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News
OECD calls for coordination and cooperation
Organization issues 'Recommendation on Cross-Border Cooperation in the Enforcement of Laws against Spam'.
VoIP phishing scam
New species of phish spotted.
Spam papers available
Organizers of the 2006 Spam Conference encourage you to get reading.
Feature
Turn off your PC
Tomer Honen explains why being mugged at gunpoint could cost you less than being the target of the next multi-stage phishing attack.
Virus Bulletin
Virus Bulletin - May 2006
Don't bring a knife to a gunfight (comment); Regional threats (feature); Malware Penetration Index: a new virus metric (technical feature); A different look at the rootkit installation process (technical feature); eTrust Internet Security Suite (product review)
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VB100 certification
The final VB100 of the year sees a double whammy of potential
pitfalls for our comparative participants - the
Vista operating system, which still seems shiny
and new as well as a little scary (to both developers and users), as well
as the x64 architecture, whose ostensible compatibility with standard
32-bit software belies oddities and intricacies that developers ignore at
their peril. The announcement of the test brought a few surprises, as
several regulars opted to skip this one, but the majority of veteran
competitors took part as usual, along with several newer faces, many of
whom look set to join the ranks of our regulars.
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