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    Business e-mail security provider, MessageLabs, has issued a warning to internet users not click on the "opt-out" link on spam e-mails, as the company said it has discovered a number of messages using this function to open a spam distribution point on the recipient's computer.

  • Websense: Blogs turn toxic in 2005

    Blogs started turning toxic in the first half of 2005 as malware authors started using free Web hosting and blogging services to store their malicious files, according to Internet security firm Websense.

  • Microsoft logs on to secure corporate IM

    Microsoft plans to release in December new software designed to secure instant messaging and other communications within big companies.

  • Psst--want some source code?

    A group of self-identified hackers has set up shop online to sell what it claims are files containing confidential software code--and it says it's ready to take orders for more.

  • Season over for 'phishing'?

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  • The weakest security link? It's you

    Despite their role as the last gatekeeper of IT security, many employees lack training and understanding. Additional reading: Shed light on shadow IT groups

  • 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.

  • Who knows the most about your network?

    Businesses need to remain one step ahead of the hackers and virus writers by ensuring they know more about the holes in their networks than the cyber-criminals, according to one expert.

  • Security solutions tout early warning signs

    Experts recommend the leading brands of malware warning solutions, along with strategies on how they can be deployed most effectively.

  • Hackers could target critical VBA flaw

    help/how to Find out what you need to know about a widespread flaw in Visual Basic for Applications that affects many Windows systems.

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