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News (10)

• Is World War 3 being fought in cyberspace?

  Governments from all around the globe are engaged in a virtual war where the weapons are hackers and trojans and the prizes for winning a battle include corporate secrets and disruption of the enemies IT infrastructure.

• Peeping Taiwanese Trojan author is arrested

  A Taiwanese man has been arrested after admitting to authoring the Peep Trojan horse.

• One virus writer 'responsible for 70 percent of infections'

  Sven Jaschan, self-confessed author of the Netsky and Sasser viruses, is responsible for 70 percent of virus infections in 2004, according to a six-month malware round-up published by antivirus firm Sophos on Wednesday.

• Don't fear Sydney Opera House trojan

  The Web site of the Sydney landmark has been found to harbour malware but it has been described as an "irritant" rather than a "major security risk".

• IT security staff keep paedophile business afloat

  Police are holding the IT security linchpin responsible for propping up an online business that specialises in networking paedophiles and trading images of children being sexually abused.

Features and Case Studies (5)

• 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.

• A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime

  Is the war on cyber crime as simple as pointing the finger at China, Russia and the US? We investigate whether these parts of the world are being unfairly blamed.

• Russia's cybercrime-fighting Bond villain

  Antivirus guru Eugene Kaspersky says the lure of fame and fortune have resulted in a higher number of criminal activity on the Internet.

• Get up to speed with forensic analysis

  See what you need to learn in order to get started with forensic analysis and incident response planning. Additional reading: How to floss your security system

• Part I: Most popular security issues

  Executives under arrest, charging for e-mail, rogue staff, e-mail spoofing, spyware: it's all here in your first raft of questions to our panel of experts. Additional reading: Beat malware with Firefox, others

Reviews (1)

• Pop those pop-ups: Six packages tested

  Fed up with pop-up ads? We review six ad-free browser apps, each with its own method of removing annoying solicitations.

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