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    An Australian has released a virus for the Apple iPhone, ikee, which replaces the infected device's background picture with an image of Rick Astley.

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    Security vendors Sophos and Kaspersky Lab this week said they would block UK police attempts to hack into people's computer systems without a warrant.

  • World Bank gets hacked

    The computer network used by the World Bank Group has suffered a series of at least six intrusions since mid-2007, according to a report.

  • BusinessWeek site hacked

    Hackers have broken into BusinessWeek's online site and set up an attack scenario in which visitors to a section of the site could have their own computers compromised and their data stolen, a security researcher said on Monday in the US.

  • Spam turns 30 - still no end in sight

    This week, the world marks an anniversary that has changed the face and other anatomical regions of e-mail inboxes everywhere: the first known spam e-mail was sent 30 years ago on Saturday.

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  • Happy New Worm

    Anti-virus experts are warning of a troublesome, Christmas-themed e-mail worm and a virus that spreads via MSN Messenger, the popular instant-messaging application.

  • Fooled again: Virus hoaxes persist

    Computer users continue to be duped by false virus alerts persuading them to delete harmless--but sometimes vital--files, and then forward the hoaxes to their friends.

  • Microsoft bug reports may get personal data

    Companies using Microsoft Office XP and Internet Explorer 5 have been warned that documents containing personal information could be sent to Microsoft along with debugging information in the event of a program crash.

  • Mobile phone virus hoax on the loose

    Could this be a new wave of annoying hoaxes? A new email hoax has appeared, preying on fears over mobile phone security, one anti-virus vendor has warned.

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