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News (8)

• Gmail crack causes spam flood

  The software tool used by Google's Gmail to stop spammers has been cracked, leading to a big increase in spam sent from Gmail accounts last month, according to security firm MessageLabs.

• 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.

• Web attackers get better at hiding

  Cybercrooks who rig Web sites to break into PCs are getting better at hiding their malicious code, a security expert said this week.

• 'Botnets could eat the Internet'

  Father of the Internet Vint Cerf has warned attendees at the World Economic Forum in Davos that the Iinternet is at serious risk from botnets.

• Patch or get PWNED in a flash

  Recently fixed vulnerabilities in Sun's Java Runtime Environment and Adobe's Flash player mean that unpatched systems are vulnerable and could be infected with spyware or recruited into a botnet by simply visiting a Web page with exploit code -- and Google last month warned that 10 percent of Web sites contain this kind of malicious code.

Features and Case Studies (4)

• Search engines reveal privacy policies

  Discovering how your favourite search engine protects your privacy is not an easy task, despite recent moves from the major players to make policies more transparent.

• Securing Microsoft 3: Security Threats 2.0

  In final instalment of 'Securing Microsoft', Ina Fried looks at the next generation of security threats. With Microsoft now outspending everyone with their massive security budget, will it be enough to stop ever more sophisticated security threats?

• 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.

• Battle of the bots

  You can't hear them and you can't see them, but be warned, bots are all around us and they do have a search-and-destroy attitude that could be the death of your business.

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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