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• Symantec warns of "parasitic storage"

  Security specialist Symantec has warned businesses over an increasing trend for criminals to use "parasitic storage" on networks of compromised systems

• Online banking: What's security got to do with it?

  It is more important for online banking to make customers feel secure than make those customers actually secure, according to the head of technology at Commonwealth Bank's New Zealand subsidiary, Auckland Savings Bank (ASB).

• 'Wardriving' conviction is first under Can-Spam

  A Southern California man pleaded guilty to spamming people through unprotected hot spots, the first-ever conviction under the Can-Spam Act, and a case that again raises concerns about the risks of open-access Wi-Fi service.

• ISPs accused of ignoring botnet invasion

  Internet Service Providers are in the perfect position to kill vast armies of compromised computers -- or bots -- that are being used by cyber-criminals to launch the majority of spam and phishing attacks, according security specialists at the AusCERT 2006 conference.

• Skype may assist botnet attacks

  Internet phone services such as Skype and Vonage could provide a means for cybercriminals to send spam and launch attacks that cripple Web sites, experts have warned.

• ABA: Online bank fraud losses not a "material" concern

  The debate over the threat posed by e-mail online banking scams or "phishing attacks" is heating up with security experts accusing banks of ignoring danger signs.

• Inside Symantec's security bunker

  In one of the rolling hills above Winchester, England, is a decommissioned nuclear bunker that houses Symantec's U.K. Security Operations Center.

• Fear of a hacked planet

  A new cure for cybercrime may threaten the rights of individuals and businesses worldwide, according to US experts.

• Privacy hits big at DEF CON

  LAS VEGAS -- As he sits across the table at DEF CON 7, Austin Hill, president and founder of the pro-privacy Zero Knowledge Systems, makes the statement simply, boldly: "We are out to change the world."

• Big Brother in the black box

  From Russia to Britain to the US, law enforcement is trying new methods to counter cybercrime. And civil rights activists are up in arms.

• Prevent your identity from being stolen online

  One crime flourishing in the Internet age is identity theft. Since obtaining credit cards and purchasing goods online is getting easier and easier, there is greater potential for abuse, and a higher incentive for the bad guys

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