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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2 will come with a new user security features: anti-malware protection. “The features are designed to combat the rising tide of drive-by downloads and malicious scripts contained within carefully crafted links embedded in e-mail and Web pages,” says CNET News. “Most of the new features require systems to be running Windows Vista […]

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics’ first survey of personal fraud says Australians lost almost $1 billion to fraud and scams last year. More than 800,000, “fell victim in some way to at least one instance of fraud, representing 5 per cent of the population aged 15 and older,” says Australian IT, going on: Of those, 453,100 lost […]

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