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Microsoft: Trojan threat is rising
News Vulnerabilities are decreasing but becoming easier to exploit; Trojans are the biggest threat; and Chinese computers are infected with more browser-based exploits than anywhere else. George... [04 Nov 2008]
Stark warning over cyber attacks on UK businesses
News But he added the UK government felt the risk of a cyber terrorist attack was low due to a "lack of capability and difficulties with understanding the vulnerabilities in the infrastructure". He said the CPNI was committed... [29 Oct 2008]
Virtualisation: At risk from attack
News Acknowledging that it would be a matter of time before hackers act on "unprotected vulnerabilities that the technology presents", he warned: "Virtualisation may become the next frontier for black hats. [20 Oct 2008]
Google's Android: Beware the malware?
News Speaking at a recent roundtable discussion in London, Symantec COO Enrique Salem agreed that the open nature of the OS will present new vulnerabilities for users. The OS could also expose users to new types of fraud,... [14 Oct 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News A trio of studies have painted a damning picture of business security, with online vulnerabilities rising as companies and authorities fail to apply patches, update antivirus software and leave firewalls disabled. [19 Jun 2008]
iPhone: Beware the wi-fi security threat
News He said: "We're going to find a lot of executives using the iPhone's push email to combine their personal and business messages.combined with the ever-increasing use [on the iPhone] of web 2.0 applications, there are a lot of... [12 Jun 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News He said: "I think that the fact that businesses depend on applications to make them successful, but they're also the biggest weaknesses because of the vulnerabilities that we have in applications. Schmidt also stressed... [24 Apr 2008]
Malicious software overtakes friendly apps
News Of the 2,134 application vulnerabilities recorded in the latest report, web applications dominated the list, making up 58 per cent of the total. Web browser Mozilla Firefox was also found to have contained more... [09 Apr 2008]
Security threats revealed: Beware the metasploit
News Among the less familiar new threats are metasploit releases, which target networks by simultaneously attacking a number of vulnerabilities (up to 200) on a different platforms including Windows, Linux and the iPhone. [09 Apr 2008]
Phishers attack social networking generation
News The report also notes vulnerabilities in websites are increasingly popular malware vectors as they allow for more sophisticated and multi-stage attacks. Social-networking websites are fast becoming a key target for... [09 Apr 2008]
Gmail cookie flaw 'puts email at risk'
News In the last year or so, [XSS vulnerabilities] have been used by attackers to grab cookie values and therefore gain access to normally password-protected sites. When you have organisations like Google spending countless... [27 Sep 2007]
Mac virus threat still "insignificant"
News Apple has plugged around 100 vulnerabilities in OS X so far this year but the malware threat to Mac customers is insignificant compared to users of Microsoft Windows. So far this year, Apple users have... [12 Jul 2007]
Phishers jump on the iPhone bandwagon
News Henry said: "This threat is particularly insidious in that scripts within the HTML code returned to the user contain exploit code for multiple vulnerabilities to improve the malicious hacker's chances of... [03 Jul 2007]
Windows has fewest security holes
News Microsoft Windows has the lowest number of vulnerabilities and the fastest turnaround time for patches of all commercial operating systems - but it also has the most serious flaws, according to Symantec. [23 Mar 2007]
Public sector lacks data-security sense
News There is also a lack of awareness of technical countermeasures, system infrastructure, threats and vulnerabilities, how to improve skills and competencies, and how to perform risk analyses, according to the CSIA member. [02 Feb 2007]
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