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• Storm worming its way through love

  After a hiatus, the gang behind the Storm worm is attempting to exploit people's curiosity about a fictional love interest to tempt users into downloading the malware, according to security training organisation the Sans Institute.

• Valentine e-cards contain infections, not love

  Valentine e-greetings from a stranger are likely to contain destructive Trojans, according to the FBI.

• Storm worm celebrates first birthday with love

  The anniversary week of the first Storm worm attack brought more variants, one of which launches an early Valentine Day attack.

• Panel sees progress made in cybersecurity

  Progress has been made on the US government's strategy for protecting the Internet and securing information systems, but the work is not done, a panel of experts said on Tuesday.

• Censorship protestors target Google's Sydney HQ

  It may be Valentines' Day but a couple of protesters from the Australia-Tibet Council failed to feel the love for Google over its decision to censor sensitive content from its Chinese search engine.

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  Limelight kills botnets better than cops do

  Botnet operators have become public enemy number-one as consumers, businesses and governments fall foul to identity theft, DDoS attacks and spam. Yet no one appears to be able to stop the spread of bots -- except maybe the media.

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• The state of security: It ain't pretty

  In a recent survey, almost every company polled said their businesses suffered financial and operational impact from worms, and 14 percent of users said this impact was severe.

• Judge orders Microsoft to reveal code

  A federal judge has told Microsoft it must disclose portions of the Windows source code, including XP and XP Embedded, to nine litigating states and the District of Columbia.

• Data mining for e-commerce gold

  Data mining has been hailed as one of the emerging technologies that will "change the world". What is it and what can it do for your e-business?

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• Cupid in the mobile age

  Etiquette expert June Dally-Watkins has warned people to be careful when sending romantic SMS's to loved ones tomorrow as Telstra prepares for an expected 8 million messages to be sent on Valentines Day.

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