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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Wednesday unveiled a reorganization plan for his agency that includes a new assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today reported that it received 80,450 complaints related to internet auctions in 2005, representing about 12 percent of the total number of complaints. According to the organization, the latest figures indicate that web auction fraud has become responsible for the second most common kind of complaint after those about identity theft. Iowa State University has unveiled a new research lab designed to realistically simulate internet attacks in order to better study their effects and lead to improved defenses. The new Sober-Z worm is spreading at such a rate that it now accounts for over 81 percent of all viruses, making it the most widespread computer virus in the world, security experts warned Thursday. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Mike Nash, corporate vice president of the software giant's Security Technology Unit, have outlined a strategy and product road map that they claim will help boost IT security for the firm's customers. Brazilian police have captured 85 people suspected of operating a multi-million dollar high-tech theft operation. The man behind Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) has come up with a prototype for an encrypted internet telephone. U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized a draft version of federal government computer security. Biometric security technology is rapidly moving into mainstream markets for network security and mobile commerce, according to newly unveiled research. An Extensible Authentication Protocol Smart Card (EAP-SC) authentication standard designed to serve as a unified secure point of entry for all IP wireless networks including Wi-Fi, WiMAX and Wi-Mobile has been unveiled. The British government is to become one of the first to participate in a newly unveiled Microsoft Government Security Program (GSP) initiative that offers selected customers access to the source code of its desktop offering, Microsoft Office 2003. Swedish police have arrested a teenager in connection with the alleged theft of source code thought to belong to Cisco. The CISO Exchange, a newly formed public-private partnership that hoped to improve federal IT security, has been dismantled after key participants withdrew from the effort. The Wi-Fi Alliance today unveiled the first round of products that have been certified to meet the WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) enhanced WLAN security designation. The Mozilla Foundation Monday unveiled a program that rewards users who find security vulnerabilities in its software. CipherTrust and Voltage Security Tuesday unveiled a partnership to provide enterprise policy-driven email encryption by including Voltage IBE Server in CipherTrust's IronMail Privacy Architecture (IPA). Senator Jon Corzine (D-N.J.) plans to introduce legislation that aims to prevent ID theft by requiring companies to implement security systems that protect customers' personal data. The UK Government has launched a website to protect small businesses and home users against hackers and viruses. Identrus on Tuesday unveiled a partnership with Adobe to offer a digital signature solution by integrating Identrus signatures into Adobe PDF documents.