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• Customs security chief paints sober picture

  Hackers have started to target specific government personnel, as opposed to simply using broad scattergun approaches, the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service warned this week.

• 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.

• Allchin defends Vista's security credentials

  The argument between Sophos and Microsoft over the security of Windows Vista took another turn last week when Microsoft co-president Jim Allchin stepped in to try and calm things down.

• Microsoft denies flaw in Vista

  Microsoft has confirmed that Vista can be affected by malware from 2004, but argues this is not a flaw in the operating system.

• 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.

Features and Case Studies (16)

• 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?

• Better tools let hackers strike more quickly

  Increasingly, attackers are using better tools to find vulnerabilities quickly, exploit flaws and hide their attacks.

• Sasser tops virus infections

  The worm accounted for more than half of infections detected by Sophos during May

• Microsoft: Separate trail led to second virus writer

  Microsoft confirmed on Monday that German authorities had arrested a man suspected of writing and releasing a program widely used to surreptitiously control computers on the Internet.

• 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 (3)

• Another busy year ahead?

  It is not only the staff at RMIT Labs who have been busy, virus writers worked hard too.

• The best antivirus tool? Cooperation

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

• Antivirus software must be free. Here's why.

  One big reason viruses are still rampant on the Net: Too many people don't use antivirus software. The way to get them to change their ways is to make that software free.

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