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If your mailbox has been bombed the last couple of weeks by e-mails appearing to be from FedEx and claiming a package sent to you has gone undelivered, blame Zeus, king of criminal bots, for helping to release another Kraken on the Internet. The bogus spam e-mails are still finding their way into...

Criminals are capitalizing on a busy sports summer to fool people into clicking on soccer, golf and even paintball sites infested with malicious programs that can compromise privacy or worse, says a Czech Republic-based security software seller. The sites are on what Prague-based Avast Software...

If you've noticed an increase the amount of spam you're getting recently, you're not alone. A new method of sending spam in short concentrated bursts, the equivalent of a hit-and-run attack, is beating filters and allowing more illicit and dangerous messages to reach your inbox. USA Today reports...