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• 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.

• Viruses: Is the worst yet to come?

  Although the threat of computer viruses has been a latent concern for well over a decade, experts have warned that a massive viral outbreak has the potential to seriously compromise the very backbone of the Internet. ZDNet Australia takes a look at the viruses of 2001, and the threats for the future.

• The unusual suspects

  Viruses were supposed to be one of the year's big stories, but the wizards behind the infectious code are not the hacker thugs you'd expect. Meet the creators of Melissa and the Love bug, and the man who gets paid to stop them.

• A worm virus epidemic

  The publicity last week surrounding the Melissa and Papa macro viruses and the copycat attacks that followed doesn't bode well for the future of Microsoft Word and Excel in their current forms. It's been known for years that the architecture of these products, featuring embedded macro capabilities, is a bad idea and needs to be changed.

• Security experts hit back at presidential advisor

  Security experts have hit back at an advisor to the US's Homeland Security Council and President Bush for criticising the software industry for producing flawed code.

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• 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.

• Viruses: Is the worst yet to come?

  Although the threat of computer viruses has been a latent concern for well over a decade, experts have warned that a massive viral outbreak has the potential to seriously compromise the very backbone of the Internet. ZDNet Australia takes a look at the viruses of 2001, and the threats for the future.

• 50 significant moments from internet history

  We take you through 50 defining moments of the internet.

• Security vendor survey: Will they side with the government?

  Security software vendors may soon side with US government authorities and intentionally fail to report "certain spyware" to customers if ordered by a court to remain quiet, according to a survey of leading firms.

• Security experts hit back at presidential advisor

  Security experts have hit back at an advisor to the US's Homeland Security Council and President Bush for criticising the software industry for producing flawed code.

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