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IBM blade slashes security threat
News The IBM blade aims to reduce security threats, such as viruses and denial-of-service attacks, by performing real-time analysis of network activity so malicious traffic can be diverted. It can also help... [04 Sep 2008]
Google open sources web 2.0 security
News Last month StopBadware.org, a site sponsored by Google, found that Google itself was one of the top five networks hosting malicious web pages, largely due to the popularity among attackers of Google-owned networks such... [14 Jul 2008]
Storm botnet 'services' for hire?
News It wouldn't be a surprise if the network was used for spamming, distributed denial of service attacks, and other malicious activities. Stewart has claimed in a blog post that the latest Storm variants now use a 40-byte... [17 Oct 2007]
DoS attack could shut down the net
News He said VeriSign "hoped to get smarter" in blocking malicious traffic: "We can continue to add bandwidth but ultimately, 20 years down the road, this can't continue as a foot race. The security manager... [26 Sep 2007]
iPhone, Gmail and blogs - a corporate security nightmare
News Blogs, social networking tools and other web 2.0 technologies are another risk for information leaks or as channels for malicious software and viruses. Forrester highlighted Bluetooth, insecure home wireless networks and... [15 Jun 2007]
Malicious code getting harder to spot
News Cyber crooks who rig websites to break into PCs are getting better at hiding their malicious code, a security expert has said. Referring to security techniques based on signatures to detect malicious... [19 Apr 2007]
IE lets attackers hijack network traffic
News As a result, an attacker with access to a network, for example, at a corporation could insert a malicious proxy and see all the traffic, the researchers said. Microsoft said in its support article: "If... [26 Mar 2007]
More phishing attacks than infected emails
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said: "More email at the moment does appear to be phishy rather than containing malicious attachments. Sophos is seeing approximately 5,000 new... [31 Jan 2007]
Alert over Spybot worm
News An updated variant of a malicious bot program is spreading via a flaw in Symantec's antivirus software as well as through several holes in Microsoft code. More than 43,000 new variants of such insidious programs were... [30 Nov 2006]
Online pirates face Redmond legal blitz
News In its analysis of counterfeit software, Microsoft found software pirates actually meddle with the product and, in some cases, add malicious code, according to Lundy. The goal of our enforcement is to target enterprises... [31 Oct 2006]
Wi-fi hijack risk for Macs
News An attacker could exploit the flaw by crafting a malicious frame and making it available on a wireless network used by vulnerable Macs, Apple said. Apple's security patches come a month after security researchers at... [22 Sep 2006]
Barracuda customers left high and dry
News Virus definitions are the "fingerprints" that defensive systems use to try to identify malicious software. Their systems downloaded an incomplete antivirus update file just before 05:00(PDT) and, as a result, their... [14 Jun 2006]
Microsoft issues largest patch batch to date
News Microsoft has issued patches for 21 flaws in its software, saying all but two of them could let an intruder run malicious code on a compromised computer. Bitle said: "These [vulnerabilities] take advantage of two... [14 Jun 2006]
World Cup security: Avaya poised to tackle DoS attacks
News Avaya's business development manager in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Roger Jones, said he expected malicious computer users to reprise the to-date unsuccessful attacks against the networks servicing the 2002 World... [09 Jun 2006]
Skype - is your version secure?
News A recent vulnerability in Skype for Windows allows an attacker to steal a file from a victim's PC, provided the victim has visited a malicious website and the attacker knows the file's location. Gartner analyst Lawrence... [30 May 2006]
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