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News (19)

• Russia steals malware gold from China

  Russia has passed China to become the largest generator of spyware and other malicious code, according to a report.

• Pillow talking bots latest Russian malware threat

  Those entering online dating forums risk having more than their hearts stolen, especially if they're chatting to a malicious Russian bot.

• Infamous Russian malware gang disappears

  An alleged Russian malware hosting gang has abruptly disappeared, according to security experts.

• 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".

• Russian criminals prefer Australian banks

  Russian criminals prefer targeting Australian banks over their American or European counterparts, according to an expert on cybercrime in the Former Soviet Union.

Features and Case Studies (5)

• 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.

• Messagelabs: Clean up Net effluent now

  Messagelabs CTO Mark Sunner claims that ISPs allowing unfiltered traffic to flow to customers is like a water authority pumping out raw sewage. Additional reading: Microsoft reward snags suspected Sasser author

• How do you return stolen bank credentials?

  Sceptical that Australians are targeted by cybercrime? Late last year the Australian Computer Emergency Response Team (AusCERT) was asked to repatriate hundreds of Commonwealth Bank customer credentials which had been stolen via the ZeuS trojan.

• 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.

• For F-Secure, it's all about the safety net

  Kimmo Alkio takes stock of the current state of hackers, attackers, dot-bank domains and mobile phone viruses.

Reviews (1)

• Kaspersky Internet Security 2010

  Kaspersky is a strong security suite, but that the extra features available in Internet Security make it worthwhile to pay for, whereas the standard Kaspersky Anti-Virus doesn't offer enough on its own to compare favourably against high-performing, free antivirus programs.

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