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Trend Micro invests $300 million in cloud computing Trend Micro has set up a new company – TCloud Computing – to develop a cloud operating system for release in the second quarter of this year
08 February 2010 Kaspersky highlights trojan threat Anti-virus company, Kaspersky lab, has issued a warning about the continual and increasing threat of trojans
08 February 2010 Intel unveils latest high-security vPro processor platform Intel has finally unveiled its long-awaited update to the vPro processor platform, adding a variety of security and advanced management services for company PC users.
05 February 2010 Sunbelt malware list displays Trojan threat Security software provider, Sunbelt Software, has reported a top 10 list of last month’s most frequent malware threats. Trojan horse files are considered to be the most dangerous. The top entry on the list; Trojan.Win32.Generic!BT made up almost a quarter of the overall detections with 23.15%.
04 February 2010 Valentine's Day – 10 days away, but already causing IT trouble Valentine's Day may be still 10 days away, but the volume of phishing and malware-infected email is already starting to rise, judging from reports from Trend Micro.
04 February 2010 US named country with most malware Information security and data protection vendor Sophos has released a list of the top 10 countries hosting malware. The report reveals that websites in the US are accountable for hosting 37.4% of malware worldwide.
04 February 2010 Greater Manchester Police hit by Conficker The continuing problem of staff popping infected USB sticks `from home' into their office PCs has reportedly hit Greater Manchester Police with a full-blown Conficker worm infection.
04 February 2010 iPhone cracker repeats exploit on Playstation 3 George Hotz, the first iPhone cracker – and who reportedly spent more than 500 hours developing the first jailbreak application for the Apple's iPhone back in 2007 – has apparently cracked the Sony Playstation 3.
29 January 2010 New ransom trojan takes data hostage A new trojan has been spotted that makes users pay a $90 ransom to regain access to their own files and data – and say IT security vendors, it may even leave you feeling grateful.
28 January 2010 Facebook hit by fake virus alert Another fake virus alert has reportedly hit users of the Facebook social networking site. According to PandaLabs, the malware research arm of Panda Security, a "massive propagation" has been seen in the last 24 hours for what is another attempt to infect Facebook users with fake antivirus programs.
28 January 2010 Checkmarx identifies new web browser vulnerability Israel's Checkmarx, a company that specialises in program code analysis, claims to have identified a relatively new type of web browser vulnerability called cross-site history manipulation.
27 January 2010 2010 Virtual Conference on Endpoint Security - Beyond the Perimeter - Full conference programme revealed Infosecurity US magazine is excited to announce the 2010 virtual conference on endpoint security, to be held on February 25, 2010. This one-day event brings a series of topical keynote sessions direct to your computer, giving you the flexibility to learn about the latest information security trends and challenges from wherever you are in the world.
26 January 2010 Google Adsense trips a false positive from Kaspersky Lab Kaspersky Lab has posted an advisory on its site about a false positive with its anti-virus software, apparently being tripped by Google's Adsense software.
26 January 2010 Microsoft were aware of Aurora security flaws Earlier reports that Microsoft knew about the critical Internet Explorer security flaws that forced it to release an out-of-band patch last Thursday evening have been confirmed - by Microsoft.
26 January 2010 ESET says Slovakian internet prank turns into global infection IT security vendor ESET has reported that a destructive worm that was originally conceived as a prank targetting a small community of Slovakian bikers, has now spread worldwide. Currently, ESET says, the greatest number of infections by Win32/Zimuse are in the US.
25 January 2010 Cloudmark vice president predicts 2010 spam/malware trends Following on from our report earlier this month that anti-spam and malware specialist Cloudmark had reached a billion users of its technology worldwide, Infosecurity got a chance to chat with Chandra Tekwani, the firm's vice president of mobile operations.
20 January 2010 2010 set to become the year of internet caution Research just released by ESET claims to show that, whilst Conficker might have ended 2009 accounting for 9.85% of all malware, the next year or two will see an increasing emphasis on the isolation of infected systems until their owners take remedial action.
18 January 2010 End point data security webinar this Tuesday With the rapid ascendance of laptops, netbooks and smartphones, almost every organisation is having to adapt its IT security systems and procedures to meet the needs of an increasingly mobile workforce.
18 January 2010 Hijacked spam and targeted brand attacks on the rise, says Symantec The December IT security analysis on spam from Symantec claims to show that hijacked spam – spam that contains hijacked IPs – has risen substantially since November.
15 January 2010 Russian IT security veteran plans to publish undisclosed security flaws live on a zero-day basis Evgeny Legerov, the 30-year-old IT security researcher, founder of Intevydis, the Moscow-based IT security consultancy, has caused a quiet storm in security research circles, after saying he plans to release zero-day flaws on a range of popular applications, but without having notified the vendors concerned.
13 January 2010 Sophos warns over rogue Amazon delivery emails containing malware attachments It seems that hackers and malware authors are using new techniques to infect your home or office PC, as veteran IT security vendor Sophos has spotted a rash of fake Amazon `shipping email updates' over the weekend.
12 January 2010 Research shows that mobile IT security is taking off at last After several years of vendors offering IT security applications for so-called mobile smartphones, it seems that the market's adoption of this technology is about to take off in the year ahead.
