP – Virginia’s attorney general asked the nation’s highest court Thursday to revive a state anti-spam law struck down by a lower court as unconstitutionally overbroad. Source:Va. seeks reinstatement of anti-spam law (AP)

PC Magazine – Sony BMG Music Entertainment agreed Thursday to settle a Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) case for $1 million, according to the Federal Trade Commission. The settlement equals the largest settlement ever for a COPPA case, the FTC said. Source:Sony Settles Online Privacy Case for $1 Million (PC Magazine)

PC World – A worm program that has been tricking Facebook users into downloading malicious software since July has resurfaced. Source:Facebook Worm Refuses to Die (PC World)

CNET – The Department of Homeland Security has failed to ensure the nation’s cybersecurity, a new report to be released Monday concludes, because the threat of cyberattacks is too vast for any one agency to tackle and must be addressed by a new White House office, as well as revised laws and government practices. Source:Tech [...]