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News (18)

• Recruiters auto-forward trojan-infected resumes

  Customers of an Australian recruitment firm have been targeted with resumes that are booby-trapped with a backdoor trojan.

• Spammers target 'opt-out' link

  Business e-mail security provider, MessageLabs, has issued a warning to internet users not click on the "opt-out" link on spam e-mails, as the company said it has discovered a number of messages using this function to open a spam distribution point on the recipient's computer.

• Anti-spyware demo turns malware double agent

  A strain of malware disguised as anti-spyware has become the latest double-agent in multi-step "convergence" crime online.

• Education no longer enough to combat phishing?

  Educating users to recognise potential phishing scams may no longer be an effective tool because recent attacks were so sophisticated that fraudulent sites are virtually indistinguishable from the original, according to MessageLabs.

• Salesforce staff speared by phishers

  Salesforce.com has revealed few details about a security breach caused by a phishing attack against an employee that surrended internal customer database details.

Blogs (1)

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  Web 2.0 makes phishing spam obsolete

  In three years phishing has transformed from an unknown threat into a multi-million dollar industry; in the next stage of its evolution, phishers will avoid using spam and instead hijack small parts of 'trusted' Web sites in order to bypass anti-phishing tools.

Features and Case Studies (4)

• 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.

• Real-life internet scammers dissected

  Listen to audio recordings of conversations with real-life internet scammers in this guide to their history and recent activities.

• AU phishing scams to get worse

  Online fraudsters are getting smarter and the current round of "phishing scams" may just be the start, according Australian High Tech Crime Centre (AHTCC) head Alastair MacGibbon.

• Securing Microsoft 3: Security Threats 2.0

  In final instalment of 'Securing Microsoft', Ina Fried looks at the next generation of security threats. With Microsoft now outspending everyone with their massive security budget, will it be enough to stop ever more sophisticated security threats?

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