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Mozilla: Chrome won't kill our Google friendship
News The two software players already have a number of collaborations under their belt, including a malware and phishing shield that forms part of Firefox and could well turn up in Chrome too and the union most recently bore fruit with Breakpad, a... [02 Sep 2008]
IE8 unleashed as Microsoft plays Firefox catch-up
News In addition to blocking phishing sites, IE 8 now highlights the main domain of any website you visit - so if you think you are on eBay's site and something other than ebay.com is highlighted, chances are you are on the wrong website. [28 Aug 2008]
Scalability, Fidelity, and Containment in the Potemkin Virtual Honeyfarm
White Paper Such infections are at the root of modern scourges including DDoS extortion, on-line identity theft, SPAM, phishing, and piracy. The rapid evolution of large-scale worms, viruses and bot-nets have made Internet malware a pressing concern. [11 Jul 2008]
Sophos Case Study: Everyone.net
White Paper After three years experience with Sophos securing its customers against viruses, spyware, and other malware, the company chose Sophos solutions to improve spam and phishing protection for users, and to safeguard its network from zombie attacks. [03 Jul 2008]
Anti-malware: Top of the list for Internet Explorer 8
News The addition of malware protection to the existing anti-phishing protection will be rebranded as the Microsoft SmartScreen filter. Perhaps the most anticipated addition is Internet Explorer's new anti-malware protection. [03 Jul 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The UK Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime pinpoints a surge in attempts to hijack bank accounts using email phishing and key logging malware.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. [06 Jun 2008]
Security threats revealed: Beware the metasploit
News The key security threats facing businesses range from mutations of established methods - such as malware or phishing - to less well-known ones, such as metasploit releases and 'pass the hash' attacks. [09 Apr 2008]
Phishers attack social networking generation
News The report states "66 per cent of phishing attacks in the US were directed towards social-networking sites". The report reveals that, for the second half of 2007, there were 87,963 "phishing hosts", an increase of 167 per cent from the first half... [09 Apr 2008]
Are You Prepared? Meeting PCI and Data Security Challenges
White Paper How to meet PCI virus scanning requirements -including the detection and removal of malware, phishing attacks and unwanted spam - using the same policy-based platform that detects and encrypts cardholder information. [07 Apr 2008]
Proactive Security at Mail Gateway - MailScan 5 for SMTP Servers
White Paper It protects organizations against Viruses, Worms, Trojans, Backdoors and many other malware, blocks Spam and Phishing mails, while providing total Content Security for email traffic. MailScan 5 for SMTP Servers is the world's most advanced... [12 Mar 2008]
Symantec Security Response: Top Five Instant Messaging Security Risks for 2006
White Paper As one of the most successful and widely deployed applications on the Internet, IM has increasingly become the target for attackers to propagate IM-borne viruses, worms, Spam over IM (SPIM), malware, and phishing attacks. [01 Mar 2008]
MessageLabs Intelligence: October 2007--"MP3 Stock Spam Is Up...More Spammers Sent Down"
White Paper Phishing - One in 174.0 emails comprised a phishing attack (a decrease of 0.6% since September) Viruses - One in 161.5 emails in October contained malware (a decrease of 1.4% since September) Top line results of this report include: [29 Jan 2008]
Phishers snare Salesforce.com data
News According to Harris: "A few days ago a new wave of phishing attempts that included attached malware - software that secretly installs viruses or keyloggers - appeared and seemed to be targeted at a broader group of customers. [08 Nov 2007]
Security threats evolve again
News Speaking at the RSA Conference Europe 2007, Ben Fathi, corporate vice president of development for the Windows Core Operating System Division at Microsoft, said: "It shouldn't come as any surprise that as we improve the security of the operating... [24 Oct 2007]
MessageLabs Intelligence Report, October 2006: "Do you want spam with that spam?"
White Paper Phishing: 1 in 190 emails contained a phishing attack Viruses: 1 in 100.3 emails contained malware View the latest expert analysis on the current threat landscape in the MessageLabs Intelligence October 2006 Report. [05 Sep 2007]
