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The Motley Fool January 9, 2008 Selena Maranjian	Congratulations, You've Been Breached The next time you see a company going through a scandal or crisis, ask yourself whether it's likely to inflict permanent damage -- or whether it may end up making the company stronger.
InternetNews January 8, 2008 Andy Patrizio	Move Over Storm, There's a New Botnet in Town Nugache, a once-minor botnet, gets an extreme makeover and may be rivaling Storm in terms of size and scale of nuisance.
InternetNews January 8, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Zango Pleads 'Not Guilty' in Facebook Adware Flap Online media firm Zango is firing back after a highly publicized security warning charged it with illicitly spreading adware through a rapidly spreading Facebook widget.
Information Today January 7, 2008	Pew Internet Project Issues New Report on Information Searching The report said that recent national survey results challenge the assumption that libraries are losing relevance in the internet age. Here are some statistics from the survey.
PC World December 31, 2007 Erik Larkin	Malware Evolving Too Fast for Antivirus Apps Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade even the best security programs.
InternetNews January 4, 2008 Kenneth Corbin	Facebook's 'Secret Crush' is a Malware App Now operating under a new name, the first documented adware widget continues to ricochet across Facebook.
InternetNews January 4, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner	Warning on Spoofed Login Windows in Firefox A new phishing flaw emerges as security researcher alleges risk and Mozilla investigates.
Bank Technology News January 2008 Glen Fest	ID Theft: Assessing the Impact of An Odd ID Theft Survey The FTC's latest survey seems to prove the difficulty, and maybe futility, of measuring identity theft crime. Will it be used to set back prevention efforts?
Bank Technology News January 2008 Rebecca Sausner	Infragard Alliance: Keep 'em Coming; The FBI Loves SARs The FBI publicly thanks bankers for the more than 500,000 suspicious activity reports they filed last year.
Wall Street & Technology December 19, 2007 Melanie Rodier	U.S. Banks Are Targets in 60 Percent of Worldwide Phishing Attacks Phishing attacks against global banking brands target U.S. institutions most, according to security solutions provider RSA.
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