11 January 2010 Chinese virus writer seeks gainful work The recently-released author of the Fujacks worm - Li Jun - is reportedly looking for work in the Chinese IT security industry, and the fact appear to have garnered the wrath of Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant with Sophos.
06 January 2010 South Africa poised to become cybercrime hub Analysis published by Symantec claims to show that South Africa is set to become a cybercrime hub during the coming year, largely due to the introduction of new broadband internet capacity.
05 January 2010 Which? publishes PC security new year resolutions It's a new year, so time for those resolutions and, says Which? Magazine, it's also time for a few security resolutions for your computer.
04 January 2010 Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 secures award from AV-Comparatives Kaspersky Lab, the Russian headquartered IT security vendor, received a late Christmas present with the announcement that Kaspersky Anti-Virus 2010 has earned a top award from AV-Comparatives, the Austrian IT test labs.
04 January 2010 Panda reviews virus, worm and torjan infections in 2009 PandaLabs, the anti-malware labs division of Panda Security, has published its 2009 virus yearbook, examining the most intriguing malicious virus,worm and trojan infections to emerge over the last 12 months.
31 December 2009 New Twitter worm promises more contacts, but hijacks account Reports are coming in about a new worm - provisionally called GetFree - that offers users of the Twitter social networking site a sizeable increase in their online contacts.
31 December 2009 Phishing rose dramatically in run up to Christmas The number of phishing attacks “rose dramatically in the run up to Christmas”, according to managed security services company Network Box.
31 December 2009 BitDefender malware survey shows web 2.0 a rising threat IT security vendor BitDefender's end-of-year report on the state of the malware marketplace claims to show an increase in e-threats that are linked to international events, as well as a rising popularity in web 2.0-linked attack vectors.
31 December 2009 Kaspersky Lab predicts file-sharing threats to rise in 2010 In its year-end forecast of security threats for the coming year, Kaspersky Lab is predicting a shift of emphasis from attacks via websites and applications software attacks over towards file-sharing networks in 2010.
29 December 2009 ‘Brittany Murphy death’ searches return rogue anti-virus Websense Security Labs’s ThreatSeeker Network has discovered that Google top searches on ‘Brittany Murphy death’ returns rogue anti-virus websites.
22 December 2009 CA identifies fakeware, search engines and social networks as major information security threats of 2009 In its year-end report on the state of IT security, Computer Associates (CA) has noted that fake security software (fakeware), poisoned search engine results and social networking sites such as Bebo, Facebook and Myspace, were the major information security threats of 2009.
18 December 2009 Prevx lands Card Protection Plan identity protection deal Card Protection Plan (CPP), one of the longest-standing payment card loss insurance companies, has added Prevx' IT security software to its identity theft defence bundle.
18 December 2009 Webroot reports zero-day malware generating forged Microsoft security certificates The zero-day malware exploit against Adobe Acrobat and Reader reported earlier this week appears to have escalated, with Webroot Software noting that the payload from the exploit is generating a cluster of files designed to look like Windows system files which have been digitally signed with Microsoft security certificates.
17 December 2009 Kaspersky tests anti-virus acceleration techniques Kaspersky Lab, the Russian headquartered IT security vendor, is working with graphics chipset company Nvidia to greatly accelerate the number-crunching capabilities of its anti-virus software.
15 December 2009 Now Koobface creates its own malicious web pages Koobface - the long-running worm which first appeared 12 months ago - is being customised by hackers to crack security systems on website hosting services, and so allow it to auto-create its own web pages.
14 December 2009 SQL injection attacks hit 1.5m websites Another 1.5 million websites associated with the newest series of SQL injection attacks have been found by network security specialist eSoft.
14 December 2009 Amazon cloud resource tapped for botnet command and control service A subscriber to the Amazon pay-as-you-use EC2 cloud computing has had their website hacked, and a command and control (C&C) system installed for the Zeus botnet, which continues to be a problem for PC users, despite the worm being almost two and a half years old.
11 December 2009 Microsoft and Adobe patch multiple critical security vulnerabilities Microsoft and Adobe both had a busy day on Tuesday, releasing multiple security updates to address various product vulnerabilities.
10 December 2009 Koobface rises again - this time it's a Christmas greeting Reports are coming in of a new variant of the Koobface worm doing the rounds of PCs connected to the internet. This latest variation of the long-running criminal-driven malware uses a Christmas greeting to spread infections via the Facebook social networking portal.
10 December 2009 Cisco annual information security report highlights Cisco has released its annual information security report for 2009 and the year-end analysis makes for some interesting reading, not least because it highlights the impact of social media on network security and the critical role that people - not technology - play in creating opportunities for cybercriminals.
10 December 2009 WiFi cracking service breaks WPA passwords in 20 minutes A new online service - launched by IT security researcher Moxie Marlinspike - claims to crack vulnerable WiFi passwords in around 20 minutes, a process that would take a dual-core PC around 120 hours.
08 December 2009 Apple iPhone worms highlight flaw in whitelisting The recent well-publicised worms affecting the Apple iPhone - Ikee and Ikee-B - have raised a stir in the mobile phone security arena, but, says ESET, the IT security vendor, many observers have failed to realise the real problem with mobile phone security - users.
07 December 2009 Fake virus, worm and malware alerts target online shoppers With Thanksgiving out of the way in the US, and monthly salary earners having just been paid, online shopping has been soaring this week but, says Webroot, the IT security vendor, criminal malware authors are now targeting e-shopping in earnest with a variety of attacks.
