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InternetNews December 15, 2010	Hacktivism, Mobile Threats Will Surge in 2011 New report from Panda Security suggests there's plenty for everyone to worry about on the malware front in the coming year - especially if you own a smartphone.
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 December 16, 2010	Survey: 1 in 4 Users Shuts Off AV Software Despite the threat of identity theft and malware, a new survey finds that 25 percent of Internet users disable their security software to improve performance.
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 May 20, 2010	South America Emerges As Cybercrime Hotspot China gets all the bad press but it turns out that Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands and a bunch of South American countries are actually the least discriminating when it comes to filtering malware.
InternetNews December 16, 2010	Mobile-Specific Malware Jumps 33 Percent: Study New report from mobile security software vendor finds a 33 percent spike in malware targeting mobile devices in 2010.
InternetNews August 13, 2010	Malware Discovered on Another Red Cross Website The Red Cross of Serbia was targeted by hackers who injected malicious JavaScript files onto several of the organization's web pages.
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 September 30, 2010	FBI Busts International Cybercrime Syndicate After a year-long investigation, the FBI and local law enforcement charges 37 hackers with using Zeus Trojan to steal more than $3 million from U.S. banks.
InternetNews December 2, 2010	Targeted Malware, Spam Will Surge in '11 Security software vendor predicts more malware campaigns will use social media to target mobile devices, apps and industry-specific systems.
InternetNews March 25, 2010	Symantec: China Is Tops in Targeted Malware Symantec's latest report pinpoints China as the leading source of malware tailored to hoodwink execs in specific industries.
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CRM October 1, 2005 Marshall Lager	The Hot Skinny on Hackers What do they know, and how do they find out? A recent "hackers convention" revealed some of their secrets.
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.
InternetNews February 18, 2010	Kneber Botnet Pierces 2,500 Organizations So-called 'Kneber' botnet collects log-in credentials to online financial systems, social networking sites and e-mail systems to break into accounts and steal corporate and government data at an astonishing pace.
InternetNews March 30, 2010	Microsoft Says IE's Defenses Not Unbeatable Microsoft touts 'defense in depth' as an effective deterrent after a white hat hacker last week demonstrated a complete takeover of Windows 7 running Internet Explorer 8.
Entrepreneur May 2010 Gwen Moran	Is Online Banking Safe? Beware the pitfalls of convenience when it comes to conducting transactions via the web.
InternetNews November 30, 2007 Sean Michael Kerner	Google Wants Your Help to Fight Malware Google wants to turn the tables on malware and wants you to report malware to Google when you find it.
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Bank Technology News January 2010 John Adams	Results First, Pay Later A growing wave of malware is plaguing Web banking, and new attacks are so effective that the market for a second line of defense is buzzing with activity.
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.
InternetNews July 27, 2010	Microsoft: IE8 Thwarted 1B Malware Downloads With Internet Explorer 8, Microsoft set out to build a more secure Web browser, and 16 months into its launch, the company is touting a major security milestone.
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InternetNews April 20, 2010	Targeted, DIY Malware Here to Stay: Symantec Symantec's latest threat report provides plenty of disconcerting news for IT managers charged with safeguarding critical enterprise data.
InternetNews July 29, 2010	Authorities Nab Mariposa Botnet Kit Purveyor A 23-year-old man was arrested last week in Slovenia for allegedly creating and selling the Butterfly botnet kit used to spread the loathsome Mariposa botnet.
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InternetNews October 6, 2010	Zeus Phishing Scam Targets iTunes Users In a scam likely stemming from Eastern Europe, hackers are targeting visitors to Apple's iTunes music store with an unsolicited email directing them to sites carrying the Zeus Trojan malware.
InternetNews July 22, 2010	Shortened URLs Are Spam Magnets: Gartner Abbreviated URLs are standard operating procedure on Twitter and everyone loves Twitter. So it's no surprise hackers are embedding malware in shortened URLs to evade security apps.
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 May 19, 2010	'Lost' Finale Gives Cyber Crooks New Bait With the end of the popular ABC drama, hackers are exploiting viewers' interest to spread all sorts of malware.
InternetNews July 7, 2010	Hackers Snipe Back in Microsoft Security Row Bruised by Microsoft's criticism dismissing the work of third-party security researchers, a band of hackers has begun a campaign to publish proof-of-concept vulnerabilities in the software giant's products.
InternetNews August 11, 2010	Malware Scams Hit New Peak in First Half Security software vendor McAfee says the number of new pieces of malware circulating on the Internet reached an all-time high in the first six months of this year.
Fast Company February 2010 Kate Rockwood	Philips Taps the Creative Community Kristin Knappstein is helping Philips bring OLEDs to market by selling do-it-yourself kits, including glowing sheets called Lumiblades, to kick-start their use within the creative community.
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