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Will 2015 be a happy new year for Internet users? Not if cyber criminals have their way.

Online security companies have been making their predictions for 2015, from the malware that will be trying to weasel its way onto our computers and smartphones to the prospect of cyber war involving state-sponsored hackers.

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