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"Putin death" Trojan unleashed

A Trojan Horse is being spread over the internet via e-mails reporting the supposed death of Russian president Vladimir Putin.

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Microsoft ends Windows 98 and ME support

Microsoft will no longer offer extended support or issue security updates for Windows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition operating systems that are still being used by tens of millions of people.

Secure Computing to acquire CipherTrust

Secure Computing is buying messaging security vendor CipherTrust for nearly $274 million. The move is intended to strengthen Secure Computing's unified threat management program.

Critical flaws found in Excel, Flash Player

FrSIRT says holes in Microsoft's spreadsheet program and Adobe's media player could allow attackers to take control of affected machines and initiate malicious commands.

ISPs agree basis of new spam crackdown

Internet service providers have agreed information sharing principles in a bid to crack down on spam, which now makes up an estimated 60% of the 84 billion e-mails sent each day.

Fraudsters adapt phishing for Voip

Fraudsters are exploiting the rise of Voice over IP services to run phone scams, security experts have warned.

Reid puts the brake on ID card contracts

The Home Office has delayed putting its £5.8bn national identity card programme out to tender until at least the end of the year.

Growth of cybercrime is among top global threats to security, says FBI

"Your security will be breached; it is just a case of when," David Thomas, deputy assistant director, FBI Cyberdivision, told the recent BCS-sponsored World Wide Web Conference in Edinburgh.

Thwarting spam from the inside and the outside

After discovering that stopping email threats takes more than a layer of spam filtering and two layers of virus protection, one law firm added hosted defense to the mix.
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