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• Christmas cheer brings virus fear

  Seasonal goodwill may lead to people dropping their guard when it comes to e-mail, which could open the door to targeted virus attacks.

• Aliz worm strikes Japan, lays low in Australia

  Australia so far has been spared an outbreak of the Aliz (W32.Aliz.Worm), which has increased its distribution in Japan to such an extent that Symantec has raised the offender to a threat level three.

• Australia alerted to Fretheme worm

  Australian businesses are being warned to install patches and signature files to protect against a worm variant which has surfaced in the US and Europe.

• US Feds set up cyberfighting group

  The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is teaming up with the Net's top virus-tracking facility to create an organisation to fight cyberbugs.

• Experts: Microsoft's security push lacks oomph

  New security problems highlight Microsoft's ongoing battle to keep its software - and its ambitious .Net strategy - safe from malicious hackers. Critics say the company treats bugs as a PR problem.

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• Australia alerted to Fretheme worm

  Australian businesses are being warned to install patches and signature files to protect against a worm variant which has surfaced in the US and Europe.

• Frethem worm hits unpatched systems and naive users

  A couple of new variants of the Frethem mass-mailing worm are spreading, and it's succeeding only because some users and administrators are careless.

• New generation of attacks pose increasing security challenges

  Get the details on the latest threats and see how they are requiring an escalation in the war against viruses, worms, and other malware.

• New virus preys on old IE flaw

  A new e-mail worm has started to spread quickly, taking advantage of an Internet Explorer vulnerability that was first disclosed two years ago.

• Securing Microsoft: From the Blaster worm to Blue Hat

  From Blaster Worm to Blue Hat, we bring you a complete retrospective on the evolution of Microsoft's security strategy over the last decade. Step onboard as we chart the triumphs and tragedies as the Microsoft engineers battled the tides of internet hackers, transforming them from adversaries to unlikely allies.

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• First Take: IE7 for Windows Vista

  With Internet Explorer 7 for Windows Vista, Microsoft shores up Internet Explorer's crumbling security status and takes aim at its biggest rivals.

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