Video: A new workout for the Wii Ubisoft's upcoming fitness game, YourShape, promises an experience a step up from Wii Fit. In the process, can it help revitalize the Nintendo console? 
Photos: Emerging devices at AT&T Labs AT&T Labs in San Francisco opens its doors to show off its Emerging Devices division, as well as some research projects around location-based services, social networking, and medical devices of the future. 
Divining rod reborn as explosive-detection device The Iraqi government has purchased more than 1,500 units of the ADE 651, a bomb detector that makes very questionable claims. 
Photos: Video guitars, crafted by hand Ben Lewry at Visionary Instruments in Oakland, Calif., artfully adds in laptop tech to run a video screen underneath the strings. 
Microsoft to fix holes in Windows, Office November's Patch Tuesday promises to be lighter than last month's record. 
Google privacy controls: Most people won't care Google Dashboard is putting personal data in the hands of users, but most of us won't care enough to exercise this control. 
Zero-day flaw found in Web encryption Flaw is found in the Transport Layer Security and Secure Sockets Layer protocols, which have typically been used online retailers and banks to provide security for Web transactions. 
Mac Game: Art project or malware? Is the Lose/Lose game a legitimate art project, or should it be flagged as malware because it deletes files? 
Corporate bank accounts targeted in online fraud Small and medium-size businesses, governments, and school districts are targets of online bank fraud involving malicious e-mails, key loggers, and money mules, FBI says. 
Hacker breaks into jailbroken iPhones, asks for $7 A hacker asks victims to pay $7 to get instructions for fixing a security hole in their jailbroken iPhones. 
Malwarebytes accuses rival of software theft Anti-malware provider Malwarebytes says it will take legal action against China-based IObit, but IObit says it is all a mistake. 
Security firm M86 acquires Finjan M86 makes second acquisition in the past year, buying secure SaaS and Web gateway provider Finjan. 
Spammy scams surfacing on Twitter, Facebook Users of the microblogging service report spammy direct messages, while users of the social network report receiving links to a malware site. 
New Trojan encrypts files but leaves no ransom note Victims of the Ramvicrype Trojan horse must find tools to repair encrypted files. 
Phishing, worms spike this year, say Microsoft and McAfee Top attacks on computers come from phishing and worms, separate reports from Microsoft and McAfee show. 
File sharing's mysteries again stump Uncle Sam A security breach that stemmed from the use of peer-to-peer file sharing by a junior congressional staffer is said to be an isolated incident. Not exactly. 
Photos: A close look at Intel's microserver Intel wants Web hosting companies to buy very small machines it calls microservers. Here's a look at the prototypes. 
Kaspersky tool detects malware in Twitter links "Krab Krawler" looks at Twitter posts, extracts any URLs in them, and analyzes the Web page they lead to, blocking any malware associated with them. 
Twitter users warned about new phishing attack Sophos says the new attack features direct messages with link to fake Twitter log-in page. Entering a username and password prompts a fake overcapacity "fail whale." 
Bank Trojan botnet targets Facebook users Latest Facebook phishing e-mail steals passwords and downloads a Trojan on victims' computers that can steal bank account information and financial data. 
Survey: Few companies addressing cyberterrorism Cyberterrorism has become a growing threat, yet few companies include it in disaster recovery plans or policies and procedures, according to new survey from AFCOM. 
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More security breaches hit midsize companies Though spending less on IT, they're getting hit by more security breaches, with more than half of those surveyed by McAfee reporting an increase in attacks. 
US-CERT warns about free BlackBerry spyware app Creator of PhoneSnoop program that can be used to eavesdrop on BlackBerry calls releases a new program to help protect users from stealth spyware apps. 
Fake Facebook e-mail contains Trojan A new e-mail claiming to come from "The Facebook Team" is circulating. According to security firm MX Labs, that e-mail contains a Trojan horse called Bredolab. 
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