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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.

  • Latest Sober threatens e-mail gateways

    The latest Sober virus, which was first spotted over the weekend, has generated the vast majority of virus-laden e-mail traffic over the last 24 hours and could cause problems for corporate e-mail gateways, according to anti-virus firms.

  • FBI arrests MSBlast worm suspect

    Federal law enforcement officials confirmed that they have arrested a suspect in the MSBlast worm attack that compromised hundreds of thousands of computers earlier this month.

  • Top Windows security threats

    Easily exploited vulnerabilities are a hackers favourite target. Use this updated SANS/FBI list of the top threats to Windows to find out where the hackers may be lurking.

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    Instead of the usual description of Kevin Mitnick, his consulting services and books, the famed hacker's Web site on Sunday displayed a vulgar message.

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    Easily exploited vulnerabilities are a hackers favourite target. Use this updated SANS/FBI list of the top threats to Windows to find out where the hackers may be lurking.

  • Kevin Mitnick on hacking's evolution

    To many, the name Kevin Mitnick is synonymous with "notorious hacker." We talk to him about software security, the evolution of hacking and social engineering, and law enforcement's action against hacking.

  • Mitnick's return: The hacker is back

    Kevin Mitnick, one of the world's best-known hackers, is back--with a book and a business. Now he's advising corporations on how to secure their networks.

  • Kevin Mitnick: Social engineering 101

    Kevin Mitnick has proven that the weakest link in any security system is the person holding the information.

  • Latest MyDoom attacks Yahoo people search

    A new variant of the MyDoom worm, described variously as MyDoom.Q or MyDoom.O, was discovered on Tuesday that uses Yahoo's People Search to find new email addresses.

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