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VirusBuster has detected a new trojan downloader spreading in spam.

The trojan began distributed in large numbers on the 24th of November 2008 in unsolicited e-mail messages

New variants of the Opnis trojan are seeded in large numbers in e-mail messages.

New variants of the Opnis worm are seeded in large numbers in e-mail messages.

New Brepibot variant were mass-distributed in e-mail messages.

A new Bagle variant started to spread rapidly.

New trojan downloader variants were mass-distributed in e-mail messages.

New trojan downloader variants were mass-distributed in e-mail messages.

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Security news

China arrests hacker trainers

Chinese authorities have closed down a firm that allegedly trained hackers to develop spyware and launch cyberattacks.

Patch Tuesday ahead

As usual, Microsoft has published an advance notification on the security updates planned for Tuesday, February 9.

IE hole reported

A flaw in Internet Explorer (IE) gives attackers access to files stored on a PC under certain conditions, Microsoft warned.

Conficker hits Manchester police

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has been cut off from a national criminal database for more than three days because of Conficker infection.

No password recycling!

The majority of online banking customers reuse their online banking login credentials on other websites, according to a new survey.

First iPhone, then Playstation

The first iPhone cracker has apparently cracked the Sony Playstation 3.

Employees' illegal downloads

A growing number of firms have problems with their staff illegally downloading copyrighted files whilst at work.

UK party on cybersecurity

The British Conservative Party has published a green paper which, amongst other items of national security, seeks to create a center to deal with cyberattacks against the UK.

China-US: 5:1

Chinese users are five times more likely than US users to be targeted by hackers exploiting the recently patched bug in Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

RealPlayer fixed

Experts urge users to apply a new security update for the media-playing software.