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• 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.

• Bagle author releases 'dangerous' assembler code

  Two new Bagle worm variants and the worm's original assembler source code were spreading around the Internet on Sunday - a dangerous development, according to security experts.

• Securepoint's hacker hire costs partnership

  A German antivirus company has stopped trading with its firewall manufacturing partner Securepoint because the firewall firm has employed virus writer Sven Jaschan.

• Wallon virus wrecks Windows Media Player

  The latest mass-mailing virus called Wallon is spreading via HTML e-mail and can destroy the Windows Media Player.

• Viruses can be tamed - by upgrading user's brains

  Despite the Sasser worm, PCs are now safer than they were four years ago - but only if users observe basic precautions, say security experts.

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• 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.

• Lessons to be learnt from Sasser

  We had the tools to stop the worm dead in its tracks, but it still exacted a high toll in lost productivity, and in the case of the sailors at sea around the coast of England, created a real risk to life.

• Hacking techniques help security: HP

  HP is to launch a penetration-testing service for businesses in October using controlled exploit code.

• Battle of the bots

  You can't hear them and you can't see them, but be warned, bots are all around us and they do have a search-and-destroy attitude that could be the death of your business.

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