04 December 2009 Fake swine flu alerts spread malware US-CERT has issued a warning about hackers and malware creators exploiting the fact that season of colds and flu - especially the swine flu variety - are now upon us.
03 December 2009 Millions of corporate laptops lack security says Check Point Research just published claims to show that around half of business laptops are vulnerable to security issues such as theft or data loss.
03 December 2009 Microsoft denies security patch causes Windows 7 black screen problems After several days of investigations regarding allegations that Microsoft security patches and updates had caused a `black screen of death' under Windows 7 and earlier editions of the operating system, Microsoft says its updates are not to blame.
03 December 2009 Firewall security need boosting for the upcoming holiday Tufin Technologies, the security management specialist, is advising companies to beef up their IT security defences - and in particular, their firewall - in good time for the Christmas and New Year holidays.
02 December 2009 Windows autorun trojan tops November malware chart The latest monthly malware chart from BitDefender claims to show that the largest risk to computer users is currently Trojan.AutorunINF.Gen, a generic family of trojan malware abusing the autorun feature in Windows.
02 December 2009 Hackers waste no time in exploiting Tiger Woods car accident Reports are coming in that hackers and malware authors have latched on to the weekend reports about golfing legend Tiger Woods being involved in a car accident close to his home.
01 December 2009 iPhone worm author hired by Aussie software developer News that the author of the first iPhone worm - Ikee - which hit tens of thousands of Australian iPhone users a few weeks ago - has been met with consternation by the IT security industry.
27 November 2009 Two anti-virus into one will go with UserGate Russian software vendor Extensys has developed UserGate, an application that includes two anti-virus engines at its heart, allowing SoHo (small office home office) and smaller companies access to a twin-engine IT security software for their internet connection.
27 November 2009 F-Secure enhances online PC health check to v2.0 F-Secure has upgraded its popular online malware and security protection checking facility for PCs, adding several new features to check whether a PC can surf the Net safely and securely, as well as advising security-aware users on what to do if their machine fails any aspect of the test.
25 November 2009 Second virus for iPhone surfaces - worse than Rick Astley worm Hard on the heels of an apparent `proof of concept' worm for the Apple iPhone that loaded a picture of Rick Astley onto users' mobile phones, a new and more serious virus has appeared.
23 November 2009 Webroot reports on fake Verified by Visa phishing scam IT security vendor Webroot says that a phishing scam purporting to come from Visa, the international card issuer, is scamming internet users as they start their online shopping for Christmas.
20 November 2009 Report suggests discrepancy between reported and actual data loss incidents A study released by the Ponemon Institute suggests that the number of reported data loss incidents in the UK is significantly higher than 415 reported to the Information Commissioners' Office.
20 November 2009 Gumblar malware resurfaces with a vengeance Research just revealed by ScanSafe, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) web security vendor, claims to show that the Gumblar bot swarming malware has bounced back from near-extinction and was responsible for 29% of all Web malware blocks in October 2009.
19 November 2009 Couple arrested in Manchester over alleged Zbot trojan distribution Reports are coming in of an important arrest in connection with the now-infamous Zbot group of trojan malware.
18 November 2009 Four men sentenced in banking trojan case A gang of four men have been sentenced to 13 years in prison for their role in using the PSP2-BBB trojan to steal hundreds of thousands of pounds from UK bank accounts.
18 November 2009 Twilight ‘Vampire Byte’ malware preys on fans Cybercriminals are exploiting Friday’s release of Twilight New Moon with a site promising an online interview, but which is “a ‘Vampire Byte’ to suck out your financial information and install malware on your computer”, says PC Tools.
18 November 2009 PandaLabs reveals password-stealing fake Facebook pages PandaLabs, the malware labs division of Panda Security, has encountered a fake Facebook page designed to steal passwords from users of the social networking portal.
17 November 2009 Webroot scores IT security success with Everton Webroot has been signed by Everton Football club to protect the club's IT systems against the vagaries of spam and malware infested email.
17 November 2009 Zbot trojan targets Vodafone and Verizon mobile phone customers The Zbot trojan - which typically distributes itself via emails pointing at or supplying an infected download - has been spotted targeting customers of the Verizon and Vodafone mobile phone networks on both sides of the Atlantic.
16 November 2009 Astaro joins free IT security software industry to boost profile Astaro Corporation, the IT security appliance specialist, is branching out into the small business/consumer side of the IT security market with a freeware version of its security software.
16 November 2009 Higher levels of security needed as businesses move from email to instant messaging The steady rise in Web 2.0 communication services such as instant messaging (IM) and social networking portals - plus client applications that drive the services - means that heightened levels of vigilance are required against links and messages sent from hacked accounts, according to F-Secure.
13 November 2009 Zbot head and shoulders high in October malware charts The October malware charts - just released by Sunbelt Software - show that the password-stealing trojan threat Trojan-Spy.Win32.Zbot.gen maintained the top spot on the list for the seventh straight month and is growing at an alarming rate.
13 November 2009 Spam levels continue to rise says Symantec Around nine out of 10 email messages now include links or information related to spam or phishing, a new study has indicated.
