aol instant messenger
Client-Side Vulnerabilities
White Paper Viruses originated outside the LAN, and since Internet Explorer, Outlook, Adobe Acrobat Reader or AOL Instant Messenger lived behind a firewall, it was easy to jump to the conclusion that they were clean. [03 Jul 2008]
Threats to Instant Messaging
White Paper This includes AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), ICQ, MSN Messenger (also known as Windows Messenger), and Yahoo! Messenger. Instant messaging is an up and coming threat as a carrier for malware. Consequently, instant messengers can transfer worms and... [03 Jul 2008]
Photos: Behind the scenes at the iPhone SDK launch
Photo AOL's Rizwan Sattar demonstrates his company's Instant Messenger for the iPhone. Here are some photos from the official launch of Apple's iPhone software development kit. The SDK gives the hot-shot gadget its way into the corporate - and even the... [07 Mar 2008]
Symantec Security Response: Top Five Instant Messaging Security Risks for 2006
White Paper Global services such as AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, and Yahoo! Messenger each report over 1 billion messages sent per day, and IM traffic is expected to exceed email traffic by the end of 2006. [01 Mar 2008]
Google Talk's birthday present: An upgrade
News opened its latest Yahoo Messenger with Voice, with nearly 200 plug-ins, to the public. Microsoft publicly launched its new Windows Live Messenger in June and added drag-and-drop file sharing and automatic contact updating. [16 Aug 2006]
Google spells out its verb case scenario
News AOL is another technology company which has fought the tendency of brands to become generic, contacting the media in the past over the use of 'instant messenger' to describe any IM application, claiming that to be its brand. [14 Aug 2006]
Microsoft and Yahoo! IM working in unison
News The companies announced plans last October to make their IM services interoperable, in what analysts said was a shot to market leader AOL Instant Messenger and a defensive jab against Google Talk. The companies are set to today release a limited... [13 Jul 2006]
Six Top Concerns About Spyware
White Paper There have been many reports by users of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) who state that after they downloaded the game and new versions that they began getting messages that AIM was spyware when they ran their scans. [09 Jun 2006]
Radioactive: Is mobile IM bad for business?
Comment Users have needed to either download mobile clients of the existing public IM systems, like MSN Messenger, or use proprietary, operator-controlled IM systems. For the public IM networks - AOL, MSN, Yahoo! [21 Feb 2006]
Google's Gmail and Talk to get together for a Chat
News Messenger contacts are online and allows them to launch a dialogue with them instantly, as well as letting them make voice calls. AOL's AIM Triton offers integrated email, instant messaging, SMS text messaging and voice and video chat. [07 Feb 2006]
Yahoo! raises its Voice with new VoIP services
News Google launched its PC-to-PC call-enabled Google Talk instant messenger program in August. Messenger with Voice. Messenger and MSN Messenger offer free PC-to-PC calling and the ability to communicate with each others' networks. [08 Dec 2005]
AIM worm chats with intended victims
News A new worm that targets users of AOL Instant Messenger is believed to be the first that actually chats with the intended victim to dupe the target into activating a malicious payload, IM security vendor IMlogic warned on Tuesday. [07 Dec 2005]
Reuters IM ready to chat to AOL and MSN
News Reuters has announced its bespoke instant messenger is now interoperable with the public services provided by AOL and MSN. He added: "The controls which are in place in terms of securing and auditing communications are all still there, they're just... [22 Nov 2005]
Hacker group uses BitTorrent for breaches
News Security sleuths at FaceTime Communications say they have linked a group of hackers operating in the Middle East to a worm that began spreading last month via AOL's Instant Messenger service. Subsequent research has revealed that the rootkit worm... [18 Nov 2005]
IM threats rocketing - and rocking firms
News The most commonly targeted service over the past year was MSN Messenger, which was targeted in 62 per cent of instances. Second was AOL (31 per cent) and third was Yahoo! However, last month saw a reversal of the top two, with AOL targeted 66 per... [02 Nov 2005]
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