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  • Microsoft takes on spam zombies

    Hoping to turn the tide on spam zombies, Microsoft has filed suit against entities it said used compromised PCs to send millions of junk e-mail messages.

  • Protect your identity as you surf

    The Internet is a dangerous place, full of profiteers who sell your personal data to information brokers and cunning criminals who have nothing better to do than obtain credit cards in your name, go on spending sprees, and ruin your credit rating. So whether you're shopping or chatting online, you'll need to take certain precautions to keep your personal info from falling into the wrong hands. Try these tips.

  • Fear of a hacked planet

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

  • 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).

  • 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.

  • Dutch police nab suspected 'bot herders'

    Dutch police have arrested three individuals suspected of hacking into more than 100,000 computers worldwide and using the hijacked systems in online crimes.

  • 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.

  • Crushing the Web's dark forces

    Keeping clandestine forces at bay is no mean feat. In this special report, ZDNet Australia features five leading security experts -- from eBay to Ukraine's Computer Crime Research Center -- who pursue cyber criminals for a living.

  • How real is the cyberterrorist threat?

    Maybe the threat of cyberterrorism isn't as real as we think. Or perhaps it's much worse. Either way, one thing is certain: We're vulnerable.

  • 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.

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