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The public sector's ability to manage data has once again been called into question. Spammers are taking advantage of recent natural disasters to abuse the generosity of others for their own financial gain.. The Storm worm has temporarily abandoned its tactic of using recent news happenings in its spam and is instead fabricating current events. The twisters and historic floods sweeping across the US will give rise to malicious attacks, the SANS Storm Center warned on Friday. Spammers preyed on popular current events in May capitalising on the global economic slowdown, petrol prices and natural disasters. The recent natural disasters in China and Myanmar have led to scams to steal money intended for donations. The first months of 2008 has seen spam levels rise with the economic situation and Olympics adding fuel to the fire. A new spam email purporting to be a news report about China’s recent earthquake can install a malicious Trojan if its attachment is opened, warned Sophos. Mapping the tragedy of the Hannaford breach in a post-mortem sense should be just as important to the grocery chain as the upgrade of the system. All the encryption in the world won't keep information safe if the people handling data don't think about security. Human beings aren't evolved for security in the modern world, and particularly the IT security world, according to security guru Bruce Schneier. Three of the world's largest IT vendors have partnered to create a technology architecture alliance aimed at helping federal agencies both protect and share sensitive information. It's every executive's nightmare. After several days of heavy rain and unexpected flooding, the office is drenched in water and the IT infrastructure is almost a total loss. Information security experts warned users today to be on the lookout for legitimate-looking websites exploiting Monday's massacre at Virginia Tech. In the face of growing threats to its cyber assets, America requires a cohesive and comprehensive plan to protect its vital and most sensitive data. Here, one of the leading decision makers in the federal government IT arena coveys overarching priorities for securing the country's cyberspace. It’s time to get real when measuring risk against acceptable loss. Business needs a more intelligent approach, says Gary Flood A new email scam is circulating that tells recipients they could receive millions from a bank account belonging to a victim of the Concorde air disaster, security experts warned. The trend of hackers and cybercriminals using botnets to conduct large-scale denial-of-service attacks increased at an “alarming rate” during the second half of last year, new research has revealed. Viruses accounted for less than 1 percent of malware threats detected last year by PandaLabs, the security firm reported Monday. Security experts have warned that during the second half of this year the virus count rose with “alarming force," increasing from 110,000 to approximately 150,000 by year's end.