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• The True Nature of Cyber Crime
  -- by HowardG on Mar 22, 2006 --
  Malicious attacks are increasingly being carried out for very specific reasons. Cyber criminals are using sophisticated identity theft techniques for financial gain
• Tax Season Scammers Go Phishing
  -- by HowardG on Mar 1, 2006 --
  While most of the top twelve tax scams involve fraud perpetrated by taxpayers, number three on the list is phishing, a scam whereby an identity thief attempts to take advantage of an innocent taxpayer and obtain personal financial data.
• Nyxem worm uses social engineering to trash files
  -- by HowardG on Feb 2, 2006 --
  The Nyxem worm, also known as Blackdoom, Tearec, Kama Sutra. The mass-mailing worm requires users to click on a link or open a file attached to an email to become active. The worm also corrupts files on the third day of every month, starting on February 3, 2006.
• VoIP Security Threats
  -- by HowardG on Jan 30, 2006 --
  The widespread use of VoIP in general has given rise to a whole new wave of threats and potential threats. In addition to DoS attacks such as the one described by Cisco, VoIP systems from all vendors are potentially vulnerable to the same sorts of attacks that take place on the Internet, including hacking, theft, viruses and even spam.
• Privacy Issues Behind Google's Refusal to Comply with Government
  -- by HowardG on Jan 22, 2006 --
  The Federal government has been attempting to force Google and other major search engines to turn over information to further its case to enforce the 1998 Child Online Protection Act.
• "Zero-Day-Attack" Exploits Windows OS
  -- by HowardG on Jan 3, 2006 --
  Security experts discovered a serious vulnerability in late December known as the "zero-day-attack", through which hackers can attack a fully patched Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 system.
• Unwanted Christmas Greeting Plagues Net Users
  -- by HowardG on Dec 27, 2005 --
  A new Trojan was discovered called MerryX.A, which delivers a payload much worse than coal in your Christmas stocking.

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