Hackers have started to target specific government personnel, as opposed to simply using broad scattergun approaches, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service warned this week.
E-mail security provider MessageLabs has discovered a new password stealing trojan, however at this stage the company is still treating it as a low-level threat.
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Security vendors have been warning about the security hole created by instant messaging and peer-to-peer file sharing programs, but so far there's no product on the market that directly addresses it.
Symantec is warning that Apple's OS X operating system is increasingly becoming a target for hackers and malware authors.
Despite worms such as Sasser, Bobax and Wallon wrecking havoc throughout May, security vendor Trend Micro, says it detected fewer new malicious codes last month than it did in April.
A survey of IT security managers and administrators, found that 54 per cent believe their organisation is not doing enough to combat cybercrime.
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