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• Mafia insiders infiltrating firms, UK cops warn

  Employees are still one of the greatest threats to corporate security, as "new-age" mafia gangs infiltrate companies, the UK's crime-fighting agency has said.

• Spammer faces up to two years in jail

  A Detroit-area man is facing at least two years in jail on charges that he sent millions of spam messages over a number of high-profile company networks in violation of the Can-Spam Act.

• Security firms scrap over 'mobile viruses'

  Antivirus firm Sophos has slammed a competitor's claims that it found the world's first 'serious' mobile phone virus.

• Banks 'must raise their game on security'

  Shape up or lose customers, says EDS; most users think banks should start by not giving customers' details away without permission.

• Cisco warns customers of site breach

  Cisco Systems' customers received e-mails on Wednesday from the networking company advising them of a security breach of its Web site.

Features and Case Studies (5)

• Are firewalls pointless?

  Improving IT security is all about tearing down walls rather than building them up, says Paul Simmonds, Jericho Forum founder and chemical giant ICI's global information security director.

• Flaw found in Nortel's VPN client

  Networks company Nortel is returning to the drawing board today after a security researcher claimed to have found a vulnerability in its virtual private network (VPN) software.

• Gates: Passwords passe

  Passwords will soon be a thing of the past, replaced by biometric and smart-card technology, Bill Gates reiterated on Tuesday.

• Richard Clarke: Straight talking on terror

  Counter-terrorism adviser to four US presidents Richard Clarke discusses whether cyberterrorism is a misnomer or a real threat.

• Hackers use Google to access photocopiers

  Hackers are using search engines to watch what people photocopy.

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