12 November 2009 avast! 5.0 free anti-virus faster, smaller and more features - and it wakes your computer at night avast! CEO Vincent Steckler told Infosecurity this week that the new version of the free avast! anti-virus includes more capabilities such as behavioural detections at the same time as being faster and smaller. It can also wake up your computer in the night to do a virus scan before putting it back to sleep.
12 November 2009 Panda clocks 50 000 malware variants a day - explains need for cloud based security technology Following on from yesterday's launch of the industry's first free cloud computing anti-virus application from Panda Security, Infosecurity had a chance to catch up with the IT security firm's technical director Luis Corron and UK/Ireland MD, Petter Lautin.
11 November 2009 Trend Micro warns that Koobface abuses Google Reader Trend Micro has uncovered that the Koobface botnet is now abusing Google Reader, the web-based data aggregation service, routing internet users to infected websites via seemingly innocent Youtube videos.
10 November 2009 Durham Police website hacked by SQL injection An unknown hacker - apparently protesting about terror deaths in Pakistan - has attacked the Durham Police website, forcing it to temporarily close.
10 November 2009 Panda powers introduces cloud IT security with free desktop application Panda Security has launched itself into the increasingly busy cloud computing security marketplace with a free desktop application - Panda Cloud Antivirus.
10 November 2009 Trojans dominate BitDefender's latest e-threats report According to BitDefender's monthly malware and e-threats report for October, the trojan Trojan.Clicker.CM continues to take pole position in the malware popularity charts.
09 November 2009 Lose/Lose trojan game threat for Apple Mac users Users of the Apple Mac have been warned to avoid a game called Lose/Lose which appears to include trojan programme code that deliberately deletes files on the users' hard drive.
06 November 2009 Clearswift CEO warns of convergent and Web 2.0 security threats Clearswift, the web and email security appliance specialist, has discussed modern IT security threats with Infosecurity.
06 November 2009 ISACA expert says move to non-Latin URLs could affect web security News that ICANN, the internet registry, has announced that international domain names (IDNs) will now support non-Latin characters has been met with dismay by ISACA, the not-for-profit IT security association, which says that it will increase the dangers of phishing and affect web security generally.
04 November 2009 Conficker's first birthday looms - seven million IPs still infected As Conficker approaches the first anniversary of its appearance in the wild, the Shadowserver Foundation says that at least seven million IP addresses - each representing one or more computers - are now infected by the worm.
03 November 2009 Former YouSendIt.com CEO is indicted for alleged DDoS attack Khalid Shaikh, the former CEO of YouSendIt.com, the Web 2.0 services portal, has been indicted for an alleged DDoS attack against YouSendIt.com.
03 November 2009 Symantec warns about Google Wave invites malware Malware authors are targeting those who missed the initial sign up for Google Wave, according to Symantec.
03 November 2009 Symantec uncovers new type of Facebook trojan IT security vendor Symantec has uncovered a trojan that uses the Facebook social networking portal to communicate with a command and control (C&C) server
03 November 2009 Information security threats in H1 2009: malware and rogue security software Microsoft has just released its Security Intelligence Report volume 7 (SIRv7) for the first half (H1) of 2009 exploring the most prevalent information security threats - malware and rogue security software.
02 November 2009 Spam and botnet infections are soaring, warns MessageLabs The October intelligence report from MessageLabs suggests that internet users should get ready for a Season's Greetings of another type, as hackers and spammers prepare for the holiday season along with the rest of the population.
30 October 2009 Facebook users hit by major bot-based attack Facebook has again hit the security headlines following a bot-based attack that has reportedly been rising in intensity since the start of the week.
30 October 2009 AVG releases v9.0 business internet security software AVG Technologies has released AVG Internet Security Business Edition 9.0 and AVG Anti-Virus Business Edition 9.0.
30 October 2009 International Kill-A-Zombie Day – a thriller for Halloween IT security and data protection company, Sophos, has called on computer users around the world to participate in Kill-A-Zombie Day on Halloween 31 October.
29 October 2009 From pizza delivery to ATM hacker to criminal in two years An Australian pizza delivery man who stumbled on an ATM repair manual on the internet has been sentenced to 100 hours of community service, as well as handed a two year suspended prison sentence, after the hacker obtained more than AU$30 000 (about £18 000) by using the default passwords on certain types of cash machines.
26 October 2009 China preparing to ramp up cyberespionage? A report commissioned by a US Congressional advisory panel monitoring the security implications of trading with China has warned that China could be preparing to ramp up cyberespionage and has started spying on the servers of the US government and major companies.
26 October 2009 RSA Europe: ISACA warns employees pose grave danger to company IT security doing their online Christmas shopping International research completed by ISACA, the not-for-profit IT security association, suggests that, with the Christmas holiday season fast approaching, staff at many companies are planning to do a sizeable slice of their present buying online and thereby posing an IT security risk.
23 October 2009 RSA Europe: ISF President warns mobile phones may be next platform for security threats Speaking with Infosecurity at the RSA Europe conference in London, Professor Howard Schmidt, the president of the Information Security Forum (ISF) said that mobile phones - rather than other high-profile platforms such as cloud computing - are the likely source of the next generation of security threats facing companies.
21 October 2009 BitDefender readies for Windows 7 release to consumers Although business users have had copies of Windows 7 on their machines for a short while now, this Thursday will see the first copies of the new Microsoft operating system released to consumers. And BitDefender says it is ready, as its 2010 range of IT security products have just been released, complete with Windows 7 certification.
