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An incident handler from SANS' Internet Storm Center has warned businesses to ensure their servers are secure as SSH attacks rose five-fold early this week Emails posing as nude pictures of the actress Angelina Jolie have been blamed for a surge in malware last month, according to Sophos. June saw a record number of targeted email attacks by an unidentified criminal gang, according to an email security firm. The number of images depicting extreme child abuse has quadrupled over the past three years, according to the latest figures from the UK's internet watchdog. The gap between security risks and our ability to tackle them is set to rise. Experts are predicting a surge in the adoption of information protection and control (IPC) technologies.. The recent rash of high profile security breaches, data loss incidents and associated fraud highlights the fact that the security industry is failing to meet the threats. New ScanSafe report finds more malware was blocked in July than during the
whole of 2007. Australians have lost nearly $120,000 to the Olympic ticket scammers, according to the NSW Office of Fair Trading's latest update. The U.S. Army has just invaded Iran, sparking World War III -- or at least that is what the latest Storm Worm spam campaign wants you to believe. South Australian Police are warning local residents of a surge in Nigerian scam emails targeting South Australian residents.

Computer users will see a surge in targeted hacking attacks this year as criminals continue to reap large sums of money from phishing scams, security experts predict. Crushing the Storm worm, the Srizbi botnet has caused a sharp rise in the circulation of malicious spam which is said to have tripled in just one week. A recent study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has found malware has become so prevalent that 25 percent of computers in the United States are now infected. Customers of Google AdWords have been targeted in a phishing scam urging recipients to re-activate their accounts, according to security vendor Marshal. Chip and PIN credit cards are hitting Australian shores. Negar Salek, demystifies the emerging secure payment technology and its potential benefits. The Storm botnet is sharing the love this week with a new spam run aimed at taking the romance out of Valentine's Day.. Security experts at the Sans Institute warned last week of a major surge in zero-day flaws as part of its 2006 update to the Top 20 Internet Security Attack Targets list.
Large-scale data breaches across both the private and public sectors dominated the news throughout the year. Rob Buckley looks back. OpenOffice.org released a new version of its productivity suite this week, fixing a flaw that could allow arbitrary code execution attacks.