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Weekly IT news round-up

In this week's highlights we discuss: The US-based Sans Institute has published a list of the 10 most dangerous cyber threats.

Microsoft patches address serious Windows threats

Microsoft has distributed two security patches to address vulnerabilities in Windows.

CA's website hacked to point users to Chinese malware

According to reports, IT supplier CA's main website has been hacked, with visitors redirected to a Chinese site distributing malware.

Security zone: the trouble with testing anti-malware

Testing products that detect malware are important to the integrity of anti-virus products, but there are several problems that need to be overcome

Webpage malware in the frame for half of attacks last month

The Iframe worm was the top virus last month, making up 50.8% of malware attacks in December.

First Microsoft Patch Tuesday of the year is quiet

It is a quite Patch Tuesday next week, as Microsoft is only releasing one "critical" security patch on 8 January, its first of the year.

Flash users hit by cross-site scripting flaw

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-Cert) has reported security vulnerabilities in Flash file code.

Staff return to face new year wave of malware attacks

The hackers are failing to take an early new year break with staff being warned of a new wave of malware attacks.

Server virtualisation saves energy at Vanderbilt University

At Vanderbilt University, officials with Information Technology Services are using a server virtualisation strategy to dramatically reduce the rising energy demands caused by the computing needs of a large research university.
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