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  • Brad Pitt virus targets Microsoft

    Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Britney Spears are subjects of a virus scam that is attempting to recruit computers for a denial-of-service attack on Microsoft.

  • HSBC deluged by viruses

    A senior executive at the international bank, which was sent 100,000 viruses on a single day last year, has warned that the rise of identify theft emails is hampering e-commerce

  • Viruses pack triple threat

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

  • The Year Ahead: The future of viruses

    In 2002, users and companies got a respite from the disruptive viruses of 2001. But a more sophisticated generation of worms is on the way.

  • Preying on human frailty

    The proverbial maxim of "once bitten, twice shy" applies to many aspects in life but eludes most users in their recurring struggle to deal with computer viruses.

  • Virus writers take advantage of war

    Virus writers have taken advantage of the onset of a US war on Iraq to release an e-mail supposedly offering a variety of war-themed attachments, ranging from secret US spy pictures to screensavers mocking President Bush.

  • Chinese cybercops 'nailing virus writers'

    A Chinese police force that is dedicated to fighting virus writers is getting results, according to Russian antivirus company Kaspersky Labs.

  • Virus writers get slapper happy

    Internet vandals have continued to modify the recent Slapper worm and have sent at least four new variants of the hostile Linux program into the electronic wilds.

  • Virus writers becoming more professional

    Business trade-offs are required to achieve a perfectly protected network, but as long as businesses want customers to access their networks --to do business -- there is the potential for security breaches.

  • Microsoft: Separate trail led to second virus writer

    Microsoft confirmed on Monday that German authorities had arrested a man suspected of writing and releasing a program widely used to surreptitiously control computers on the Internet.

  • 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 writers claim Tony Blair's e-mail account was hacked

    Cybercriminals claimed on Friday that the UK Prime Minister's e-mail account has been hacked, in the latest attempt to attack PCs with malware.

  • Bagle virus fools corporate filters with a picture file

    The latest Bagle variant attempts to download malicious executable files that are disguised as photographs in order to fool corporate filtering applications.

  • High times for marijuana worm

    A gutsy new virus writer, with a political message and maybe a personal motive, is trying to increase support for the legalisation of marijuana.

  • Symantec CEO advocates fair play and Macs

    It doesn't appear that Symantec CEO John Thompson's next computer will run Windows.

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