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• Samsung Web site hosts password stealing trojan

  update: Samsung's US Web site is hosting a Trojan horse that logs keystrokes, disables antivirus applications and steals online banking access codes, according to Internet security firm Websense.

• Study: We're getting used to the taste of spam

  Fewer people find spam as annoying or unpleasant as they did a year ago, according to a study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

• Microsoft bankrupts the Spam King

  Scott Richter, self-confessed Spam King and one-time peddler of ladies' underwear, has filed for bankruptcy, with Microsoft cited as the main reason.

• Christmas number one virus plays on

  Email users are still being tricked by Zafi.d, the mass-mailing Christmas e-card virus that keeps topping the malware charts.

• Data insecurity woes for Paris Hilton

  Like many consumers, Paris Hilton is having trouble protecting her own data. The entire contents of her mobile phone address book have turned up on the Internet.

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• Tech execs: Wake up and smell the spam

  It is vital that the tech industry raises awareness of the scale of the problem of junk e-mail, industry experts said.

• Battle plan for spam

  Spam is an elusive enemy for IT managers, who face a number of options to fight unwanted e-mail in the enterprise. Here are suggestions from members on how to control spam.

• Spam and its IT discontents

  Maybe it's the bum economy and certain wastrels have too much time on their hands, or perhaps there's something odd in the water supply. Whatever the explanation, so much spam is flooding the electronic gateways of corporations that CIOs face an escalating epidemic.

• Developing an Australian culture of security

  Sydney has been the host city for recent discussions between the OECD expert group on global information security, Australia's Internet Industry Association and the US Internet Industry Association on how the new security environment will impact the Internet in Australia, and how our information infrastructure can be made more secure from terrorist attacks.

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