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Macquarie has admitted that a variant of the Slammer worm was responsible for a serious disruption to the company's co-location customers last week.
Exploit codes that take advantage of a security vulnerability in Symantec's Norton AntiVirus software have been published on the Internet, which could leave users vulnerable to an attack.
A recent malware attack in which a Trojan encrypts a user's files until the victim pays a US$200 'ransom', could help criminal groups recruit people into money laundering and other 'dirty work', according to security experts.
As spam becomes the number one issue concerning Internet users ISPs are beginning to cash in on the trend, offering spam and virus filtering services for a fee.
Exploit codes that take advantage of a security vulnerability in Symantec's Norton AntiVirus software have been published on the Internet, which could leave users vulnerable to an attack.
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