A variant of the Trojan horse attacks known as Storm Worm emerged on Monday, targeting people who post blogs and notices to bulletin boards.
Internet security experts are gathering at a secretive conference later this week to strategise in their fight against cybercriminals.
Computer users have been warned that several Trojan horses that can exploit an unpatched flaw in Internet Explorer have been discovered.
Fake Windows security patches and rogue iPod invoices have been making the rounds this week as spammers continue trying to fool people into installing Trojans on their PC.
Microsoft is investigating an e-mail that appears to be a security warning from the software heavyweight which patches a vulnerability in the "WinLogon Service".
Security weaknesses in Microsoft's server and browser software are taking their toll on Australian Internet banking sites.
Hackers are increasingly focusing on Apple's Mac OS X, and the number of newly discovered vulnerabilities has surged. Such a switch could mean big implications for Apple's user base, which has traditionally not had to concern itself too much over security.
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The GNU Project has discovered that its servers were compromised by a Trojan horse in mid-March. Find out how this may have contaminated software downloads from that popular open source site.
Windows 2000 and Windows XP servers can be attacked through the software ordinarily used to create secure connections to remote workers.
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Improved customer support and spyware detection once again make McAfee VirusScan a contender, but new users should opt for a combined antivirus and firewall package instead.
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