The top news in IT this week was iOS4 and iPhone 4. Verizon Business Cybertrust Security customers should feel little impact from Apple’s releases as the enterprise support for iPhone is still maturing. Physical loss of the device with enterprise data on it remains the primary iPhone/iPad risk consideration. Apple’s releases, the World Cup and the anniversary of Michael Jackson’s death were found in bait messages for spam, phishing and malware attacks.  Sophos reported targeted malware attacks with PDF attachments. M86 Security warns of a new round of Asprox SQL injection attacks. An unusual and memorable report this week came from CA’s Internet Security Business Unit in Melbourne: they encountered a Wank worm infection. In more recent history, the Risk Team prompts our customers to recall the Twilight films were used as bait for malware in August, November and December of last year and also recall Santayana’s admonition. Firefox and Chrome users: time to update.

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