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Phishing E-Mails Dramatically, Inexplicably Drop in First Half of Year

Aug 26, 2009 -The amount of phishing emails has precipitously dropped since this time last year, reports the Associated Press.

Hackers Riddle Fake DHS E-mails with Malware

Aug 25, 2009 -Hackers have a new guise to attack federal, state, and local government and law enforcement departments: fake malware-riddled e-mails from the Department of Homeland Security.

China: Hacker Schools Become Big Business

Aug 05, 2009 -China has seen the emergence of online training schools that teach students the skills necessary to either be a network defender or a cybercriminal.

Hack Works Like Phone Tap

Aug 03, 2009 -Hackers at the Black Hat and DefCon security conferences this weekend demonstrated a hack that works much like a phone tap does, the Associated Press reports.

Pentagon Weighs Banning Social Networking

Jul 30, 2009 -The Pentagon is once again seriously considering a "near-total ban" of all social networking Web sites from its unclassified network, Wired.com's Danger Room blog reports.

Jul 30, 2009 -Britain's domestic intelligence agency has admitted that a vulnerability in its Web site's search engine could have allowed hackers to divert visitors to malicious pages, reports ZDNet UK.

Tight Budgets Harm IT Security, RSA Survey Says

Jul 29, 2009 -Over half the respondents surveyed by the RSA Conference said their top security concern was budgetary constraints.

Internet's Anonymity Protects Cyberattackers

Jul 17, 2009 -Despite evidence that a British company's servers unleashed a recent wave of cyberattacks against U.S. and South Korean government and commercial Web sites, cybersecurity experts say it's hard to find a smoking gun in cyberspace's murky environs.

Survey: 17 Percent Responded to Spam Despite Most Knowing the Danger

Jul 17, 2009 -A new survey may make you question how schooled the average Internet user is in Internet security.

Spam Explodes in First Half of 2009

Jul 13, 2009 -Spam has once again reached the same volume it did in November 2008, when the servers of a major spamming company were disconnected, according to e-mail and Web security firm Marshal8e6.

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