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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.
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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 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.
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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 May 14, 2010	Facebook's Become a Phisher's Playground Facebook has plenty of security problems of its own making to resolve and, in the interim, professional cyber-thieves are exploiting other vulnerabilities.
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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.
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InternetNews December 28, 2010	Security 2010: The Year in Review Stuxnet, embarrassing data leaks and sophisticated phishing attacks dominated the data security landscape in 2010.
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InternetNews July 21, 2006 Brian Livingston	Phishing Filter Prevents E-Mail Identity Theft Scientists at Carnegie Mellon University have figured out a way to almost entirely detect and filter out phishing e-mails.
InternetNews September 18, 2009	Hackers Hit 'Curious George' on PBS Web Site Malicious code aimed to infect visitors to the site.
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IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Paul McFedries	Gone Phishin' Microsoft is right to include antiphishing technology in Internet Explorer 7, because clearly we need all the help we can get.
Search Engine Watch January 20, 2010 Jason King	Google's New Approach to China: A Closer Look at the Attack Heard 'Round the Web Taking a look at the numerous security implications for Google users after last week's cyber attack on Google by China.
InternetNews March 31, 2010	Vietnamese Activists Hit With Malware: Google As it continues to spar with the Chinese government over Internet censorship, Google warns of an apparently unconnected attack in the region targeting Vietnamese activists.
InternetNews January 18, 2011	Attack Toolkits Spark New Malware Strains Do-it-yourself malware kits are all the rage online and they're making life much easier for cyber-criminals looking to turn a quick buck.
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InternetNews November 17, 2005 Jim Wagner	Microsoft's Three-Pronged Phish Attack Microsoft has partnered with three phishing data providers to expand the filtering technology in its products.
InternetNews May 10, 2010	Phishing Scheme Targets Apple Gift Cards Con artists have zeroed in on Apple Store gift cards for their latest online heist, tricking users into divulging their card and personal information numbers.
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InternetNews June 16, 2005 Tim Gray	Browser-Based Attacks on the Rise Browser-based attacks such as pharming and phishing scams are now the fastest-growing security threat on the Internet.
PC Magazine September 28, 2005 Sharon Terdeman	Spear-phishing on the Rise As if there weren't enough threats to have to watch out for, a variation on phishing that targets employees at specific organizations merits notice.
Bank Technology News October 2010 Keith Button	Phishing Tackle The FS-ISAC and BITS are amping up their fight against phishing, hiring eCert for a pilot program to bring anti-phishing tools to member institutions.
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 March 3, 2005 Roy Mark	New Senate Bill Looks to Hook Phishers The Anti-Phishing Act of 2005 targets both the e-mail bait and the Web site switch by entering two new crimes into the U.S. Code.
InternetNews April 20, 2010	Hackers Breached Google's Password Hub: Report New report cites source close to investigation claiming that hackers in China were able to compromise the password service that acts as gateway to Google's Web products and services.
InternetNews August 3, 2010	Most Don't Object to Cyber Spying: Report A survey by a prominent security software firm reveals that most people don't mind if the government uses cyber spying techniques to keep tabs on our enemies.
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InternetNews August 24, 2005 Jim Wagner	MSN Billing Phisher Arrested The FBI arrests an Iowa man they believe responsible for a number of phishing attacks targeting MSN customers.
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