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Well, like any other popular topic, if it&#8217;s hot news online then they will use it to their best abilities to help them steal your information.<br \/>\nToday I spoke with Security Evangelist Lloyd Borrett from AVG Aust\/NZ about what users should be on the lookout for as the Federal Election draws closer.<br \/>\n<a href='http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/AVG_Lloyd-Borrett-on-Cyber-Criminals-and-the-election.mp3'>Lloyd Borrett on Cyber Criminals and the Federal Election<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do Cyber Criminals love Elections? Well, like any other popular topic, if it&#8217;s hot news online then they will use it to their best abilities to help them steal your information. Today I spoke with Security Evangelist Lloyd Borrett from AVG Aust\/NZ about what users should be on the lookout for as the Federal Election draws closer. 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