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IE 6 – 5 – 4 – 3 – 2 – 1

‘...the outlook is alarming when you consider the browser’s local prevalence in China, which peaks at 34.5%.' Gabor Szappanos, VirusBuster

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Phighting cybercrime together

Martijn Grooten (Virus Bulletin)

Martijn Grooten presents a round-up of the first annual APWG eCrime Researchers Sync-Up.

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Hiding in plain sight

Raul Alvarez takes a look at a lesser known stealth technology - the alternate data stream.

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No mail for Alisons, Alberts, Algernons...

McAfee glitch prevents addresses starting with the letter 'A' from receiving mail.

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Old breach rears its head

Two years on, stolen card details from Heartland breach still being used.

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Canada’s new anti-spam law

With the passage of bill C-28 in December, Canada became the last of the G-8 countries to make spamming illegal. John Levine, who was involved in the development of the bill, outlines the new law and its implications.

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Flibi night

Drawing on some parallels with molecular biology, the W32/Flibi virus attempts to evolve new behaviours in order to evade detection. Peter Ferrie has the details.

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Defeating mTANs for profit – part one

Kyle Yang (Fortinet)
Axelle Apvrille (Fortinet)

Until recently, malware on mobile devices had not been used for organized crime involving large amounts of money. This changed when the infamous Zeus gang, known for targeting online banking, started to show a clear interest in infecting mobile…

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A nice drop of Cocoa

Mac security in general attracts a lot of attention these days, and with this in mind David Harley reviews a book that aims to help Mac developers build security into their apps from the beginning of the development process.

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What next for rogue AVs?

Dmitry Bestuzhev (Kaspersky Lab)

'The issue facing even the most experienced users is how to distinguish between fake and legitimate antivirus solutions before installing them on a computer.' Dmitry Bestuzhev, Kaspersky Lab

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