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    A new 'Swiss Army' worm initially thought to be MyDoom is exploiting an Internet Explorer vulnerability discovered just a few days ago.

  • Red Hat warns of malicious security 'update'

    Linux maker Red Hat is warning users about an e-mail that pretends to be an official security advisory but is actually a phishing-type scam that contains links to malicious code.

  • 2004: the year of phishing

    Yet again denial-of-service attacks, spam, viruses - driven in part by an apparent war between virus writers - and cybercrime have hit the headlines over the course of the past 12 months.

  • McAfee: Vulnerabilities still worst threat

    Unpatched computers continue to represent the IT world's biggest security problem, keeping threats that target software vulnerabilities at the top of McAfee's latest industry analysis.

  • Watch out for worm wars

    The recent surge in worms could be part of an underground battle to hijack computers for use in Internet crimes, some security experts say -- but others aren't convinced.

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  • 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

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