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• Storm worm used to launch phishing attacks

  Security companies have discovered that computers infected by the year-old Storm worm are being used to host phishing sites.

• Storm worm variant ignites e-mail virus deluge

  Last week likely marked the largest proliferation of e-mail virus attacks in more than a year, according to security company Postini.

• Storm Worm variant hits new targets

  A variant of the Trojan horse attacks known as Storm Worm emerged on Monday, targeting people who post blogs and notices to bulletin boards.

• New 'botworm' exploits Symantec flaw

  A new worm that uses a known security hole in Symantec's corporate antivirus tools to spread has hit the Net, experts warned last Friday.

• Uptick in Windows attacks reported

  Several security experts are warning of increased cyberattacks targeting Windows PCs, but Microsoft says all is calm on the attack front.

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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.

• Does IM stand for insecure messaging?

  Malicious attacks now come cloaked in messages that appear to have been sent by a known instant messaging contact -- even more reason to be wary.

• Microsoft warns of a score of security holes

  Microsoft released on Tuesday fixes that cover at least 20 Windows flaws, several of which could make versions of the operating system vulnerable to new worms or viruses.

• What Linux can learn from Windows

  The Linux community could benefit by taking a page from Microsoft's security playbook, says CNET News.com's Robert Lemos.

• Netsky, Mydoom.F pose triple threat

  See how Netsky, Bagle, and Mydoom variants have been causing havoc for corporate mail systems and learn how to blunt their attacks. Additional reading: Antivirus Resource Centre

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• Microsoft warns of a score of security holes

  Microsoft released on Tuesday fixes that cover at least 20 Windows flaws, several of which could make versions of the operating system vulnerable to new worms or viruses.

• Microsoft warns of critical IE flaws

  Microsoft alerted PC users to three critical security flaws in Internet Explorer and Windows on Wednesday, as the MSBlast worm and its variants used a previous vulnerability in Windows to spread across the Net for a second week.

• Swap Web servers, avoid IIS security weaknesses

  Vulnerabilities in Microsoft's Internet Information Services are causing firms to consider moving to other Web servers. Take a look at these transition strategies.

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