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  • Elvis Presley MP3s push pump-n-dump spam

    Spammers have launched the first mass MP3-attached pump-and-dump spam campaign, which security experts say could be used to distribute malware.

  • Most spam still coming from the US

    Almost a quarter of the world's spam in the last three months of 2005 was sent from computers in the United States, according to UK antivirus company Sophos.

  • Spam's 'dirty dozen' exposed

    The United States, Canada, China, South Korea and the Netherlands are the top five birthplaces of spam worldwide, according to a new analysis by security software maker Sophos.

  • Sophos acquisition casts doubt on Telstra AV deal

    The acquisition of Canada based anti-spam software company ActiveState for US$23 million by anti-virus provider Sophos has potential to spoil a fresh deal between Network Associates (NAI) and Telstra.

  • US cooks up most spam

    Want to know the biggest exporter in the world's spam trade? Here's a hint: It's the country with one of the newest laws regulating it.

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  • Symantec and Sophos ANZ square off

    The men at the helm of two of Australia's largest security software companies check each other's defences. Additional reading: Microsoft launches Australian security effort

  • Virus writers elude Microsoft's bounty hunt

    A year on, and the company's US$1 million tip-off program has nabbed just one (alleged) virus writer. Is it a bust?

  • Dangerous trojan in SoBig.F worm?

    The worst part of SoBig.F may not be that it is spreading quickly and bogging down networks. Several antivirus companies have discovered that this worm carries a hidden Trojan.

  • 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.

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