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After a spate of holiday-themed attacks, the Storm Worm creators are going back to basics with their latest spam run that launched Sunday. The game of musical chairs continues at leading domain registrar and certificate authority VeriSign, as the company announced late Tuesday that founder Jim Bidzos has taken the role of chairman of the board, replacing Edward Mueller. A series of messages purporting to come from UPS, the world's largest shipping carrier, may in fact harbor the Agent.JEN trojan. THOUSANDS of punters in Sydney lost their Internet, phones and cable telly after someone managed to carry out one of the most basic hacks in Christendom. A ‘Nigerian letter’ scam has won this year’s annual ASIC ‘Pie in the Sky’ award for the most outrageous offer that was too good to be true. A Seattle man has been sentenced to 51 months in prison after pleading guilty last year to using file-sharing programs to perpetrate identity theft. The FBI has issued a warning to the public following a deluge of spam emails purporting to be from the agency.. TOP 5 CYBERATTACKS:

1. The Storm Worm
What began as an email-spawned trojan attack using fake news stories to lure victims became the most widespread cyber-assault in recent memory. Still replicating, and exploiting a number of patched vulnerabilities, the botnet-fueled, socially engineered attack may make next year's list as well. The screaming headlines have been running for years. Whether they're in press releases about cybercrime exceeding international drug profits or the billions of dollars lost to breach disclosures or videos highlighting the meltdown of power generators due to a myriad of vulnerabilities, the anti-malware industry has long relied on fear to move their products. On the eve of the Melbourne Cup, the ACCC’s SCAMwatch service has warned punters to be aware of expensive gambling prediction software or ‘betting scams’ appearing in time for the nation’s biggest racing day. The world's largest retail lobby today announced a plan that might free merchants from some of the most complex requirements of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) standard. The Australian Tax Office and the Government E-security Update Service is warning internet users of a fraudulent email being circulated that claims to offer a refund from the Tax Office. TJX, owner of the TK Maxx brand, has agreed to settle a series of class-action lawsuits stemming from a huge data breach in 2005. Security firm SafeMedia has warned that the use of peer-to-peer software to steal personal information is likely to increase sharply. At the end of the financial year it is vital to have easy access to your data.. This Friday, 5:45pm - Your company's star financial analyst is on her way home and needs to drop by the grocery store to pick up dinner. On the passenger's seat is her laptop, freshly loaded with the customer database to help prepare a report for Monday. Queenslanders are forking out around $500,000 a month to Nigerian email scammers. For the last several years there has been an increased focus on network security, not only from the professionals who run the network, but also from business leaders, industry groups and government bodies. Symantec warned eBay users that a sophisticated Trojan is seeking to scam them with a man-in-the-middle attack. Colin Powell, the former national security adviser, secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, will deliver a keynote address at RSA Conference 2007, organisers told SCmagazine.com on Thursday.