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  • 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.

  • Elvis Presley MP3s push pump-n-dump spam

    Spammers have launched the first mass MP3-attached pump-and-dump spam campaign, which security experts say could be used to distribute malware.

  • Secrets of stock spam scams revealed

    Junk e-mails promoting false stock information have been proven to be surprisingly effective, according to German researchers.

  • ASIC warns of US "wrong number" phone scam

    The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has issued a warning to Australian consumers to beware of a new scam that has emerged in the US, which attempts to dupe people into buying stock in a company by leaving a bogus "wrong number" stock market tip on their answering machines.

  • New rules, tools, threats and opportunities

    Just like physical assets, your intellectual assets required an investment to build, and if harnessed properly they'll help produce ongoing revenues. The Internet offers new ways to do that, but at the same time, brings unprecedented new risks to the intangible assets you have. This special report presents an intellectual capital survival guide for the days ahead.

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