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InternetNews September 23, 2009	Do Not Pass Go: Malware Taps Phony 'Monopoly' Unsolicited invitation to play an online version of the popular board game can turn your computer into a spam-spewing zombie.
InternetNews May 28, 2009 Alex Goldman	Flood of Fake Western Union E-mails Hide Trojan An influx of malware-laden spam, which started two weeks ago, continues today as hackers seek credit card and banking information.
PC Magazine August 19, 2003 Sheryl Canter	Effective Immunity Viruses keep spreading, and PCs keep getting infected. What can you do to stay secure?
InternetNews June 29, 2009 Alex Goldman	Michael Jackson Malware Has Already Hit the Net Trojans attempt to exploit the postmortem interest around the late King of Pop.
InternetNews June 4, 2009 Alex Goldman	Fake Microsoft E-Mail Carries Real Malware Security experts are warning of deceptive e-mails that claim that Microsoft Outlook needs an update.
InternetNews October 25, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Fake Red Hat Alert Making Rounds Unknown attacker sends spam messages with a malicious file masquerading as a Red Hat security update.
InternetNews February 3, 2005 Sharon Gaudin	Virus Poses as Saddam Hussein Death Photos A worm is quickly spreading in the wild in an email that claims to have attached photos of Saddam Hussein killed in an escape attempt.
InternetNews September 22, 2005 David Needle	Beware, Bagle is Back Several anti-virus security sites have issued warnings that a variant of the infamous Bagle worm has shown up on the Internet, spreading via e-mails... Symantec agrees to acquire WholeSecurity...
InternetNews August 16, 2005 David Needle	Windows Worm Spreads Separate groups of hackers are releasing a barrage of worms related to the Zotob.B virus in a battle to seize control of innocent users' computers. CNN, ABC and the NY Times, are among those hit.
InternetNews June 24, 2009 David Needle	Guy Kawasaki's Tweet Gone Wild The social media expert and former Apple evangelist's Twitter account distributed a porn link leading to a Trojan. Who's to blame?
InternetNews April 29, 2010	China Slides Out of Spam Top 12 While China is widely regarded as the unofficial headquarters for hacking and digital espionage, the country doesn't even crack Sophos' Top 12 for spam production.
InternetNews September 21, 2010	Twitter Hit With Mouseover Malware Attack Twitter hit with attack that sees hackers embed JavaScript within URLs in tweets that display a pop-up directing users to malicious or pornographic websites.
InternetNews July 21, 2009 Alex Goldman	Erin Andrews Virus Infects Search, Blogs The taping of the original video was a Peeping Tom crime that criminals are now exploiting to infect PCs.
InternetNews September 5, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Made in China: Virus-Laden Web Pages A report finds China has the most compromised Web pages serving up malware.
InternetNews January 21, 2005 Sean Michael Kerner	The Worm in CNN's Headlines A recent virus threat masquerades as a legitimate headline pulled right from the news Web site.
InternetNews January 9, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Fake Microsoft Service Pack is Xombe Trojan Another day, another virus. Unsuspecting Internet users were greeted Friday with an e-mail message purportedly from [email protected] to update their computers. Problem is, the message isn't from Microsoft and the patch is actually a back door Trojan.
InternetNews February 26, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Worms Continue to Wriggle, Wreak Havoc 'Zero-day' exploits and new styles of viruses send security firms scrambling to patch the latest holes in the network.
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T.H.E. Journal December 2002 Vincent Weafer	Blended Threats - A Deadly Duo of Hackers and Mobile Code Computer security threats evolve and require defenses that also evolve. For any school or classroom that uses computer technology, Internet-borne security threats are evolving and becoming increasingly dangerous.
InternetNews November 19, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	New Virus 'Sobers' up The Internet A new worm is wriggling around the Internet. This time it's the latest variant of Sober, which first appeared in October of 2003.
