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• Klez.h tops Aussie list of widespread worms

  With the Klez.h variant topping most-widespread worm lists both in Australia and worldwide, concern is mounting over the impact on businesses.

• Virus attacks fall

  The threat of infection by mass-mailed viruses is decreasing, according to reports, while tailored attacks are on the increase.

• Virus attacks prompt Optus server upgrade

  Optus will upgrade its mail server infrastructure to deal with increased e-mail traffic on its network caused by viruses on customers' machines.

• Web site virus attack blunted

  Web surfers are no longer playing Russian roulette each time they visit a Web site, security researchers say, now that a far-reaching Internet attack has been disarmed.

• JPEG-based virus attack gets closer

  A virus writer has got close to exploiting a critical flaw in the way Microsoft Windows handles JPEGs.

• Virus encyclopaedia infects visitors with malware

  Security vendor Trend Micro's UK and Japanese Web sites were hacked last week; attackers managed to inject malicious iFrames into their "virus encyclopaedia" pages.

• Malware on 'trusted' websites has quadrupled

  The amount of web-based malware hosted by trusted websites has increased by over 400 percent since last year, according to security vendor ScanSafe.

• Better Windows security keeps Apple safer: Gartner

  Research group Gartner has said that Mac OS X users are now safer from a mass attack -- such as Blaster on Windows -- than they were two years ago, partly because Microsoft has closed so many holes in its ubiquitous platform.

• NATO says cyberwar as dangerous as the real thing

  NATO's cyber-defence chief has warned that computer-based terrorism poses the same threat to national security as a missile attack.

• MS offers businesses a security test drive

  Microsoft on Tuesday in the US released a public test version of Forefront Client Security, a new product to protect business computers against malicious code attacks.

• Salesforce staff speared by phishers

  Salesforce.com has revealed few details about a security breach caused by a phishing attack against an employee that surrended internal customer database details.

• Australian banks targeted for security attacks

  Australia and New Zealand’s banking and finance sector may have been the worst hit by security attacks so far this year, but it’s the most security conscious segment of the market, according to Computer Associates’ June quaterly trends research.

• 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

• Users need refresher on Bluetooth security

  With Bluetooth now a common feature on nearly all new mobile devices, there needs to be greater awareness from users about security problems and vulnerabilities associated with the function, according to industry figures.

• Spam outweighs terrorism as security threat: survey

  Viruses and spam have become a more significant security threat than terrorist attacks, according to a network security survey conducted by the Economist Intelligence Unit for AT&T, with 92 percent of responding senior executives rating viruses and worms as the most major hazard to their business today.

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