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Site Map - Web-based Threats

Reported Cybercrime Cost U.S. $240 Million

- Online auction fraud is the favored tactic of criminals to defraud their victims.

Don't Get Scammed

- Identity thieves and other cybercriminals are on the prowl this tax season.

Leopard Killed First in Hacker Competition

- The contest pitted hackers against three operating systems: Linux's Ubuntu, Mac's Leopard, and Microsoft's Vista.

Spam Explosion

- Spam has exploded, accounting for 90 to 95 percent of all e-mail sent in 2007, reports Barracuda Networks.

E-mail Encryption Gets Practical

- More companies are considering new products and technologies that allow for easy encryption of e-mail.

Russian Cybercrooks Adopt Lower Profile

- How publicity killed the Russian Business Network.

Conference Promotes Data Sharing Among CISOs

- A new security conference organized by eBay gets CISOs to do what they are most reluctant to do: share data about information vulnerabilities.

Vista Threats

- Threats to Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system as well as a handful of Web-related dangers are listed in McAfee Avert Labs’ Top 10 Security Threats for 2008.

Beware Spyware

- Spyware edged out viruses, worms, and browser-embedded attacks as companies’ biggest IT security concern, according to a new survey.

Quick Bytes: Danger Ahead

- A growing number of Web dangers and threats targeting Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system are listed in McAfee Avert Labs’ Top 10 Security Threats for 2008.

Internet Threat Management

- A growing number of business organizations are hiring firms to scour the Web to target and shut down threats where they originate.