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    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.

  • Trojan attacks Microsoft AntiSpyware

    Microsoft's AntiSpyware product is threatened by a Trojan horse that also tries to steal online banking details.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • iTunes IM worm drops adware

    A new instant messaging worm that masquerades as Apple's iTunes application and drops adware on infected Windows PCs has been found.

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