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Security vendor claims a 128 percent rise in new business across Australia. Trojan scans outgoing messages before embedding spam content. Banner advertisements that install malware onto the user's computer were left unnoticed for several days on the MSN Messenger service, according to researchers. Apple has offered fixes for five critical vulnerabilities unveiled during January's Month of Apple Bugs (MoAB) project. If there is one certainty in the security business, it is that security professionals and hackers are in a constant battle to protect and exploit vulnerabilities. The monetisation of malware has been the standout security trend of 2006, according to security vendor Fortinet.
Users of AOL's ICQ instant messenger (IM) were warned this week of multiple vulnerabilities in their IM software. Researchers at FaceTime Security Labs have discovered a worm that installs its own web browser onto affected PCs after it’s downloaded through an instant messenger (IM) program. Reports on Tuesday that a worm was propagating through Skype appear to be a false alarm, security researchers said today. Voice over IP (VoIP) hacking attacks will surge next year as more businesses implement the technology, according to one message security vendor. Computer hackers are planning to target social networking sites, such as MySpace and Facebook, in a multi-billion-pound "cyber war" next year, security experts warn. The problem of end-point security (EPS) has come under the spotlight as businesses strive to protect their networks from the latest security threats. With the ubiquity of the internet, Wi-Fi hotspots and USB devices, the possibilities for unauthorised software on company PCs now seem endless. Malicious users are targeting young instant messaging (IM) enthusiasts through bogus profiles that redirect them to adult websites, where adware is installed on their PCs. Perhaps the length of time it takes to install Live Communications Server 2005 (LCS 2005) reflects its complexity and the vast scope of its capabilities. A spoofed email message targeting Adobe users, which claims to have the latest version of the company's PDF reader, but actually contains a malicious trojan keylogger, has been spotted in the wild, according to researchers at SurfControl. Security experts have intercepted a mass mailing purporting to come from McAfee, but which actually spreads a Trojan horse. Attacks exploiting a dangerous zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft XML Core Services were spotted over the weekend. A report that studied instant messenger (IM) and peer-to-peer (P2P) security attacks showed that while incidents targeting public IM channels stabilized last quarter, the number of P2P and multi-channel attacks are rapidly increasing. The number of security threats propagating via instant messenger and peer-to-peer networks increased last year by more than 2,200 percent over 2004, newly published research has claimed.