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• Symantec identifies third Downadup/Conficker variant

  Downadup variant is better at defending itself from anti-malware technologies.

• Downadup: Expert worries about smart phone, TinyURL threats

  Malware writers just waiting for financial incentive to strike, F-Secure exec warns.

• Security networks send spammers underground

  Botnet commanders spread out to evade attacks

• Researchers wait for Downadup worm's second act

  Security researchers at a loss as to what hackers plan to do with the massive Downadup botnet.

• US-CERT: Microsoft's advice on Downadup is flawed

  Instructions for disabling Windows' Autorun are flawed, security group says

• 1 in 3 Windows PCs vulnerable to worm attack

  Slow corporate patch cycles remain a problem