20. Nov 2009, 16:30
Use some caution if you get an email asking you to join Verified by Visa over the next few weeks. Taking advantage of the holiday rush to shop online, the public awareness of the Verified by Visa brand, and the security it offers, criminals are pushing a Phishing scam that offers very little in the way of true protection. ...
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20. Nov 2009, 16:00
Heading off into the weekend, there are two Spam campaigns worth a mention. One of them offers a chance to see a glittery vampire and a wolf that looks more like a teddy bear, while the other wants you to pay someone. ...
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19. Nov 2009, 17:19
According to a new alert from MessageLabs, the Donbot botnet has started pushing Spam that uses the popular micro-blogging service Twitter as a tie-in. Within 24-hours, what started out as a small run is now a Spam campaign that accounts for 4-percent of global Spam. ...
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18. Nov 2009, 17:00
When Symark acquired BeyondTrust, in our opinion, the business deal was one that honestly merged two solid programs into one. BeyondTrust has a good deal of experience with Windows-based security, so we asked them about Microsoft’s newest family member. ...
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17. Nov 2009, 17:40
Cyveillance has discovered a new breed of attacks, masked within Google search results, that use Web redirects to infect users. In the last week, Cyveillance has identified more than 350,000 links that infect Google search results, acting as a gateway to Rogue anti-Virus infections and other Malware. ...
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17. Nov 2009, 17:20
Weekend reports that Windows 7's product activation system has been cracked - less than a month after the new Microsoft operating system was officially released - come as no surprise, says application vulnerability vendor Fortify. ...
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17. Nov 2009, 17:15
After 12 months in development, Metasploit version 3.3 is available to the masses. The new version packs in a ton of features, fixes, exploits, and payloads, thanks to contributions from the community. ...
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17. Nov 2009, 17:10
According to a new study by the Ponemon Institute and Lumension, the adoption of mobile devices, cloud computing, and collaborative technologies is happening faster than companies are able to adapt security policies. Part of this is due to poor budget allocation and broken IT collaboration. ...
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17. Nov 2009, 17:00
Xceedium, who provides access control and auditing solutions to the enterprise, announced on Tuesday that the newest version of GateKeeper now supports virtualized and mainframe environments. ...
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17. Nov 2009, 16:50
A gang of four has been sentenced to thirteen years in prison for their role in using a Trojan to steal hundreds of thousands of pounds from UK bank accounts. Each man had earlier pleaded guilty to their crimes at Southwark Crown Court, which saw them send the proceeds to criminal networks operating in Eastern Europe. ...
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