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A recent U.S. Department of Justice survey indicates that the majority of American businesses have detected one or more cyberattacks. Spammers are using thousands of Google Groups to spread unwanted email and malware. One technologist wants the public to understand why releasing exploit code for a dangerous vulnerability is sometimes the right thing to do. Gary McKinnon, the alleged NASA hacker, has failed in his last-ditch appeal to the European Court of Human Rights to have his extradition to the United States quashed. Microsoft is investigating a zero-day vulnerability in Visual Studio. Security researchers are warning users of a crop of new malware threats that have appeared for the MacOS in recent days.. Three vulnerabilities in Cisco products are open to exploitation, warned the SANS Internet Storm Center. Critical ActiveX control flaws have been detected in the Yahoo! Music Jukebox, which like vulnerabilities reported last week in MySpace and Facebook image uploaders, may permit attackers to take control of users' PCs. The holiday blitz from the perpetrators of the Storm Worm, which began with fake Christmas messages last month, has continued unabated as a spate of false New Year's greetings have been delivered by the notorious botnet, researchers reported this week. The Best Western hotel chain has reportedly suffered what is being claimed as the world's largest cybercrime, resulting in the identity theft of eight million customers. Adobe said it is looking into Flash-based exploits leveraging clipboard software to spread a malicious URL. Internet users still make irresponsible online purchasing decisions despite ongoing warnings about the dangers of responding to unsolicited emails, a new survey has found. The U.S. legal system is failing to bring prosecutions in cybercrime cases. In its largest security update in 18 months, Microsoft on Tuesday delivered 11 patches to resolve 26 vulnerabilities in its operating system and related components. After the recent worm outbreak on Facebook and MySpace, the social networking sites and security experts are working to prevent future attacks. Organisations that hold personal data should be made liable for fraudulent transactions, say BT security experts. Bogus alerts purporting to be from CNN are luring victims to over 1,000 hacked websites pushing fake, malware-infested Flash Player software, Internet security watchdogs have warned. US Federal authorities have busted the criminal ring responsible for the largest hacking and identity theft case in history. Australians have lost nearly $120,000 to the Olympic ticket scammers, according to the NSW Office of Fair Trading's latest update. With the opening ceremony only four days away, online fraudsters are using the hype of the Beijing Olympics to trick consumers out of thousands of dollars.