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In principle it may appear that nothing much has changed on the cyber front. Attacks, exploits, botnets, fraud, scams, spam, they are all still there in varying quantities. But there does seem to be some specific change happening by comparisonwith previous years. It appears that the media have begun following global threat trends more consistently and more often, which is definitely good news, though most still prefer just to write about whichever virus is the latest sensation. Unfortunately, credit for this can be attributed less to experts' valiant and continuous efforts to raise awareness, than to the overwhelming growth and presence of cybercriminal activities, which it really isn’t possible any longer to ignore. But the media are still mainly influenced by their own perception of the “newsworthiness” of specific topics, so here is a quick look at how certain cybersecurity topics have been covered recently.