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InternetNews March 31, 2010	Black Market Spawns Cyber Crime for Dummies New study from PandaLabs pins the escalating severity of attacks carried out by relatively unskilled hackers on a thriving black market offering ready-made tools.
InternetNews June 2, 2010	Facebook Users Fend Off 'Likejacking' Attacks Hackers looking to take over Web sessions via Facebook are hiding malware under click-inducing, socially engineered links.
InternetNews January 20, 2011	New Worm Takes Twitter Users For a Ride Twitter fans have a new malware campaign to worry about this week after security researchers at Kaspersky Lab identified a new scareware come-on.
InternetNews January 29, 2010	Another Bogus Virus Warning Disrupts Facebook The clever scam had Facebook users sharing and posting the bogus virus alert throughout the social networking site.
InternetNews February 9, 2010	McAfee Finds Spike In Malware From China A new study by security software vendor McAfee finds a growing number of cyber attacks originating in China and predicts even more malware scams will target fans of popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.
InternetNews August 16, 2010	Symantec Uncovers Another Sneaky Spam Scam Latest Trojan conceals itself in innocent-looking attachments designed to get you or someone you know to open up the offending file.
InternetNews December 3, 2010	Phony Holiday Tweets Hide Malware Shortened URLs posted on Twitter may not lead to the holiday-themed sites listed.
InternetNews June 4, 2010	Hackers Zero In On Execs With World Cup Scam A flurry of malware scams are using e-mails related to the upcoming World Cup to target executives at companies and organizations around the world.
InternetNews November 30, 2010	Most New Malware Disappears Within A Day: Study New strains of malware are popping up at an unprecedented rate but, fortunately, most of these variants are stamped out within the first 24 hours.
InternetNews November 24, 2009	Thanksgiving Links Latest Recipe for Malware CA is warning Internet users searching for the perfect pumpkin pie recipe or turkey-cooking directions to be on high alert for the latest batch of socially engineered malware traps.
InternetNews May 13, 2010	APWG Fingers 'Avalanche' Phishing Syndicate The Anti-Phishing Working Group says one highly sophisticated and well-organized group of cyber thieves was responsible for a huge spike in phishing attacks late last year.
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InternetNews November 17, 2010	Stuxnet, Mobile Threats Top 3Q Malware Report Security software vendor McAfee's 3Q Threats Report takes note of some older malware scams from the past and some new and discouraging new ones.
InternetNews October 1, 2009	Internet Never More Dangerous: Study Report finds a 585 percent spike in fake anti-malware and security software programs in the first half of 2009.
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InternetNews December 9, 2010	Hackers Zero In On Employee Email Accounts Lost or stolen laptops and USB drives are a serious security threat but personal email accounts are becoming an even bigger target for cybercrooks.
InternetNews August 18, 2010	Facebook Kit Makes Hacking Logins Easy Security software vendor BitDefender says it's found a new malware kit that lets hackers easily access logins and passwords for Facebook and other unsecured credentials.
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InternetNews March 12, 2010	McAfee's Got the Skinny on Scareware McAfee's advisory details the dangers of downloading fake antivirus software, often referred to as 'scareware.'
InternetNews January 15, 2010 Larry Barrett	Russia Blamed for 13% of Global Cyber Attacks New report from Akamai awards Russia the dubious distinction of world's leading source of cyber threats.
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InternetNews July 28, 2010	Cyberattacks Hit Businesses With Big Bills New study from Ponemon Institute and security vendor ArcSight details rising cost of cyber-attacks, with businesses reporting at least one major attack a week.
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InternetNews February 17, 2009 Sean Gallagher	Social Networks a Magnet for Malware Just like the crooks robbed the banks because that's where the money is, malware will go where the people are.
InternetNews May 28, 2009 Alex Goldman	Small Businesses Under Siege by Spammers Real-world data compiled shows that money scams are growing as the recession continues - and small firms aren't exempt.
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InternetNews June 11, 2010	Symantec Warns of Latest World Cup Malware Researchers at software-security firm detect a two-pronged malware attack targeting executives at major Brazilian firms, using the World Cup as a lure.
InternetNews June 22, 2010	Botnet Still King of Malware Underworld Latest report from Gartner finds that while more sophisticated malware and phishing scams will proliferate, botnets will still be the top challenge for security experts for the foreseeable future.
InternetNews August 20, 2009	Study Claims IE Tops Rivals in Security A new Microsoft-sponsored study from NSS Labs is out with a finding that IE 8 is the most secure browser, when it comes to catching, socially engineered malware. The study however did not look at the security of the browser or related plug-ins.
InternetNews July 13, 2010	New Malware Scam Picks On eBay Fans Hackers know where people like to go online and what brands the average Internet user responds to when they conceive their illicit plots. This time around, it's eBay users they've targeted.
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