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  • iPhone virus adds botnet powers

    In a similar fashion to the relatively benign ikee virus that was recently released, another iPhone virus is targeting jailbroken Australian devices and builds botnet functionality into it, according to computer security firm, Sophos.

  • Rickroll virus targets iPhones

    An Australian has released a virus for the Apple iPhone, ikee, which replaces the infected device's background picture with an image of Rick Astley.

  • Security vendors to block police hacks

    Major security vendors Symantec, Sophos and Kaspersky yesterday said their products would block legalised hacking attempts by NSW Police under new legislation as they would any other security threat to users.

  • Google's Blogger number one for malware

    Search giant Google has catapulted itself to the top in the ranks of web hosts with the most malware, courtesy of its blogging website Blogger, according to security vendor Sophos.

  • First iPhone antivirus app released

    Paris-based computer security firm Intego late last week said it had released the first antivirus software for Apple's iPhone handset.

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  • Facebook: The Google of social networks?

    Since lifting its university-only restrictions in September 2006, Facebook has become the poster child for social networks and attracted more than 65 million users. But will it survive 'the next big thing'?

  • Battle of the bots

    You can't hear them and you can't see them, but be warned, bots are all around us and they do have a search-and-destroy attitude that could be the death of your business.

  • Worm attacks Google, Microsoft and the Hungarian Prime Minister

    The latest variant of the Zafi worm was discovered on Wednesday and unlike the previous two variants, Zafi.C has been coded to launch a DDoS attack against Google.com, Microsoft.com and miniszterelnok.hu, which is the Web site of the Hungarian Prime Minister.

  • Microsoft calm over new twist in Bagle saga

    Microsoft is cautiously optimistic that attempts to spread new variants of the Bagle virus exploiting an older vulnerability in its e-mail products will not be successful.

  • Blasting the MSBlast worm

    MSBlast is the latest worm to infect Windows 2000 and XP machines. Follow these steps to detect and eliminate the worm.

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