T.H.E. Journal April 2004 Judith Rajala	Computer Virus Protection Simply having virus protection software on your institution's computer system doesn't guarantee safety and security. Instead, protection and prevention is a team effort between the users and the anti-virus software. Includes a list of useful websites.
InternetNews January 14, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	Last Year's Security Problems May Balloon in 2004 If 2003 was the worst year in history for viruses and spam, hold onto your hat. This year, according to security experts, is setting up to see the malicious problems that appeared last year grow and fester into major security problems for 2004.
InternetNews August 26, 2009	Apple Adding Malware Defense to Snow Leopard? Apple may be following Microsoft's lead in offering free protection for its users in the upcoming release of Mac OS X Snow Leopard.
InternetNews November 3, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Scammers Use Wikipedia To Distribute Virus The downside to a site anyone can edit is someone can put up a link to a virus, too.
InternetNews December 8, 2005 Jim Wagner	Sober Worm Has Nazi Connection The infamous Sober worm is set to rear its ugly head again in a New Year's activity that has security officials expecting the worst.
InternetNews July 6, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	Trojans on The March Is it all Microsoft's fault? One security vendor suggests that users may well want to switch to a less-targeted OS.
InternetNews November 29, 2010	Malware Authors Hold Users' Data for Ransom A new twist on an old crime is making it possible for online thieves to extort cash from victims who are afraid they'll lose their data and photo files.
InternetNews January 19, 2011	Enterprises Weigh Social Nets' Risks, Rewards New survey by security software firm Sophos reveals most companies allow employees to visit social networking sites despite obvious risks.
InternetNews June 13, 2005 Tim Gray	New Trojan Pretends to be Antivirus Software Anti-virus maker F-Secure warned mobile phone users about a slippery new trojan disguising itself as an antivirus application.
T.H.E. Journal April 2004	NetCleanse, Spam Sleuth Protect From Viruses and Spam Solutions for protection from viruses and spam that promise to eliminate computer vulnerabilities.
CFO January 30, 2004 Esther Shein	Spy vs. Spy Companies are spending billions on network security, but staying ahead of hackers may be a pipe dream.
InternetNews January 20, 2004 Ryan Naraine	'Bagle' Virus Threat Upgraded New e-mail virus includes a backdoor component which could allow an attacker to execute malicious code on infected systems.
InternetNews February 26, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Microsoft Clamps Down on Excel Zero-Day Attack Microsoft is taking steps to protect customers from attacks through a zero-day flaw in Microsoft Excel discovered earlier this week.
InternetNews October 14, 2004 Sean Michael Kerner	Microsoft Releases Scanning Tool As part of Microsoft's update package released this week, the company included the MS04-028 Enterprise Scanning Tool which allows system admins to scan their networks to identify potentially vulnerable machines.
InternetNews August 13, 2009	Craiglist, AutoCAD Threats Show Virus Variety Malware authors continue showing their creativity, with new viruses making the rounds by targeting Craigslist fans and AutoCAD users.
InternetNews August 30, 2005 Tim Gray	Zotob Writer Had Busy Summer One of the programmers arrested last week in connection with the Zotob worm outbreak may have authored at least 20 other worms, according to SophosLabs.
InternetNews July 14, 2004 Ryan Naraine	Microsoft Releases New Tool to Zap Download.Ject The cleanup from last month's malware attack continues.
InternetNews May 31, 2006 Andy Patrizio	Keylogger Masquerades As Microsoft Alert Would-be identity thieves have turned loose another sneaky means for stealing users' personal information. It comes in the form of a fraudulent e-mail pretending to be from Microsoft that suckers users into installing a key logger.
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InternetNews September 9, 2009	IRS Spoof Latest Cutwail Spam Scam McAfee's MX Logic says new botnet spam campaign targets paranoid taxpayers at more than 90,000 messages an hour.
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PC Magazine February 1, 2006 Cade Metz	The Sorry State of Security Time to face facts: when it comes to our online safety woes, everybody is to blame.
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