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• Email viruses creep up as spam falls in April

  Malicious emails took the lead from spam as the biggest cyber threat in Australia during April as targeted attacks continued to rise.
  

• Rustock botnet goes quiet, reason for takedown unclear

  Notorious spam botnet Rustock has gone quiet and security analysts aren't sure why.

• Spam on the rise again in Australia after lull: MessageLabs

  Following the dip in January by the removal of some botnet providers, spam is on the rise again in Australia, according to security experts.

• Spam Traffic Returns after Holiday Break

  Spammers are people too...apparently. They have families and want to take a vacation to spend quality time with them over the traditional holiday break just like everyone else. Or, at least that is the way that it appears if you follow the trends in spam traffic.

• After holiday lull, spam plague returns

  After a holiday hiatus, spammers have returned to ply their trade boosting bogus products, security researchers said today.

• Targeted attacks rise, retail sector under siege

  Targeted attacks via fraudulent and dangerous e-mail are on the rise, according to a Symantec report published today. These attacks are typically aimed at corporative executives, to fool them into opening malicious attachments or links so the perpetrators can take control of desktop computers.

• New cyber attacks more malicious than Love Bug: Symantec

  A decade after the Love Bug virus attacked millions of computers worldwide and put the Philippines in the IT world map in a negative way, computer security experts have noticed that today's computer attacks are more malicious than the original computer security threat.

• Post-acquisition, MessageLabs harmonizes with Symantec

  Symantec has taken a relatively hands-off approach with its integration of hosted messaging provider MessageLabs since its acquisition of the company in November 2008, according to MessageLabs' former CEO.