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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. A Chinese man has been sentenced to two years in jail after hacking a Red Cross web site launched for the victims of China's recent earthquake. Chinese police have arrested a 19 year-old suspected of hacking into a seismology website and falsely warning of a major earthquake, according to state media.. Spammers preyed on popular current events in May capitalising on the global economic slowdown, petrol prices and natural disasters. Security organisations are warning of a new virus attack that uses the upcoming Chinese Olympics to spread a new variant of the Storm malware.. The Storm worm has temporarily abandoned its tactic of using recent news happenings in its spam and is instead fabricating current events. Expect more malware, unwelcome email, and social engineering threats this season. Spammers are taking advantage of recent natural disasters to abuse the generosity of others for their own financial gain.. Major internet disruptions occurring this week across the Middle East and parts of Asia and Africa after two undersea cables were sliced should prompt global businesses of all sizes to review their business continuity and disaster recovery strategies, experts have warned. Large-scale data breaches across both the private and public sectors dominated the news throughout the year. Rob Buckley looks back. 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. Kevin Dickey, CISO for Contra Costa County, founded a group that has brought security issues to the fore for California county governments. Marcia Savage sees how his ideas have struck a chord throughout the state There is always a trade-off between security needs and economics. Richard Starnes asks how businesses can strike the right balance. AT&T kicked off a six-day network disaster recovery drill to test its backup systems and strategy in the event of a serious network problem. What is information security?