20 October 2009 Gridsure CEO on phishing, social engineering and authentication at Leeds ISACA event Last night saw Stephen Howes, the CEO of Gridsure, the pictorial authentication security specialists, talk to an ISACA meeting in Leeds, where he spoke about the perils of phishing and social engineering, which he defined as "the act of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information they would not normally release."
20 October 2009 Microsoft Security Essentials registers 1.5 million hits in first week Microsoft says it has registered more than 1.5 million downloads of its free anti-virus software - Security Essentials - in the first week after the software was made available on the web.
19 October 2009 Fake anti-virus programmes hijack and block computers PandaLabs has identified an aggressive trend for selling fake anti-virus programmes or rogueware, where instead of users seeing a series of warnings prompting them to buy a paid version, a fake anti-virus programme is combined with ransomware, hijacking computers and rendering them useless until victims complete the purchase.
16 October 2009 Webroot reports tax return malware-infecting email scam reaching the UK Webroot, the internet security software specialist, reports that an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax email scam - in which US internet users have been emailed a malware-infected warning about under-stating their income or underpaying of tax - has arrived in the UK.
15 October 2009 IT Governance promotes online security in National Identity Fraud Prevention week This week is National Identity Fraud Prevention Week, and IT Governance - which bills itself as the one-stop shop for compliance - has launched an online resource for small businesses and individuals, wanting to strengthen their IT security.
14 October 2009 Origin Storage to unveil one terabyte secure drive on 14 October Origin Storage will unveil a one terabyte (1000 gigabyte) version of its Data Locker, secure external hard drive unit, at the Storage Expo show, which opens at London Olympia on 14 October for a two-day run.
13 October 2009 Check Point to offer ZoneAlarm Pro 2010 free on Patch Tuesday To help computer users on Tuesday of this week - which is Microsoft Patch Tuesday - Check Point Software Technologies will be offering a free and fully functional version of ZoneAlarm Pro 2010, a security suite that normal sells for around £30.
12 October 2009 Trend Micro introduces next-gen security threat management services Trend Micro has launched a range of security threat management services that provide enterprises with what the company calls "a network security overwatch".
12 October 2009 German cybercrime soaring as criminal gangs move in Reports from Germany suggest that almost half of all internet users in the country have been victims of cybercrime as criminal gangs move in on potentially lucrative online scams and phishing expeditions.
12 October 2009 ISSE 2009: Existing anti-virus software is not good enough Existing anti-virus is not good enough, a panel of speakers agreed on 7 October at ISSE 2009 in The Hague.
08 October 2009 Automation is the key to IT vulnerability discovery Automation should be the main focus of enterprise IT departments if they want to discover their network security vulnerabilities, said experts at the recent Security Risk & Compliance Forum, held in London at the Royal Exchange Theatre
08 October 2009 Cybercriminals set to ride Google's Wave As interest in Google's Wave technology peaks, hackers and scammers will inevitably ride the coat tails of Wave web searches and attempt to divert internet users to malicious and infected sites, according to a data security consultancy firm.
08 October 2009 Web 2.0 branding and reputational risks webinar tomorrow Infosecurity is pleased to announce its first webinar on the topic of Web 2.0 branding and reputational risks, which will be held at 3pm (UK time) this Thursday.
07 October 2009 ISSE 2009: Geographically targeted attacks could be future of social network threats Just as social networks such as Facebook are seeing advertisement targeted depending on users’ settings and geographical location, so could malware and other threats be targeted specifically, said Stefan Tanase, senior security researcher at Kaspersky Lab, Romania, at the ISSE 2009 conference on 7 October.
07 October 2009 Industry-wide web email attacks spreading Reports are coming in of web-based email services from the likes of Gmail, Hotmail and Yahoo being hacked, and large numbers of user account details being posted to the internet.
07 October 2009 Symantec launches graduate recruitment programme Symantec has taken the wraps off its first graduate recruitment and internship programme for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.
07 October 2009 Kaspersky releases faster, lighter security package Kaspersky is releasing enhancements to its core Kaspersky Open Space Security product making it faster, lighter, and easier to use for small and medium businesses (SMBs) and large enterprises.
05 October 2009 Trojan malware infections continue to dominate says BitDefender report Research just released by BitDefender, the IT security vendor, confirms that trojan malware infections continue to dominate the IT security threats chart for September.
05 October 2009 HP develops security audit assessments for smart energy grids Hard on the heels of widespread reports about smart energy meters and their grids being vulnerable to hacker attacks, HP has launched a security audit for smart grid services.
05 October 2009 Panda Security says malware writers are hard at work as never before The latest quarterly IT security report from PandaLabs says that malware writers are breaking all established records when it comes to developing new ways of infecting internet users' computers with malware and generating income from them.
02 October 2009 Natwest phishing case reaches the courts A malware / phishing case, which reportedly generated more than £600 000 for the originators of the scam, has reached the courts this week, with the defendants - led by two Uzbek brothers - facing very serious charges.
01 October 2009 Rogue anti-virus scamware hitting hard, says Webroot Research by Webroot suggests that the rash of anti-virus scamware - which reports that the users' PC is infected, when it is not, and then requests a payment for registration - is sucking in a lot of internet users.
