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White Paper Microsoft Outlook has been a favorite victim of virus makers for its relatively easy access to the user's address book. It examines the structure of the address book, and the method in which most viruses spread. [19 Feb 2008]
Microsoft Outlook: Security Features and Vulnerabilities
White Paper Microsoft Outlook has been a favorite victim of virus makers for its relatively easy access to the user's address book. It examines the structure of the address book, and the method in which most viruses spread. [19 Feb 2008]
Rootkit to protect Trojans goes live
News VeriSign said: "This rootkit is especially damaging due to the difficulty involved in removing it… [and] contains several exploits used to install the rootkit on unpatched victim computers. The MBR rootkit does not appear as a single file, which... [10 Jan 2008]
Next-generation Skype Trojan hits web
News Once infected, a computer will be at the beck and call of the attacker and the Trojan horse will start sending messages to the victim's Skype contacts to propagate, Websense said. Miscreants have spread it via spam email, as well as Skype. [26 Mar 2007]
The biggest VoIP security threats - and how to stop them
Comment Other approaches would be to only allow particular callers through by having the system determine the caller's identity but this could fall victim to spoofing. Certainly spammers wield enough power and would be enthusiastic adopters of a new voice... [22 Mar 2007]
Can you trust what you read online?
Comment The community-edited online encyclopedia Wikipedia is a high profile victim of the web's own 'open skies' policy - one that struggles to maintain the truthfulness of its content. He said: "There is a great danger that it becomes a place where... [08 Nov 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Scam repeats
Comment Some unsuspecting victim would pick up the disk and of course take a look at what it contained. What it really contained was a Trojan horse, virus or some other malicious code that would attach itself to the victim's files and/or infiltrate the... [22 Jun 2006]
Mobile malware: Two years on...
News In reality, Redbrowser is programmed to send vast quantities of text messages to a Russian premium rate number, which could cost the victim hundreds or even thousands of dollars. On June 15 2004, Finnish antivirus company F-Secure released details... [30 May 2006]
Fraudsters ready with "a scam for everyone"
News And nearly one in 10 of those targeted had actually fallen victim to the scammer and parted with money. Pyramid schemes, lotteries, phishing or 419 scams are often spread through websites and emails. Younger, more affluent consumers are just as... [16 Feb 2006]
3 February virus: Are we ready for it?
News The worm travels as a Windows dot-exe attachment and copies itself to shared network resources on the victim's machine. Antivirus firm Sophos said it had seen the worm spread reasonably widely; at the time of writing it accounted for 10 per cent of... [31 Jan 2006]
Santa worm makes merry hell with IM
News instant-messaging users into clicking on a file that delivers unwanted software to a victim's computer. The worm then spreads itself by sending messages to all names on the victim's contact list. Worms on IM networks can spread rapidly. [21 Dec 2005]
AIM worm exhibits new, nasty tactics
News The worm then spreads itself by sending messages to all names on the victim's contact list. Worms on IM networks can spread rapidly. A worm found spreading via America Online's Instant Messenger is carrying a nastier punch than usual, a security... [31 Oct 2005]
Opinion: Corporate IT - you can help fight cyber crime
Comment There's also, for instance, the potential damage to a trusted corporate brand when the organisation admits it's been the victim of cyber crime. This industry has spread beyond the realm of the back-bedroom software pirate to the large-scale... [03 Oct 2005]
Symbian resolute in face of mobile virus row
News Wood said he believes there is virtually zero chance that a user who displays "common sense" will ever fall victim to a mobile phone virus, although the threat may increase in time. He added that these viruses will only spread with user permission... [05 Sep 2005]
Leader: Fraud - both a public and private sector problem
Leader The individual victim in that case might be angry with the financial system and its regulators, and might be angry with the fact that the web allows such action - and will probably even be angry with themselves that they were taken in. [09 Aug 2005]
