The top 10 spam, malware and cybersecurity stories of 2011

2012-01-01

Microsoft, USA

Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

2011 was filled with plenty of security stories involving spam, malware, hacking and more. Terry Zink picks out his top ten newsmakers.

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