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An screen name once connected to animated TV dad Homer Simpson is being used to spread malware. A mobile phone worm propagating through the phone numbers of users' address books is spreading in the wild across popular SymbianOS smartphone devices, security vendor Fortinet has warned. Global spam volumes have doubled in the past year, showing a shift away from selling products towards spreading malware, according to new research. The number of phishing URLs used to spread "crimeware" among consumer PCs rose to an all-time high in May, according to a report from an industry association that works to eliminate identity theft and fraud caused by phishing and email spoofing. Movie goers are being targeted by a spam email about the latest Pirates of the Caribbean movie which downloads a Trojan horse. Spammers are using downloadable coupons as a method of spreading malware. A Trojan dubbed "Koobface" that has recently been hitting some users of the social network Facebook is now spreading. Websense has discovered a new set of malicious code being distributed by the Stration worm through the Skype network. A new wave of spam messages related to Angelina Jolie are spreading with the intention to trick users into downloading and installing malware. The cloud will become dangerous, good sites will be used to hide bad data, and rich internet applications will turn on their users. These are some of the predictions from Websense Security Labs, which has compiled a security forecast for 2009. Symantec warned this weekend of a new worm taking advantage of a Microsoft bug, prompting the security company to raise its ThreatCon level. An Apple QuickTime exploit is using MySpace's enormous user base to launch a blended cross-site scripting attack that, if successful, steals users' log-in credentials and installs adware on victims' machines, security researchers said today. Researchers this week released proof-of-concept code for a number of cross-site scripting flaws on Facebook, but the social networking site said it closed the vulnerabilities within hours. Since Microsoft's Windows Server Service vulnerability was patched in late October, exploits have continually surfaced. The United States central command was hit by an attack and affected computers in combat zones in the Middle East. The U.S. Department of Defense has banned USB drives and other removable media after a worm hit military networks. A worm, exploiting the emergency Microsoft patch, turns infected computers into bots that can launch DDoS attacks. Yahoo and Microsoft are teaming up in an effort to stop lottery email scams. Users might end up with rogue anti-virus software on their machines by searching for Halloween costumes online. 'Internetpol' needed or internet businesses may fail.