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    Security industry faces attacks it cannot stop 12/03/2010 07:13:00

    Tests find that most AV is still not blocking Aurora exploit
    At the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week, security vendors pitched their next-generation of security products, promising to protect customers from security threats in the cloud and on mobile devices. But what went largely unsaid was that the industry has failed to protect paying customers from some of today's most pernicious threats.
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    Counterfeit card fraud drops by half in the UK 11/03/2010 08:17:00

    But online banking fraud continues to rise, according to figures from financial institutions
    Fraud losses due to counterfeit payment cards fell by half in 2009 from the year prior in the U.K., but online banking losses continued to rise, according to new banking industry figures released Wednesday.
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    Twitter to begin screening some links for phishing 11/03/2010 06:09:00

    Twitter will shorten some links sent through the service to twt.tl
    Twitter launched a new link-screening service on Tuesday aimed at preventing phishing and other malicious attacks against users of the popular microblogging service.
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    US expert: Chinese gov't likely behind massive cyberattacks 11/03/2010 07:25:00

    US lawmakers are calling for new policies for dealing with the Chinese government
    The Chinese government is likely behind recent cyberattacks on U.S. government Web sites and on U.S. companies in an apparent effort to quash criticism of the government there, an expert on U.S. and Chinese relations said Wednesday.
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    Hackers exploit latest IE zero-day with drive-by attacks 11/03/2010 06:26:00

    Researchers expect attacks to explode once exploit code goes public
    Hackers are exploiting the just-disclosed unpatched bug in Internet Explorer (IE) to launch drive-by attacks from malicious Web sites, security researchers said today.
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    Hackers love to exploit PDF bugs, says researcher 11/03/2010 08:25:00

    Last month's Adobe Reader vulnerability now under attack, says F-Secure and Microsoft
    Hackers adore Adobe Reader, and have pushed it into first place as the software most often exploited in targeted attacks, a Finnish security company said today.
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