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Phishers snare Salesforce.com data
News Salesforce.com is refusing to reveal details of a security breach caused when one of its employees surrendered their password in a phishing attack against the company. I is for IM Details of... [08 Nov 2007]
Trojan targets companies' top brass
News F-Secure security expert Patrik Runald recently postulated that the perfect attack would be a zero-day attack using a rootkit-cloaked Trojan sent to an HR manager who, due to company policy, would be... [26 Sep 2007]
Cyber criminals turn pro
News Other points from the report include the US being the top country of origin for malicious online attacks, accounting for 25 per cent of all global attack activity. I is for IM That's according to the... [17 Sep 2007]
Hacking a Mac 'just works', says researcher
News Given the root access provided by these tools, they provide at least one vector for attack. I is for IM Miller and his colleagues at Independent Security Evaluators discovered the first known... [14 Aug 2007]
Mac virus threat still "insignificant"
News However, despite all these vulnerabilities, the Mac's resilient platform, its advanced automatic software update tools and the apparent lack of attention from malware authors means Apple users are far safer from attack... [12 Jul 2007]
Data theft scam targets CEOs
News I is for IM Senior execs such as CIOs and CEOs are being singled out by increasingly sophisticated email attacks which one expert predicts could drive a wave of corporate data theft. According to MessageLabs, emails... [02 Jul 2007]
Next-generation Skype Trojan hits web
News The attack is similar to threats that target instant-messaging applications. The attack is similar to one reported in February but it has been adapted with files hosted at different locations and a new... [26 Mar 2007]
Windows has fewest security holes
News Arthur Wong, senior VP for Symantec Security Response, said attack methods used by cyber criminals are becoming more complex and sophisticated in order to escape detection. I is for IM Despite having the... [23 Mar 2007]
VoIP threats to watch out for
Comment The bulk of VoIP calls currently being made are still not properly secured and this is leaving businesses open to attack. For instance, security company Core Security Technologies discovered a vulnerability in the... [09 Mar 2007]
CIO Jury: Viruses still a major security threat
News Peter Birley, IT director at Browne Jacobson, said: "Although we haven't had a major attack for a while I don't think we can be complacent. The combination of sufficient minor repackaging of an existing exploit, so that... [25 Jan 2007]
"Highly critical" Mac OS X kernel hole unearthed
News A security researcher has published attack code for an unpatched flaw in Mac OS X. In the blog, LMH said people can prevent an attack by "changing the Preferences and deactivating the functionality for... [22 Nov 2006]
Bosses buy Bond gadgets to protect company secrets
News This means as well as buying counter-surveillance gadgets to protect themselves, companies need to make sure their computer systems aren't coming under attack. Companies should conduct a risk assessment to establish... [17 Nov 2006]
Top hacker targets named
News The list of the top 20 targets is written by members of the institute and security experts from the tech industry and government to indicate which network features could leave a company vulnerable to attack. [15 Nov 2006]
Microsoft Executive Circle Webcast: Instant Message = Instant Threat: Using Sybari's Antigen to Protect Microsoft LCS Users From IM Viruses and SPIM - Level 100
White Paper Although instant messaging gives employees access to real-time communication, it also means that companies now have employees exchanging information and files both inside and outside of the company network, leaving their network open to... [16 Jun 2006]
AIM worm chats with intended victims
News We will see one or two instances of an attack, there will be a refinement and then there will be an outbreak. A new worm that targets users of AOL Instant Messenger is believed to be the first that actually chats with... [07 Dec 2005]
