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Russia and China 'behind current spam deluge'

As hardcore criminals step up their spamming, experts believe that nine out of 10 of all e-mails may soon be unsolicited junk. Read more »

Russia steals malware gold from China

Russia has passed China to become the largest generator of spyware and other malicious code, according to a report. Read more »

eBay fraud of no concern to Eastern Europe

eBay is decrying the lack of interest in cybercrime by authorities in countries such as Romania, Russia, and China. Read more »

Australia number one in Asia Pacific for offshoring

The Bric countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) dominate a list ranking the top 30 global offshoring locations. Read more »

IBM goes on mainframe offensive

IBM has plans in place to spend tens of millions of dollars to coax new customers to buy the company's mainframes. Read more »

Russia gets budget version of Windows

Microsoft will release a low-price version of Windows in Russia by the end of the year, an effort to wean consumers in that country off pirated software and Linux. Read more »

Infamous Russian malware gang disappears

An alleged Russian malware hosting gang has abruptly disappeared, according to security experts. Read more »

China looks into Windows code

The lab to study the Microsoft Windows operating system source code was set up last week in Beijing, China. Read more »

China hosts nearly half of malware sites

China is host to almost half of the world's malware-infected Web sites. Read more »

Opera CEO: Chrome has been very good for us

Opera CEO Jon von Tetzchner was in town today, so I spent a few minutes with him talking about the browser company he co-founded way back in 1995. With browser battles raging, I wanted to know how this almost historic company was holding up. Read more »

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Interview: Microsoft's security guru, Steve Riley

Before the start of Tech.Ed 06 Builder AU caught up with Steve Riley who works at Microsoft as a Senior Security Strategist to talk about Vista's new networking stack, security vs usability, and the uptake of IPv6. Read more »

Blog (1)

5 reasons restricting hacking is not like gun control

Nick Gibson [blogs:byteclub] -- Let's get it out of the way: Guns don't kill people, people with guns kill people. People with hacking tools can steal your personal data, shut down your system and deface your web site -- but is that any reason to ban them? Read more »

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