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• Russia and China 'behind current spam deluge'

  As hardcore criminals step up their spamming, experts believe that nine out of 10 of all emails may soon be unsolicited junk.

• 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.

• Shorter URLs help phishers hook more victims

  Phishers are using shorter URLs for malicious sites in a bid to lend an air of legitimacy to threatening links.

• 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.

• Security vendors beating pump 'n' dump spam?

  Separate research by security vendors McAfee and Marshal Software suggests that the industry is winning the war on spam, with two of the most common forms of spam-related scams on the decline.

• Storm worm botnet upgraded, prepared for attack

  The owners of the Storm botnet, whose identities are as yet unknown, could be preparing to sell off the "services" of segments of the network, according to Joe Stewart, a researcher from managed security services company SecureWorks.

• Swedish bank hit by 'biggest ever' online heist

  Swedish bank Nordea has told ZDNet UK that it has been stung for between seven and eight million Swedish krona (around AU$1,500,000) in what security company McAfee is describing as the "biggest ever" online bank heist.

• 'Buffalo spammer' nabbed in New York

  New York state authorities have arrested the e-mail marketer "Buffalo Spammer," in the state's first criminal case against a junk mailer.

• 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.

• FBI plans spammer smackdown

  It's been nearly six months since President Bush signed the first federal spam law with criminal sanctions--and not one bulk e-mailer has been criminally charged under it so far.

• Spam wars: Can they be won?

  Two Amercian men could be the first to face criminal charges related to spam after they allegedly crashed a company's computer system by re-routing tens of thousands of unsolicited emails through its servers.

• Most spam still coming from the US

  Almost a quarter of the world's spam in the last three months of 2005 was sent from computers in the United States, according to UK antivirus company Sophos.

• Dating Web sites spread malware not love

  Over the past year the number of online dating sites has increased significantly but security experts at Internet Security Systems (ISS) say many of these sites are being used at this time of year to spread malicious code, not love.

• Stiff spam penalties urged in the US

  Spammers convicted under a recently enacted US antispam law could face stiff sentences under newly finalised government recommendations.

• Suspected spam king to appear in court

  A 30-year-old man suspected of being the 'Rizler' spam king is scheduled to appear in federal court Wednesday, following his arrest last week when he flew into the US.

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