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Angela Moscaritolo

June 26, 2009

Q2 security highlights

President Obama's cybersecurity speech was the most notable information security event from the second quarter of 2009, security vendor F-secure said in its quarterly threat summary. The most notable threats from March to June included the Conficker worm, Twitter attacks, and PDF exploits. Conficker, in particular, “proved to be the most significant malware outbreak in recent years,” F-Secure said. — AM

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Attackers use Skype, other IM apps to spread Liftoh trojan

Countries in Latin America have been the primary targets in this campaign, researchers say.

Scammers on the hunt for Memorial Day deal watchers

Like they do with major news events and other holidays, online fraudsters are seeking to cash in on the upcoming Memorial Day weekend.

Proxy research firm settles charges with SEC over client breach

Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), a research firm the advises clients on voting in proxy fights, must pay $300,000 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

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