01 October 2009 New types of trojan malware appearing says Finjan Computer security researchers say that a new type of trojan horse software has been used to steal money from consumers' bank accounts in Germany.
01 October 2009 Microsoft releases free Security Essentials As widely anticipated, Microsoft has publicly launched its free IT security software, Security Essentials, on both sides of the Atlantic.
30 September 2009 Microsoft, security and a digital Britain Ed Gibson, CSO at Microsoft UK explored risks posed by criminals to the digital economy and security at the Security for a Digital Britain conference in Nottingham on 24 September.
30 September 2009 McAfee links with Adobe to co-develop new security software McAfee is linking up with Adobe to jointly develop security software for their customers.
29 September 2009 IT security companies prep for a security showcase A group of IT security companies are hosting Launchpad Europe - a security summit / showcase taking place in London on 13 October - and are conducting an online research poll in preparation.
29 September 2009 Data loss in the perimeterless zone The increasing blurring of network perimeters has accelerated as a direct result of the introduction of cloud computing to the corporate IT mix, but can your IT security handle the challenge?
28 September 2009 DeviceLock lands Gazprom Neft endpoint security contract DeviceLock, the endpoint security specialist, has announced that the Gazpromneft-Khantos branch of Gazprom Neft, the high-profile Russian oil company, has selected its software for endpoint security.
25 September 2009 Online Monopoly gamers targeted via social networking spam Websense Security Labs has found a spam operation targeting players of the old game favourite, Monopoly, via social networking methods.
24 September 2009 Trend Micro introduces enterprise Mac security technology Trend Micro has taken the wraps off Security for Mac 1.5, an IT security suite that protects corporate users against the latest security threats targetting the Apple Mac OS-based platform.
22 September 2009 Sophos spots BBC sending Nigerian scam email Sophos has spotted the reputation of the BBC being dragged through the mud with Nigerian scam email being generated that looks as though it has come from the UK broadcaster.
22 September 2009 Security software vendor Kaspersky Lab makes software top 100 list Kaspersky Lab, developer of internet threat management solutions, has made the Software Top 100 - the ratings list of the world’s leading software companies
22 September 2009 Google users targeted by new malicious websites Network security company eSoft’s threat prevention team has discovered new malware sites specifically targeting users of Windows operating system and Google.
22 September 2009 Yahoo mail users warned of brute force hacker attacks Yahoo has warned users of its Yahoo Mail service about a two-year-old security flaw that appears to allow hackers to gain access to their accounts via a back door.
21 September 2009 Thales achieves Common Criteria EAL 3 security certification Thales has announced that its Datacryptor high-speed SONET/SDH and Ethernet Layer 2 hardware-based network encryptors have received Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 3 certification.
21 September 2009 Bahama botnet bypasses filter security safeguards Click Forensics, an internet advertisement monitoring company, claims to have discovered a highly sophisticated botnet designed to aid in so-called `click fraud' on the internet.
18 September 2009 Number of malicious websites up 233% in H1 2009 The Websense Security Labs report on the state of internet security for the first half of 2009, has found that the number of malicious websites has increased 233% over the last six months, and 671% over the last year.
17 September 2009 Compromised machines stay compromised - Trend Micro In-depth research into botnets from Trend Micro has found that industry estimates that compromised machines are compromised for an average of around six weeks, is significantly less than the reality.
17 September 2009 Wick Hill claims pole position in Kaspersky Lab sales stakes Wick Hill, the veteran IT security value-added distributor, says it has acquired the distribution business for Kaspersky Labs from another distributor, C-Media, with immediate effect.
15 September 2009 Apple under fire over anti-phishing feature Apple has come in for criticism on user forums for a new anti-fraud and anti-phishing warning system seen in its Safari Mobile web browser for the iPhone. Forum users report that the feature - seen in v3.1 of the iPhone's operating system - is less than consistent.
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14 September 2009 NetBenefit adds virtual firewall Hard on the heels of launching a range of dedicated servers based on Intel's Nehalem architecture last week, NetBenefit, the managed internet hosting firm, has added a virtual firewall - based on Fortinet's firewall technology - to its range of security offerings.
10 September 2009 Home Gateway broadband and networking hub reaches fruition After four years in gestation, the Home Gateway (HG) - an intelligent broadband/networking interface device designed to act as a hub for homes and small offices - is reaching fruition.
10 September 2009 Delphi programming tool hit by virus A ‘proof of concept’ virus called Win32/Induc.A is causing problems for programmers – including malware writers, according to this month’s ESET ThreatSense Report.
08 September 2009 Skype tackles Peskyspy trojan problem Skype, the internet telephony and instant messaging service currently being sold off by parent company eBay, has moved swiftly to meet the well-publicised security threat of the Peskyspy trojan, which reportedly allows hackers to remotely monitor and record Skype voice calls.
07 September 2009 How is the information security industry coping in the economic downturn? As the recession continues to chew into budgets, and cybercriminals see increased opportunity for looting, CISOs need to ensure that their information security defences remain strong but affordable. Find out more for free!
07 September 2009 Council left with £500 000 bill from virus infected memory stick Ealing Council's computer system was crippled by a virus after an infected memory stick was plugged into the IT resource. The council has been landed with a £500 000 bill to clean up the security mess that has resulted.
04 September 2009 Three quarters of web users not security savvy Three quarters of web users are not security savvy despite many consumers being aware of potential security threats, according to a worldwide study conducted by security specialist PC Tools.
