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Bank Systems & Technology November 1, 2005 Steven Marlin	Defending the New Frontier An interview with Matthew Speare, Chief Information Security Officer at M&T Bank on the greatest security threats to banks and what banks to do to fight back.
InternetNews December 16, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Several Attacks Behind CheckFree Data Breach The cybercriminals who breached the CheckFree bill paying service last week used a combination attack that may be almost impossible to stop.
InternetNews January 24, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner	IBM: Users Are The Weak Link in Security IBM is warning in a new report that, though widespread virus outbreaks are on the decline, on the whole online attacks are expected to rise in 2006. The culprit? Highly targeted attacks that rely on naive users to help perpetrate cybercrimes.
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InternetNews June 13, 2006 Andy Patrizio	8 'Critical' Updates in Microsoft's Monthly Patch Patches to Windows, Internet Explorer and Outlook close a number of backdoors and exploits.
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.
Search Engine Watch June 5, 2010 Johnny Widerlund	Avoiding Online Risks Kicking Off with the 2010 FIFA World Cup Cyber criminals will continue hijacking current news and events to serve malware. A rundown of the most prevalent online security risks, and how to avoid them.
InternetNews August 1, 2006	Rounding the Corners of Network Security The ins, outs and arounds of key security trends.
PC Magazine September 21, 2004	NAT Enough? A home router is not a complete security solution.
InternetNews December 17, 2008 Richard Adhikari	Microsoft Patches IE, But Security Issues Remain As usual, the bad guys are ahead in the tug-of-war over security.
InternetNews February 2, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Are Legitimate Sites the Next Malware Threat? Businesses may be exposing their customers to malware by leaving their sites unpatched, IBM warns in a new study.
PC Magazine April 4, 2008 Matthew D. Sarrel	Master End-User Security Even experts can't keep track of all the malware at large, but here's how you and your staff can stay safe.
InternetNews May 21, 2009 Alex Goldman	Phishers Strike Facebook in Latest Assault Facebook is fighting back against the most recent attack.
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.
InternetNews July 8, 2009 Alex Goldman	U.S., South Korea Under Cyber Attack Governments and security firms are working together to fight an attack which, though massive, contains very primitive components.
InternetNews April 13, 2004 Sharon Gaudin	Browser-based Attacks 'Surging' Virulent viruses and worms aren't the only things to watch out for. Security analysts say browser-based attacks are escalating in frequency and damage. And now a new study backs up the warnings.
Entrepreneur June 2010 Ericka Chickowski	Protect Your Small Business Against Cyber Attacks Cybercrime costs the economy more than $1 trillion per year, and crooks are increasingly setting their sights on small businesses. A look at the most destructive threats to your network - and what you need to do about them.
InternetNews February 25, 2009 Richard Adhikari	Online Trust Takes a Hit in Gmail Chat Phishing Security experts are warning that a phishing attack on Google's Gmail's chat feature not only poses a danger to users, but could be a harbinger of things to come.
InternetNews December 7, 2005 Roy Mark	Consumers Whistling Past the Security Graveyard Less than 20 percent of American home computers are adequately protected against viruses, spyware, hackers and other security threats. Nevertheless, an overwhelming majority of users believe they are safe from an attack.
InternetNews September 17, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Have We Reached The End Of The Virus? Not quite. The old-fashioned virus infestation is fading as the biggest nuisance for computer users in favor of Trojans, Symantec's new malware study finds.
IEEE Spectrum July 2008 Mark Anderson	Crimeware Pays Adware, phishing, and spam are a strange -- and big -- business
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.
PC World January 24, 2007 Scott Spanbauer	Thwart the Three Biggest Internet Threats of 2007 Protect yourself against the three gravest Web dangers: Internet Explorer, phishing attacks, and malware.
IEEE Spectrum October 2006 David Kushner	Making Computer Crime Sexy A look at cyber crime in the movies and real life.
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.
T.H.E. Journal August 2005 Irene Sandler	Road Warriors on Trojan Horses Ensuring end user compliance reduces the cost of network security.
PC Magazine November 29, 2006 Robert Lemos	Hacking for Dollars Viruses and worms are so last-decade. Today's PC users have to worry more about online burglary than stolen bandwidth.
InternetNews November 7, 2007 Andy Patrizio	Salesforce.com Scrambles To Halt Phishing Attacks Another example of why humans - not technology - are the weakest link in security.
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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.
Bank Systems & Technology November 29, 2004 Cynthia Ramsaran	Catch of the Day: Banks Face New Phishing Scams Newer and more intelligent phishing attacks target bank customers globally.
PC Magazine October 5, 2004 Sheryl Canter	You Need a (Properly Configured) Firewall Firewalls protect you in ways that antivirus software cannot, but only if they're set up correctly.
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 July 30, 2004 Ryan Naraine	'Critical' IE Patch Released Microsoft goes out-of-cycle to fix software flaws that led to last month's malware attack.
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 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.
InternetNews June 8, 2009 Alex Goldman	Symantec Says Phishers Have New Tools Automated toolkits are making it easier to attack services such as Facebook, Twitter and financial services brands.
PC Magazine September 23, 2008 Matthew D. Sarrel	A Day in the Life of a Web 2.0 Hacker They harvest data about you, your family, your friends, and your work directly from the Web apps you use and the sites you visit. Here's how they do it.
PC World December 31, 2007 Erik Larkin	Malware Evolving Too Fast for Antivirus Apps Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade even the best security programs.
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InternetNews September 26, 2006 Ed Sutherland	VML Exploit Subsiding, Questions Remain Microsoft said it is "working non-stop" to develop a fix for a fresh round of attacks exploiting a flaw in the VML portion of Internet Explorer.
PC Magazine July 13, 2004 Alexandra Robbins	The Virus Wars As the problem continues to escalate, the future direction of the virus wars is something of an unknown, because it depends on so many variables, including the shifting motivations for virus writing.
PC World August 2006 Andrew Brandt	The 10 Biggest Security Risks You Don't Know About Hackers, scammers, and identity thieves are constantly coming up with new ways to attack your PC and your privacy. Here are the newest perils and how to foil them.
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