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The article presents views of several information technology (IT) experts on how to minimize risk from phishing attacks. It suggests that a layered security approach can help protecting the organizations from malware scams. According to the Corporate IT Forum's Information Security Service member, awareness is important for reducing the threat. It also presents several steps helpful against phishing including up-to-date anti-virus applications and investing in security and awareness program.

The article discusses how hardware products could be illegally used on consumers with the use of microchips or integrated circuits in hardware appliances. Topics discussed include the instances of malwares present in products which have been used by computer criminals; the need for efficient product testing to detect defects and flaws and improvement in security measures in hardware products.

The article offers tips on how to cybercrime and online fraud in small business. According to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), the leading business organisation representing the small and medium businesses in Great Britain that the estimated cybercrime cost in Great Britain was £4,000 per year. It outlines several steps to protect information in small businesses using several application and computer software.

The article focuses on the increasing incidence of internet hacking that targets small businesses, according to the annual Security Threat Report released by security software company Symantec on April 16, 2013. Symantec security response group principal manager Vikram Thakur states that attackers are focusing on small businesses as they consider them as their means to enter large company networks. It adds that Web attacks per day have reached 190,000 in 2011 and 247,000 in 2012.

Section: INFOZONE IT SECURITY Small businesses' IT systems are under increasing threat from security breaches by ever more resourceful hackers. Ross Bentley outlines some of the safeguards firms should be applying to protect important business information With the majority of small businesses now connecting to the internet via broadband and providing IT equipment for their employees to work remotely, the need to ensure their important business information is safe from a growing number of threats has never been greater.