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White Paper Because it is not always easy to distinguish between threats to individual users and threats to networks, this paper covers the whole range of threats from simple scams... [02 Sep 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News Other threats exist in the virtual worlds also. The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who attempt to hide their profits through the exchange of virtual currencies, Dr Igor Muttik, a... [28 Aug 2008]
Email Traffic: A Quantitative Snapshot
White Paper Not only have spam and viruses taken their toll on business networks, but fraud and phishing scams, designed to hijack financial and personal consumer information from the Internet, have become so prevalent and damaging... [20 Feb 2008]
Ensuring Email Security: The Benefits of Using a Perimeter-Based Managed Service
White Paper Not only have spam and viruses taken their toll on business networks, but fraud and phishing scams, designed to hijack financial and personal consumer information from the Internet, have become so prevalent and damaging... [20 Feb 2008]
Police unprepared for security 'arms race'
News Hartman said that with online scams worth billions of dollars and growth of state-sponsored hacking of corporate and national infrastructure, the need for specialised units has never been greater. There's no question... [14 Feb 2008]
Macs no longer safe from cyberattacks
News If Mac users fall for scams that PC users have faced for years, it won't be long before criminal gangs exploit them, say security experts. Ducklin added: "What we're saying is that if you actually recognise the dangers... [23 Jan 2008]
Own Your LAN With Arp Poison Routing
White Paper The Internet reports on new vulnerabilities, carries new viruses and their corresponding definitions, and spreads spy-ware, mal-ware, and bogus e-mail phishing scams every day. There are other vulnerabilities besides... [06 Dec 2007]
Stopping Spam and Other E-Mail Threats
White Paper Spam, spyware, phishing, and other e-mail scams are wasting your valuable IT resources. See how a unique two-layer solution effectively filters out spam and other e-mail threats without disrupting... [26 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... [24 Oct 2007]
Is Skype secure enough for businesses?
Comment While Skype's strong encryption prevents interception and eavesdropping, the software is still vulnerable to the vishing (phishing scams over VoIP) and social engineering threats that email and telephony... [02 Apr 2007]
Get ready for attacks on VoIP...
News These future threats include voice spam, where voice messages inundate company networks, and phishing (or vishing) scams which use this voice spam to gain personal information. Other... [13 Nov 2006]
Cheap VoIP? It's a 'vish' come true for scammers...
News Cheaply available voice over IP numbers and net calling are helping crooks launch new data-thieving scams, a security company has warned. Phishing is one of the most common threats. In a twist on... [11 Jul 2006]
Best Practices: Protecting Against the Growing Threat of Phishing Scams
White Paper Phishing threats are growing in sophistication and are potential impacts to Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). Technology certainly plays a major role in helping to reduce the risk and consequences of an attack but... [05 Jul 2006]
Help users recognize and defend home networks against spam, spyware, scams, pop-ups and cookies
White Paper This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Home Networking Simplified, helps end users protect their home networks against spam, spyware, pop-ups, scams and cookies. In addition to viruses and worms, users must protect... [25 May 2006]
10 Internet threats your users should ignore
White Paper Share this list to help them learn to recognize the various scams and hoaxes making the rounds. They'll learn to spot popular scams such as: You've got your hands full dealing with real security... [18 May 2006]
