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  • Viruses, Trojans and spam: the new joint venture

    Security analyst Jamie Gillespie says virus, spam and trojan technology is converging, most likely because of the financial incentive to do so. And still user education regarding the growing threat is sadly lacking.

  • Open season for phishing as attacks soar

    The quantity and quality of phishing attacks grew at an alarming rate in April, according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group.

  • 2004: the year of phishing

    Yet again denial-of-service attacks, spam, viruses - driven in part by an apparent war between virus writers - and cybercrime have hit the headlines over the course of the past 12 months.

  • Viruses pack triple threat

    Virus writers are merging spam, phishing and Trojan programs to develop more complex attacks on the unwary.

  • The 12-minute Windows heist

    There's a 50 percent chance your unprotected Windows PC will be compromised within 12 minutes of going online, says security vendor Sophos.

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  • Viruses pack triple threat

    Virus writers are merging spam, phishing and Trojan programs to develop more complex attacks on the unwary.

  • Messagelabs: Clean up Net effluent now

    Messagelabs CTO Mark Sunner claims that ISPs allowing unfiltered traffic to flow to customers is like a water authority pumping out raw sewage. Additional reading: Microsoft reward snags suspected Sasser author

  • 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.

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  • Viruses pack triple threat

    Virus writers are merging spam, phishing and Trojan programs to develop more complex attacks on the unwary.

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