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• Spammers arm junk mail with multiple weapons

  Opportunistic spammers are increasingly posting additional threats, such as links to malware, within the body of their unsolicited e-mail messages, according to new findings by Internet security company Marshal Software.

• Storm worm variant ignites e-mail virus deluge

  Last week likely marked the largest proliferation of e-mail virus attacks in more than a year, according to security company Postini.

• US Homeland Security still infected with Trojans?

  The man in charge of IT security for the US Homeland Security department may lose his job after the revelations that his department's IT systems have misconfigured firewalls, suspicious botnet activity, trojans and virus infections.

• Trend Micro joins online security crowd

  Online security services are on the rise, and vendor Trend Micro has joined the crowd with its newest offering SecureCloud.

• A million zombies threaten US national security

  More than a million PCs under the control of spammers are threatening the US national security, its economy and its information infrastructure, according to the FBI.

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  DDoS makes a phishing e-mail look real

  Just as Internet users learn that clicking on a link in an e-mail purporting to come from their bank is a bad idea, phishers seem to be developing a new tactic -- launch a DDoS attack on the Web site of the company whose customers they are targeting and then send e-mails "explaining" the outage and offering an "alternative" URL.

Features and Case Studies (12)

• Part I: Most popular security issues

  Executives under arrest, charging for e-mail, rogue staff, e-mail spoofing, spyware: it's all here in your first raft of questions to our panel of experts. Additional reading: Beat malware with Firefox, others

• A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime

  Is the war on cyber crime as simple as pointing the finger at China, Russia and the US? We investigate whether these parts of the world are being unfairly blamed.

• How to attack spammers in your sleep

  Plans are afoot to attack spammers by launching the kind of cyber-attack favoured by organised crime and hackers with an axe to grind.

• Spim, splog on the rise

  Spammers are increasingly turning to mobile text-messaging, Web-based instant messaging, blogs and social-networking communities such as MySpace.com, according to mail services company MessageLabs.

• The new face of cybercrime

  Computer scientist Phillip Hallam-Baker says the rise of the professional hacker means the IT world must unlearn old lessons.

Reviews (1)

• Norton Internet Security 2008

  While Symantec's protection is solid, the overall user experience within Norton Internet Security 2008 could be much, much better. Not all the features work together and use fewer system resources.

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