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Spyware, Adware, and Peer-to-Peer Networks: The Hidden Threat to Corporate Security
White Paper This paper will explain these threats: spyware, the adware it supports, and the P2P networks that help spread this and other malware. Secondly, no less than 70% of companies consider that P2P file sharing is creating an "open door" into their... [03 Jul 2008]
Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing?
Comment Culture secretary Andy Burnham clearly thinks the spread of online piracy dangerously undermines the entertainment industries and dilutes the value of copyright law. Not all aspects of file-sharing are illegal and distinguishing the legitimate from... [22 Feb 2008]
European Software Vendor Helps Information Workers Collaborate More Efficiently
White Paper However, this is a time-consuming process and, on a project involving multiple offices spread across different continents, can create large overheads. Velodoc is a Web-server and services solution developed on the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 for... [22 May 2007]
Windows attack worm warning
News The messaging-security company has seen a 23 per cent growth in the total number of so-called zombie PCs it has detected and attributed that to the spread of Mocbot worm variants that exploit MS06-040. [01 Sep 2006]
Virus writer suspects bagged by police
News The worm spread via file-sharing networks and again created a backdoor that connected the compromised machine to an IRC channel. Police in London, acting in conjunction with Finnish law enforcement authorities, arrested three suspected virus... [28 Jun 2006]
First PC-to-mobile virus flagged
News Security firm F-Secure last September found a Trojan horse that attempts to spread from smart phones to users' PCs, marking one of the first cases of virus "cross-sharing" between the two devices. The Mobile Antivirus Researchers Association said... [01 Mar 2006]
Gartner: Don't believe the tech security myths
News The analyst pointed out that smart phones and wireless-equipped personal digital assistants have not reached the critical mass necessary for malware to spread widely. But the only worm that has spread very quickly was SQL Slammer, said Williams. [25 Jul 2005]
Zombies: There are too many of them, says McAfee
News The programs spread to vulnerable computers via chat room servers and file-sharing networks, experts said, and often go undetected by the PCs' owners. Intruders can remotely control a network of infected machines to launch attacks on other... [12 Jul 2005]
Microsoft working on P2P file-sharing application
News But, claims Microsoft, because the load is spread more evenly, it can be more efficient. Microsoft is working on its own file-sharing application, codenamed Avalanche. Unveiled at Microsoft's open day by its UK researchers in Cambridge, the project... [17 Jun 2005]
Viruses and spam won't halt IM use
News More and more viruses and worms are using a variety of different methods to spread, including email, instant messaging, internet relay chat and file-sharing networks," said Cluley. It isn't much extra effort for them and may increase the chances... [17 Nov 2004]
Unpatched PCs down to 20min "survival time"
News If the internet service provider blocks the data channels commonly used by worms to spread, then a PC user will have more time to patch. In a guide to patching a new Windows system, the Internet Storm Centre recommends that users turn off Windows... [18 Aug 2004]
Blaster suspect admits to court he created virus
News The site allegedly had source code for other worms, including one designed to spread via file-sharing networks. A 19-year-old Minneapolis man has pleaded guilty to unleashing part of the MSBlast worm attack that wreaked havoc on the internet last... [12 Aug 2004]
Zafi top threat as Netsky nuisance persists
News Sasser is also lingering in the list of top 10 reported viruses, and Bagle and Sober are also present with one iteration each, but it is the continued spread and proliferation of Netsky that is cause for the greatest concern. [01 Jul 2004]
Canadians arrest teen over Randex worm
News The worm originally spread via IRC and file-sharing networks such as Kazaa and LimeWire but has been modified to automatically replicate in a similar way to the Sasser and MSBlast worms. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have arrested a... [27 May 2004]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Hype and Skype
Comment This has been compounded and supported by the rapid spread of Wi-Fi providing a very powerful platform for users on the move. The founders of the Kazaa file-sharing network have hit the headlines with an internet telephony service called Skype. [21 Apr 2004]
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