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    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.

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    The FBI said it was launching a probe into the MyDoom Internet virus that was spreading rapidly and clogging computer networks around the world.

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    Anti-virus firms have cracked an algorithm that was being used by the Sober worm to 'communicate' with its author.

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    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.

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    The security company that unearthed the flaw used by Code Red says the worm would have had less of an impact if the FBI had responded differently to the threat.

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    Internal employees are becoming the biggest threat in organisations, according to the annual FBI and the Computer Security Institute computer 2004 crime report. But attacks and costs are down.

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    In cooperation with the FBI, SANS has released its annual update to the most exploited Internet security vulnerabilities. We look at the top 10 Linux/Unix vulnerabilities.

  • Playing cops and robbers with cybersecurity

    If Microsoft's cash bounties convince any hackers to rat out fellow cybervandals, then more power to whoever dreamed up this public relations stunt.

  • Spyware Pt 2: How can you defeat it?

    You are not defenseless in the fight against keystroke loggers. A program has been designed specifically to head off corporate spying programs, unlike antivirus and desktop security programs that can capture only some spy programs.

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    SECURING THE WEB: Making the Internet a better (and safer) place to live means mapping many of the institutions of the real world--defense, taxation, government, law enforcement--over to cyberspace. Here are some of the things that must to happen to bring the Internet into line.

  • One for the road: Seven road warrior notebooks tested

    If the concept of sitting at a desk for a whole day seems foreign to you, these road warrior notebooks are the combination of power and portability you're looking for. Read our Australian review.

  • Windows XP: Six months on

    Is Windows XP meeting your expectations or causing more exasperation than you bargained for?

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