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  • New Netsky worm points to South Korea

    Antivirus researchers have discovered a new version of the Netsky worm that contains text linking it to the SoonChunHyang University in Bucheon, South Korea.

  • Korean worm turns out to be Baba variant

    Antivirus companies have mislabelled a worm they thought belonged to the Netsky virus family, a security expert has said.

  • America continues to spam the world

    The US remains the world's biggest spammer, according to security firm Sophos, which today released its quarterly report on the world's top spam-offending countries -- dubbed the "Dirty Dozen".

  • Phishers go round the world to hook Aussie victims

    Researchers from security firm Sophos have traced the route of a phishing attack that targeted Australian banking customers -- the fraudsters used numerous compromised servers in Korea, the United States and Malaysia. And unlike traditional viruses, malware and phishing attacks are coming armed with the capability to adjust to the level of a user's defence.

  • Most spam still coming from the US

    Almost a quarter of the world's spam in the last three months of 2005 was sent from computers in the United States, according to UK antivirus company Sophos.

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  • The right and wrong predictions of 2007

    In 2007 leading industry watchers speculated on the trends affecting the market, and while some proved right, others proved otherwise. Discovers how expert predictions fared on Vista, low-cost laptops and outsourcing.

  • Hauri who?

    Korean antivirus firm Hauri has kept a low profile since its inception in 1998 but things are set to change, its president and CEO told ZDNet Australia. Additional reading: Anti-virus protection tips for today's enterprise

  • Dangerous trojan in SoBig.F worm?

    The worst part of SoBig.F may not be that it is spreading quickly and bogging down networks. Several antivirus companies have discovered that this worm carries a hidden Trojan.

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