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Britain's Open University Switches to FaceTime for Instant Messaging Management
White Paper The sheer size and scale of the OU community, as well as its ever-changing population, renders its IT systems vulnerable to malware infections, so IT staff needed to prevent worms and viruses from using this new channel to invade and exploit the... [16 Jun 2007]
Malware writers target open source
News Ooi noted that open source software in itself is not more vulnerable to attacks compared to proprietary software. The recent OpenOffice worm may be a sign that malware writers are starting to target the increasingly popular open source software... [14 Jun 2007]
Automated Web Patrol With Strider HoneyMonkeys: Finding Web Sites That Exploit Browser Vulnerabilities
White Paper This paper describes the design and implementation of the Strider HoneyMonkey Exploit Detection System, which consists of a pipeline of "Monkey programs" running possibly vulnerable browsers on virtual machines with different patch levels and... [23 May 2007]
The dos and don'ts of VoIP security
Comment Phones, for example, can become vulnerable if their passwords are not changed as they offer many points of entry for hackers. Make no mistake, says Anthony Plewes, VoIP is an attractive target for hackers and malware writers. [04 Apr 2007]
Is Skype secure enough for businesses?
Comment While Skype's strong encryption prevents interception and eavesdropping, the software is still vulnerable to the vishing (phishing scams over VoIP) and social engineering threats that email and telephony also suffer from. [02 Apr 2007]
Windows at risk from fancy cursors
News Spyware and remote control tools that turn PCs into drones for the attacker are silently loaded onto vulnerable computers by tricking people to visit a rigged website or hacking a trusted site. Malware exploiting this vulnerability has been... [30 Mar 2007]
Microsoft points to early Vista flaw
News Mike Reavey, operations manager at Microsoft's Security Response Center, revealed last Friday that Vista is vulnerable to a flaw that allows a malicious hacker to escalate user privileges within several versions of Windows. [28 Dec 2006]
Old malware can affect Vista, admits Microsoft
News Security vendor Sophos reported last week that Microsoft's Vista is vulnerable to at least three pieces of widespread malware, two of which date back to 2004. could be vulnerable to social-engineering attacks. [05 Dec 2006]
OpenOffice secure?
News This suite is up to now still vulnerable to many potential malware attacks," they added. A report on the security of OpenOffice has caused a stir in the open source community by highlighting six security "issues" around the open source desktop... [16 Aug 2006]
Analysis: What's the next malware threat?
Comment Furthermore it emerged that he controlled some 400,000 computers around the world, which he could manipulate remotely to do his bidding - to generate advertisement traffic, to send out infected software to more vulnerable computers, to pump out spam. [12 Apr 2006]
Zotob worm targets Windows 2000
Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos said in a statement yesterday: "There will be many Windows computers that will not have been patched yet and may be vulnerable to infection and compromise. [15 Aug 2005]
JPEG-based virus attack gets closer
This flaw was patched by Microsoft last year, but it is likely that some users are still vulnerable, particularly as the flaw affected a number of Microsoft's products. Malware writers are probably writing the virus on their one and only machine... [04 Aug 2005]
Cisco flaw presentation spreads across the Web
These practices make the Internet more, not less, vulnerable,' said Forno. Even if hackers manage to develop malware that can exploit the flaws described in Lynn's presentation, they are unlikely to threaten the general health of the Internet... [01 Aug 2005]
Sophos' flagship product is flawed
News According to the company advisory: "Although theoretically a risk, Sophos has not seen any examples of malware attempting to exploit this vulnerability. Sophos has announced a flaw in its flagship antivirus product but said it is working on fixes. [29 Jul 2005]
Gartner: Don't believe the tech security myths
News The idea that a worm could infect every vulnerable system on the internet within 15 minutes is a worrying proposition, as hardly anybody would have time to take defensive action. The second proposition he tackled was that "mobile malware will cause... [25 Jul 2005]
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