03 September 2009 Mac Snow Leopard operating system poses security risk due to Flash plugin Users of the latest version of the Apple Mac operating system - Snow Leopard - are recommended to check their version of the Flash plugin as soon as possible, as Sophos' security consultant Graham Cluley has warned that the software silently downloads a copy of an older, and potentially less secure, version of the Flash extensible video player.
03 September 2009 PandaLabs ranks most dangerous computer viruses of last 20 years PandaLabs has ranked the most dangerous computer threats in the form of viruses of the last 20 years, coinciding with Panda Security’s 20th anniversary.
27 August 2009 Symantec publishes first dirty website list Symantec has published the first set of results from the Norton Safe Web system - a database of potentially bad websites compiled anonymously by the 20 million-plus users of its IT security software.
21 August 2009 Rogueware is the new cybercrime threat says PandaLabs Research just released by PandaLabs claims that a new category of malware has arrived in the information security threats industry. Known as rogueware, the threat has, the company says, become a thriving business area for cybercriminals because the industry is "not even close" to winning the battle to stop it.
20 August 2009 19% of online attacks targetting social networking sites Research just released says that 19% of all hacking incidents centered on social networking sites during the first half of 2009. The study, from Nebulas Solutions Group, noted a 30% rise in the percentage of online attacks compared with the first half of 2008.
19 August 2009 CA and Kaspersky security software suffering false positives Reports are emerging that IT security software from Computer Associates and Kaspersky Lab have registered false positives on legitimate files and websites.
18 August 2009 Microsoft report concludes IE8 as most secure browser A Microsoft report just released concludes that Internet Explorer 8 is the world's most secure web browser.
18 August 2009 Islamist hackers block Kosovo website The problem of religiously-motivated hacker attacks raised its ugly head again this month with an attack on the Express newspaper in Kosovo. Newswire reports suggest that Islamist hackers attacked the paper's website using a combination of simple malware and distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack vectors.
17 August 2009 Campaign Monitor hit by hacker server incursion Campaign Monitor, the Australia-based email marketing software developer, has warned users of compromise to its servers that took place over last weekend.
17 August 2009 Web-based malware attacks soaring says ScanSafe In its second quarterly report on IT security threats of 2008, software-as-a-service (SaaS) specialist ScanSafe reported that web-based malware had surged by over a third when compared to the first quarter of the year.
17 August 2009 Smartphones to become major hacker target says Google expert Contrary to the views of many of his colleagues in the IT industry, Rich Cannings, Google's Android security leader, thinks that smartphones are now a primary target for malware and hacker attacks.
17 August 2009 Australian man arrested in virus investigation A 20-year-old man has been arrested in Adelaide, Australia, in connection with infecting at least 3000 PCs worldwide with a virus capable of extracting e-banking and other financial credentials from users' computers.
17 August 2009 More firms monitoring their outbound email communications. Research just published claims to show that companies are at last waking up to the security threat of outbound email.
17 August 2009 Microsoft warns over DDOS security vulnerability in Windows ASP.NET Microsoft has issued a security note about a flaw in Windows ASP.NET that it says could allow a DDOS security situation.
12 August 2009 UK phones and email subject to surveillance more than 1300 times a day A minor privacy furore has blown up after it was revealed by the Interception of Communications Commissioner, Sir Paul Kennedy, that police and other government agencies tapped into phone calls and emails as part of surveillance cases at the astonishing rate of 1381 times a day, every day, throughout 2008.
11 August 2009 Phishers use legitimate SSL certificates to fool victims More phishers are using legitimate SSL certificates to fool victims, according to Symantec’s latest State of Phishing report.
11 August 2009 Koobface social networking worm gets a facelift Koobface, the first - and arguably the most successful of the social networking worms - is back, having been significantly tweaked by black hat hackers on the internet, reports Kaspersky Lab, the anti-malware and IT security vendor.
10 August 2009 Saudi partnership uncovers next-gen mobile phone malware A partnership between two communications companies, designed to allow mobile phone users in Saudi Arabia to have access to improved mobile phone security, has already uncovered a new and potentially virulent piece of smartphone malware.
10 August 2009 Kaspersky Lab to host international student cybercrime conference in London Kaspersky Lab has announced plans to host an international student cybercrime conference at the University of East London on 21-22 November. The Russian-headquartered IT security vendor is inviting papers for presentation at the event.
07 August 2009 One-third of anti-virus applications fail to protect Microsoft Vista users Research just released by Virus Bulletin in its August issue claims to show that 12 out of the top 35 IT security vendors are failing to protect users of Microsoft's Windows Vista.
06 August 2009 Defcon: Researchers warn software updates can be hijacked Researchers with Radware were busy over the weekend showing a Defcon audience how a classic man-in-the-middle attack could be engineered when notebook computers attempt to seek out updates for their software across public access WiFi networks.
04 August 2009 Zeus botnet traced to Latvian operation Researchers have been busy over the last few days tracing where the Zeus botnet is being controlled from, following investigations by the University of Alabama in the US, which tracked down the Zeus Bot virus to a raft of fake internet postcards circulating on the internet.
04 August 2009 SquirrelMail open source email project hacked It now seems that the hacking of the servers of the SquirrelMail open-source email project in late June may have been worse than originally reported.
