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An screen name once connected to animated TV dad Homer Simpson is being used to spread malware. Google and eBay have joined forces to protect users from spam and malicious emails by leveraging an authentication technology called DomainKeys. A report by the Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed that over five per cent of Australians were victims of personal fraud in 2007. Crushing the Storm worm, the Srizbi botnet has caused a sharp rise in the circulation of malicious spam which is said to have tripled in just one week. A complex plot involving fake anti-spyware products has scammed thousands of victims out of money and personal information, according to SecureWorks. Security firm Sophos today warned about a spyware trojan that uses a picture slideshow of a Russian beauty as a front while it steals personal information from an unsuspecting user. The re-emergence of the 'browser wars' between Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera and newcomer Safari is changing the security landscape, say experts.. Phishing attacks that target high-value assets are increasing, according to researchers at Verisign's iDefense Labs. During the past year, waves of attacks have risen from three or four a month to as many as 10 per month. Spammers are increasingly turning to hosted services to ship out their junk mail, the latest threat report from MessageLabs revealed. Could firmware infections during the manufacturing process create backdoors in your network? Most spam is sent to non-existent addresses, but that can still generate annoying messages for genuine users. A new BotArmy, named "Kraken," reportedly twice as big as Storm, has been identified. Malware distributors are using a fabricated sex scandal to push their wares, according to security researchers.. Fraudsters are targeting online car buyers with fake car sale advertisements on online classifieds and auction sites warns SCAMwatch the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) scam alert service. A web security firm has identified a widespread attack in which fake malicious advertisements, able to avoid content scanning, are seeking to infect users of popular websites. Social networks such as LinkedIn are being exploited by online fraudsters, experts warned today.. Thousands of chief executives in the United States were targeted Monday by a new round of phishing emails that claim to contain a subpoena ordering recipients to testify in court. A video file laced with a malicious rootkit is the latest attempt by hackers to cash in on the Beijing Olympics.. ANZ bank's customers are being targeted in a new hoax email campaign that attempts to steal online banking login information, the bank has warned. As long as there has been credit granting there have been customers committing first party fraud.