Spam reports rising
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| Over 96 per cent of malicious emails for June were phishing attempts,
| followed by pesky netsky, stration, bagle and mytop as the next big hitters
| respectively.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40718
iPhone bait in malware attack
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| Spam messages claiming the recipient has won an iPhone are being
| used to attract victims to a web site that tries to install a
| rootkit and spambot malware by exploiting ten ActiveX vulnerabilities.
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http://www.itwire.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13268&Itemid=1054
Related:
Hotmail still riddled with spam
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| Microsoft has admitted that up to 98 per cent of messages sent to
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| Hotmail addresses are spam.
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| [...]
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| The findings will disappoint Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who
| predicted at the 2004 Davos World Economic Forum that spam would
| be "eliminated" within two years.
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http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2188226/hotmail-riddled-spam-admits
Month of ActiveX bugs project begins with two Office flaws
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| A hacker known as shinnai kicked off his "Month of ActiveX Bugs"
| (MoAxB) project with a bang by exposing a number of severe
| vulnerabilities affecting OCX controls in Microsoft Office.
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http://scmagazine.com/us/news/article/654659/month-activex-bugs-project-begins-two-office-flaws/
Vista still vulnerable
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| Vulnerabilities in Windows Vista will plague users in coming months
| and years, a prominent security researcher warns, despite its
| security improvements over predecessor XP.
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http://www.smh.com.au/news/security/vista-still-vulnerable/2007/02/26/1172338546822.html
http://tinyurl.com/2o82lf
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