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  • Social engineering helps Sober top virus charts

    Despite being released in the third week of last month, Sober was by far the most successful piece of malware and accounted for more than 40 percent of all viruses in November, according to Sophos.

  • Jacko suicide spam infects pop fans

    Virus writers have started using public interest in the Michael Jackson trial to try and fool users into executing malware on their PCs, according to antivirus firm Sophos.

  • Patch management interest waning: Microsoft Australia

    Interest in Microsoft Australia's program to help enterprise customers implement patch management and toughen their tech security is waning, with most large organisations having upgraded their security policies, the company's security lead said.

  • Symbian under attack from Bluetooth, MMS worm

    The Beselo.A and Beselo.B worms are in the wild, looking to lure Symbian S60 users into clicking on their incoming malicious files, according to a warning issued on Tuesday by F-Secure.

  • Spammers use YouTube to spread Storm worm

    In yet another twist to the Storm worm menace, spammers are using a fake YouTube site to trick users into downloading the malicious code.

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  • Social engineering: Don't be fooled

    It is a hard one to protect against, as attackers prey on the kindness of strangers, but there are some tips to prevent your company being a victim to social engineering ploys. Also: Hackers: Under the hood

  • Knowledge is power against hacker schemes

    Most IT managers neglect to tell users how to avoid falling prey to the dangerous hacker technique of social engineering. Here's what you need to know.

  • 2007: How was it for security?

    Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.

  • Trojan masquerades as Skype update

    Cybercriminals are spreading a malicious Trojan horse under the guise of an update to Skype, e-mail security firm MessageLabs said on Monday.

  • A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime

    Is the war on cyber crime as simple as pointing the finger at China, Russia and the US? We investigate whether these parts of the world are being unfairly blamed.

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  • Zone Labs branches into IM security

    Security software specialist Zone Labs has bought IMsecure to capitalise on the growing problem of security flaws in instant messaging software, the company announced Tuesday.

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