One-third of business users blame Microsoft for the recent worm outbreak, despite the company's security efforts, according to a poll.
A Windows-targeted worm that drops spying software on vulnerable PCs is spreading across the Internet, security experts have warned.
Yet again denial-of-service attacks, spam, viruses - driven in part by an apparent war between virus writers - and cybercrime have hit the headlines over the course of the past 12 months.
Cross-site scripting flaws are now the most common vulnerabilities according to security experts.
Security experts are largely unconcerned about the delay to Microsoft's latest critical security patch, as they believe hackers will struggle to exploit the vulnerabilities that the patch was meant to fix.
According to one security vendor, Mac users are at a crossroad this year: will or won't they prove to be as gullible as their PC cousins when it comes to security?
Could quarantining e-mails be a better way of dealing with viruses than the traditional approach used by most antivirus companies?
It's impossible to predict what lurks in cyberspace but there's sufficient evidence, for the corporate sector especially, to wake up and smell the patches. Unfortunately, Westpac failed to heed the warning signs.
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