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• Spam levels hit peak: Security vendors

  Technology managers are struggling with a peak period in spam activity which security vendors say has hit one of its highest points ever.

• Vista vulnerable to malware from 2004

  Microsoft's Vista may be vulnerable to at least three pieces of widespread malware, two of which date back to 2004 , according to security vendor Sophos.

• Kama Sutra worm threat goes soft

  The Kama Sutra worm, designed to begin deleting files on infected computers this morning, has caused virtually no damage, according to antivirus firms.

• ISPs asked to help clean up Sober worm

  Internet service providers were urged on Monday to check their user traffic patterns to locate and shut down machines infected with the mass-mailing Sober worm.

• 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.

• 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.

• Microsoft plugs up critical holes in Windows

  Microsoft on Tuesday in ths US released a slew of security patches, five of them critical, as part of its monthly update.

• Microsoft takes security patch hiatus

  Microsoft issued on Tuesday an update to its threat removal tool and announced plans to forgo this month's installment of its regularly scheduled patch release cycle.

• Trojan gets the mobile phone message

  Antivirus researchers are investigating a new Trojan horse that could prove to be a more pervasive threat to mobile phones than Cabir.

• Bagle virus fools corporate filters with a picture file

  The latest Bagle variant attempts to download malicious executable files that are disguised as photographs in order to fool corporate filtering applications.

Features and Case Studies

• Seven mail servers tested

  Microsoft Exchange might be the most popular mail server but is it the best? We test the alternatives.

• Battle of the bots

  You can't hear them and you can't see them, but be warned, bots are all around us and they do have a search-and-destroy attitude that could be the death of your business.

• Virus writers elude Microsoft's bounty hunt

  A year on, and the company's US$1 million tip-off program has nabbed just one (alleged) virus writer. Is it a bust?

• Worm attacks Google, Microsoft and the Hungarian Prime Minister

  The latest variant of the Zafi worm was discovered on Wednesday and unlike the previous two variants, Zafi.C has been coded to launch a DDoS attack against Google.com, Microsoft.com and miniszterelnok.hu, which is the Web site of the Hungarian Prime Minister.

• Microsoft, Cisco clash on security

  The dawning era of "end to end" security architectures is squeezing customers between the proprietary efforts of two dominant vendors.

• Latest MyDoom worm exploits Web site guestbooks

  A new variant of the MyDoom worm discovered on Tuesday downloads malware from an MP3-downloading site and a personal Web site, according to security experts, who claim that hackers have compromised these sites by exploiting scripting vulnerabilities in their guestbooks.

• The case of the mistaken worm

  When security experts first detected a worm that uses Yahoo's People Search engine to harvest e-mail addresses, they assumed it was a new variant of MyDoom.

• Latest MyDoom attacks Yahoo people search

  A new variant of the MyDoom worm, described variously as MyDoom.Q or MyDoom.O, was discovered on Tuesday that uses Yahoo's People Search to find new email addresses.

• 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

• Microsoft reward snags suspected Sasser author

  Microsoft's US$5 million fund for rewarding informants for leads on virus attacks has snagged its first success with the arrest of a man in Germany who has confessed to the release of the Sasser worm, the software giant said Saturday.

Reviews

• Seven mail servers tested

  Microsoft Exchange might be the most popular mail server but is it the best? We test the alternatives.

• The best antivirus tool? Cooperation

  The only way to prevent future outbreaks is for us all to work together. Here's why.

• MyDoom is YourDoom

  Viruses like MyDoom spread more quickly than warm butter on toast. Why?

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