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• Latest e-mail scam: KGB agent offers JFK secrets

  Antivirus firm Sophos is warning of a new e-mail scam where the sender pretends to be a terminally ill KGB agent who has secret documents that reveal the truth behind JFK's death.

• Kiwibank hooked in phishing scam

  Cybercriminals -- in a sign of the times -- have used a legitimate Web site in a phishing attack aimed at Kiwibank, according to Sophos.

• Anti-spyware demo turns malware double agent

  A strain of malware disguised as anti-spyware has become the latest double-agent in multi-step "convergence" crime online.

• Spam 'research project' run by spammers?

  Antivirus firm Sophos suspects that spammers have, under the guise of a 'sociological research project', been harvesting e-mail addresses for future campaigns.

• New scam asks people to fax away data

  Phishers have added a new lure to their tackle boxes: e-mails that ask people to fax sensitive information to bogus security investigators.

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  Are PC users diluting the IQ of the Mac community?

  According to one security vendor, Mac users are at a crossroad this year: will or won't they prove to be as gullible as their PC cousins when it comes to security?

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• Mytob worm picks up phishing trick

  New variants of the Mytob worm are using a phishing-style e-mail to fool people into downloading malicious code.

• Viruses pack triple threat

  Virus writers are merging spam, phishing and Trojan programs to develop more complex attacks on the unwary.

• 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.

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• Viruses pack triple threat

  Virus writers are merging spam, phishing and Trojan programs to develop more complex attacks on the unwary.

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