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Researchers at McAfee said they have detected the largest outbreak of malware in three years, an infection impacting hundreds of thousands of users whose machines contain poisoned media files. The majority of spam is currently sent from the US but experts predict it won’t be long till developing nations take the lead. The notorious Storm worm botnet, which has mounted phishing attacks on major banks and spawned several waves of holiday-themed messages in recent weeks, is generating spam that directs recipients to bogus medical sites, Websense has warned. There has been a vast increase in spam making reference to troubled high street banks. Database of prosecutors, legal guidance and training to be available online.
Google and Microsoft are among an extensive set of technology vendors aiming to spur the adoption of digital identity cards. Cyber criminals are actively exploiting yesterday’s shock passing of Australian actor Heath Ledger by manipulating search results related to the actor to lead to malicious sites, Trend Micro has warned. The search industry needs to develop better global privacy principles for the collection, use and protection of data, according to web giants Microsoft and Ask.com. Security researchers said today that the recent MPACK-aided trojan attack is a sign that future mass-attacks may become increasingly localised. A seemingly innocuous Google search could yield malware on advertising result links, security researchers warned this week. Beware when searching for presents this Christmas, cybercriminals have ramped up their Web attacks campaign using simple search terms such as “christmas gift shopping” to serve up compromised websites via search engines. Employers are concerned that private browsing features in new browsers will lead to recreational browsing by employees. In the lead up to next month’s conference, Gartner’s local security analyst reveals data security and cloud computing will be hot topics at this year’s Security Summit. Symantec’s chairman and CEO John W. Thompson will retire as CEO at the end of the fiscal year.
Unified Communications Manager contains multiple vulnerabilities which could lead to a denial of service attack against an organisation's VoIP network, Cisco has admitted Innovation in email security technologies will not stagnate as a result of Symantec’s acquisition of MessageLabs, the vendor has claimed. Though worldwide spam levels are still diminished in the wake of the McColo hosting-company shutdown, it may only be a matter of time before they come roaring back. The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has formed an E-Security Task Force, with the aim of taking a leadership role in the development of policy proposals for e-security and ISP filtering. Australians strongly support the introduction of new technologies to provide greater security for individuals’ data and finances, according to the Unisys Security Index by Newspoll released today. The Safari 3.2 update addresses multiple vulnerabilities and adds a new anti-phishing and anti-malware feature.