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AFP – US prosecutors on Thursday unveiled charges against more than 60 people in an eastern European-based cybercrime network using computer viruses to target US bank accounts.

AP – Computer hackers in eastern Europe who used computer viruses to steal usernames and passwords teamed up with associates who opened bank accounts in the U.S. to snatch at least $3 million from American bank accounts, authorities said Thursday in announcing charges against more than 60 people.

AFP – The European Commission said Friday it was taking the British government to court for failing to protect Internet user privacy.

Reuters – Prosecutors plan to unveil charges against more than 60 defendants allegedly involved in a global cybercrime scheme that used the Zeus Trojan and other Internet viruses to steal millions of dollars from U.S. bank accounts.

AFP – A computer virus dubbed the world’s “first cyber superweapon” by experts and which may have been designed to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities has found a new target — China.

NewsFactor – Some applications based on the open-source Android operating system are secretly opening up too much to advertisers. That’s the word from a new study conducted by a research team from Duke University, Penn State University, and Intel Labs.

PC Magazine – >Kobo Inc. announced Wednesday that its Kobo e-reading software will come pre-loaded on Research in Motion’s new BlackBerry PlayBook tablet.

AP – The day after Linkin Park’s latest album was released, its lead singer, Chester Bennington, logged on to iTunes to check some of the reviews. Though the responses weren’t all positive, he liked what he read.

Macworld – WordPress for iOS version 2.6 is now available in the App Store. Announced late Wednesday, the new version introduces several much-requested new features to the popular blogging app for the iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad.

Reuters – Cubans remain extraordinarily isolated from information technology, with only 2.9 percent reporting regular use of the Internet and 5.8 percent regular use of e-mail, according to a government survey released on Thursday.