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In spite of efforts to halt electronic fraud, the internet has remained a dangerous place to do business, according to a report from the European Commission. Microsoft has called on companies to work together to improve overall security, and not just rely on the police to do it for them. Technical innovations, coupled with regulations, more sophisticated attacks and gaps between technology deployed and the knowledge of the users continue to grow larger, Art Coveillo Jr., president of RSA, said in his keynote address at the RSA Conference. Security researchers at Sophos have identified a new trojan targeting the Mac OS X operating system. We shall fight them on the servers, we shall fight them in the browser, we
shall never reboot. Worldwide spam volumes have surged by 50 percent in the first quarter of 2008 revealed security vendor Proofpoint today, who now predicts enterprises will see inbound spam more than double this year. CompTia research finds big gap between perception and reality There's no question about it: the malware industry is booming. Every day, computer users are bombarded with news of severe data breaches, the rapid growth of online fraud and identity theft, and spyware that invades privacy and compromises security. The UK Government must do more to protect individual internet users from cybercrime, according to a House of Lords report. A U.S. District Court of Delaware jury has found that Secure Computing, and its subsidiaries CyberGuard and Webwasher, infringed three patents that Finjan Software created over the past decade. Russia has overtaken China as the world’s highest producer of spyware and viruses according to researchers at security vendor PC Tools. Over 500 delegates from global businesses, governments and law enforcement agencies will meet in London in March at the e-Crime Congress 2008 to discuss cyber-threats and electronic crime.. The US Department of Justice and the FBI have identified over one million compromised IP addresses as part of an ongoing cybercrime operation. Cyberattackers are on the verge of creating trojans that take advantage of social networking websites and Web 2.0 technologies, according to researchers at Finjan. New Symantec research finds that half of UK consumers want stronger legislation Apple's iPhone will be a "primary target" for cybercriminals in 2008, a security company predicted today.. Worldwide online shopping is expected to soar this holiday season, and the threats to shoppers will increase exponentially, security experts have warned.. More user education and better collaboration needed to beat online threats. The University of Missouri is the latest university to fall victim to cybercrime, after hackers breached a database and lifted more than 20,000 Social Security numbers (SSNs). Last month’s launch of the government’s new Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) was welcomed by many commentators. With a growing threat from international drug gangs and the rise in people trafficking, a need was seen for a national agency with the teeth to tackle organised crime and the human misery it causes.