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  • Social engineering helps Sober top virus charts

    Despite being released in the third week of last month, Sober was by far the most successful piece of malware and accounted for more than 40 percent of all viruses in November, according to Sophos.

  • Virus writer exploits London bomb blasts

    A virus has been spotted in the wild which attempts to exploit concerns surrounding the bomb blasts that rocked London last Thursday and left at least 50 people dead.

  • C-level employees targeted in trojan attack

    C-level employees of publicly listed companies are being targeted by cybercriminals using malware-infected RTF (Rich Text File) documents disguised as recruitment letters.

  • More malware means good news in security fight

    While the volume of malware threats has spiked recently, one expert believes that this is a good sign, with cybercriminals having to resort to increasingly desperate measures to get a result.

  • New Trojan on the loose

    Anti-virus companies said they intercepted several copies of a new password-stealing Trojan over the weekend.

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  • Social engineering: Don't be fooled

    It is a hard one to protect against, as attackers prey on the kindness of strangers, but there are some tips to prevent your company being a victim to social engineering ploys. Also: Hackers: Under the hood

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    The explosion in drive-by download attacks continues to grow. How has the situation got so dangerous? Are there any "trusted" Web sites left?

  • New Trojan on the loose

    Anti-virus companies said they intercepted several copies of a new password-stealing Trojan over the weekend.

  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

  • Trojan masquerades as Skype update

    Cybercriminals are spreading a malicious Trojan horse under the guise of an update to Skype, e-mail security firm MessageLabs said on Monday.

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