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• Google calls for users to report malicious sites

  Google is hoping users of its search engine will report "bad sites" to help the company fight criminals exploiting the company's infrastructure to distribute malware.

• Microsoft offers Zotob removal tool

  Microsoft on Wednesday made available a free software tool to help victims of the worms that are currently attacking Windows computers clean their systems.

• Eighty percent of new malware defeats antivirus

  The most popular antivirus applications on the market are rendered useless by around 80 percent of new malware, according to AusCERT.

• Top 10 security threats for 2008

  In 2008 the line between cybercrime and legitimate business will blur, Australians will find out just how many data breaches occur, smartphones will attract malware, and people will decide which group is worse: social networking sites seeking to monetise page hits or identity thieves.

• Seek.com.au targeted by e-mail harvesting tool

  Security researchers have discovered an e-mail harvesting tool that was pre-configured to target Seek.com.au's candidate database but a Seek executive claims its database is immune to such an attack.

• Spammers use anti-spam protocols to bypass filters

  Spammers have discovered ways of working round protocols that were originally designed to kill spam by allowing e-mail gateways to authenticate the origin of any e-mail. This abuse effectively renders the technologies useless, according to security experts.

• Criminals send malware levels soaring

  Security firm Sophos has seen a dramatic rise in the number of viruses, worms and Trojan horses this year as more organised criminals turn to cybercrime.

• Organised crime's grip on the Net 'is tightening'

  Almost all of the malware circulating the Internet is written by organised criminals looking for financial gain, experts say, and the problem is set to get worse.

• Gullible iPhone 'winners' quickly become zombies

  As Apple's new gadget sells out across the US, spammers are exploiting the situation by sending e-mails that try to dupe recipients into thinking they have won a brand new iPhone of their own.

• Facebook users fall foul of fake frog ID thief?

  A fake user -- masquerading as a frog -- has duped Facebook users into revealing personal information such as date of birth, phone number and e-mail address, according to a Sophos study.

• Virus authors choosing to infect fewer people

  Virus authors are choosing not to create global epidemics -- such as Melissa or Blaster -- because that distracts them from their core business of creating and selling zombie networks, according to anti-virus experts.

• The 12-minute Windows heist

  There's a 50 percent chance your unprotected Windows PC will be compromised within 12 minutes of going online, says security vendor Sophos.

• Botnets use Windows for wicked work

  Botnet researchers have found that Microsoft Windows is the preferred vehicle for zombie armies.

• Aust Trojan teens arrested over Internet bank scam

  At least four Australian teenagers have been arrested for their alleged part in an Internet banking scam that has generated millions of dollars.

• Worm duo tries to hijack Windows PCs

  Two worms based on a recently disclosed Windows flaw have been unleashed, but the attacks so far don't appear to be widespread, security experts said.

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