Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Vulnerability,
Viruses and Worms,
Attacks,
Liam Tung,
Trojan Horse,
E-mail,
Spyware,
Adware & Malware,
Online Communications,
Cyberthreats,
Spam,
Spam And Phishing
Spammers may have changed tactics, targeting a familiar Web site rather than PCs for the purpose of spreading the trojan. Spammers are exploiting YouTube's "invite your friends" function to send spam containing a variant of the "Storm worm." Bradley Anstis, director of product management at security firm Marshal,...
Monday, October 8, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Viruses and Worms,
Attacks,
Web,
Attack,
E-mail,
Spyware,
Adware & Malware,
Online Communications,
Marketing,
Cyberthreats
Avinti CEO William Kilmer says the industry is late to grasp the challenge of blended threats that are moving viruses from e-mail to the Web. The Storm Worm ranks as one of this year's most virulent and persistent viruses. After making a January debut, transported by e-mail, the...
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
News,
Viruses and Worms,
Spyware,
Adware & Malware,
Corporate & legal
Center for Democracy and Technology's Ari Schwartz says the import of a recent ruling should be a boon to the global antispyware community. In a case that threatened to undermine the effectiveness of antispyware technology, a federal court last month sided with consumers when it ruled that companies...
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Rootkits,
Attacks,
Hardware,
Virtualization,
Spyware,
Adware & Malware,
Hypervisor,
Tom Espiner,
Tom Espiner
Hypervisor technology cannot be used to hide rootkits from detection, according to a study by Carnegie Mellon and Stanford researchers. Rootkits that use virtualization techniques should not present detection problems, according to researchers from Carnegie Mellon and Stanford universities. Working with virtualization technology vendors VMware and XenSource,...
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Software,
Viruses and Worms,
Reuters,
Privacy & data protection,
survey,
Spyware,
Adware & Malware,
Productivity,
Cyberthreats
Most have security software on their machines, but many haven't updated it or activated it, according to McAfee survey. Most Americans believe their computers are protected against viruses and spyware, but scans found that a large number had outdated or disabled security software, according to a poll released...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Category:
Biometric News,
Security,
Viruses and Worms,
Attacks,
Liam Tung,
MessageLabs Ltd.,
Trojan Horse,
Attack,
RTF,
E-mail,
Spyware,
Adware & Malware,
Online Communications
Security company MessageLabs warns of risk posed by malware-infected e-mails aimed at the "chiefs" of public companies. Top-level employees of publicly listed companies are being targeted by cybercriminals using malware-infected RTF documents disguised as recruitment letters. Security company MessageLabs reported that 1,100 e-mails containing malware-infected RTF...
