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News (66)

• Cybercriminals shrinking botnets to foil detection

  Cybercriminals are downsizing their botnets to try and trick software security companies.

• Malware authors mixing a lethal cocktail

  Virus writers are combining their efforts with hackers and spammers to launch Swiss Army knife-like malware attacks on users, Kaspersky Labs warned this week.

• Virus-writer bounty no 'silver bullet': AU police

  The Australian Federal Police today welcomed Microsoft's virus-writer bounty initiative, but warned it is not a 'silver bullet' in the war against the authors and distributors of viruses.

• Sony to patch copy-protected CD

  Sony BMG Music Entertainment and a technology partner are working with antivirus companies on a fix for a potential security problem in some copy-protected CDs.

• Spying worms likely to proliferate

  Security experts have warned that vulnerability assessment worms, which assess computers for security flaws and relay the information back to the author, are likely to become more of a threat.

Features and Case Studies (11)

• Who are these virus writers?

  commentary Who takes the time and effort to pull off malicious stunts, like viruses, malware, worms, Trojans, or any other deliberately damaging actions? And why?

• 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.

• 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

• Managing enterprise-level security threats

  This guide on threat management is aimed at showing companies how to heighten their security awareness and strengthen their perimeter.

• Commentary: Virus school?

  It's unwise for security vendors to say they will never hire students who studied virus-writing in school.

Reviews (1)

• Patch management: 4 packages tested

  Security patches are a big worry: they come out at odd times, they suck up your bandwidth, and just occasionally they break things. We look at patch management packages to ease the burden.

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