04 August 2009 Hacker group blamed for publicising MI5 site security flaws fight back against papers Team Elite, a `grey hat' hacker group blamed for revealing a potential hack on MI5's website last week, is reportedly very angry at reports in the national press that it was responsible for what some papers are reporting as a site hack attack.
03 August 2009 Programme available for the Virtual Conference on Information Security 2009 The programme for Infosecurity Magazine’s Virtual Conference on Information Security 2009 is now available with an exciting line-up of speakers from the IT security industry.
03 August 2009 NASA hacker McKinnon loses extradition appeal The UK hacker Gary McKinnon who became famous for hacking US military and NASA computers in 2001 and 2002 looking for evidence of UFOs, has lost his appeal against extradition to the USA.
31 July 2009 ISF details top ten future IT security threats Cybercrime is at the top of the Information Security Forum's (ISF) Threat Horizon list for 2011, which highlights the growth of `crimeware as a service' offered by criminal gangs, along with infiltration into organisations to carry out insider attacks.
31 July 2009 McAfee adds MX Logic to its Global Threat Intelligence portfolio McAfee has continued its cloud computing strategy with the acquisition of privately-owned MX Logic, a US provider of cloud-based email, web security and email archiving services.
31 July 2009 Adobe confirms Flash contains Microsoft security flaw Should vendors include programme code from third parties, is the question experts are asking, now that Adobe has acknowledged that it used Microsoft's allegedly flawed development code in its products.
30 July 2009 Black Hat: major iPhone hack to be revealed today You could never describe the Apple iPhone as totally secure, given the number of jailbreaks that crackers have developed to unlock the popular handset from its partner networks, but researchers at the Black Hat security conference are scheduled to reveal a serious chink in the mobile's armour today.
30 July 2009 MI5 website hacked The website of the UK counter-intelligence and security agency MI5, has been hacked with the result that the identity of visitors could be stolen and viruses downloaded to their computers.
30 July 2009 Symantec develops pooled high-end cyberthreat analysis service Symantec has joined the growing ranks of IT security vendors that are offering their pooled information on the latest ITsec threats as a value-added outsourced option for major corporates.
29 July 2009 Latest MessageLabs intelligence report: spammers getting cleverer The July 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report concludes that spammers have turned to using online translation services to develop multilanguage spam runs.
29 July 2009 Webroot secures College of Law as new customer Fresh from offering its channel partners free training in Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) technology, Webroot has secured the UK's College of Law as a high-profile new customer for its cloud-based security services.
29 July 2009 Latest MessageLabs intelligence report: spammers getting cleverer The July 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report concludes that spammers have turned to using online translation services to develop multilanguage spam runs.
28 July 2009 Kaspersky Lab: watch out for Twitter-linked scamware Veteran IT security vendor Kaspersky Lab has warned internet users to be aware of rogue or scam software that purports to be an IT security application, but is merely a vehicle to extract revenue - and possibly even card details - from unsuspecting web users.
27 July 2009 Zero-day Adobe exploit zapped by Finjan Finjan, the business internet security specialist, claims its gateway security technology can easily counter a zero-day vulnerability of Adobe Acrobat Reader and Flash Player
24 July 2009 Kaspersky reveals price list for botnet attacks A sophisticated underground economy has grown up to exploit the millions of personal computers that have been infected with rogue software that turns them into 'zombies' controlled by botnet masters, says an IT security expert.
24 July 2009 Privacy rankings: LinkedIn and Bebo high, Facebook and MySpace average, Badoo low Cambridge academics have revealed that social networks that promote their security controls are likely to deter users from joining, and as a result privacy guidelines are inaccessible.
24 July 2009 Watch out for more mobile trojans on the horizon says Fortify Software Fortify Software, the application vulnerability analysis firm, says that the recent faux pas by the Symbian Foundation - in which the foundation effectively `signed' a malicious application for release on its software referencing service - is an indicator of further slip-ups on the mobile malware front in the future.
22 July 2009 Google promises 'the end of viruses' with Chrome operating system Google has made the claim that its Chrome operating system - which is designed to flesh out its web browser of the same time into a fully fledged PC system environment - will spell the end of viruses and malware as we know them.
22 July 2009 Kaspersky Lab arrives in Comet as founder gives rare interview Information security vendor Kaspersky Lab has joined the ranks of Symantec - whose yellow-cased IT security applications are sold by Currys, PC World and other retail vendors of computers - thanks to a deal with the Comet chain of stores.
21 July 2009 Botnets arrive on mobile phones - first worm has been spotted A mobile phone worm called Sexy Space has been spotted by Trend Micro and is the first, the IT security vendor says, to spread itself by spamming text (SMS) messages.
20 July 2009 One in six spam emails from USA The USA continued to be the top email spam country in the second quarter of 2009 making up 15.6% of global spam traffic, according to a report on the latest trends in spam from IT security and data protection firm Sophos.
20 July 2009 SmoothWall extends its Guardian security technology to the laptop SmoothWall has continued its expansion into new areas of IT security with the release of Mobile Guardian, a software filtering client designed for laptop PC users.
17 July 2009 New Trojan malware variants evade major anti-virus engines claims CommTouch Based on an analysis of two billion emails and internet transactions processed by its OEM anti-spam and anti-malware customers every day, CommTouch says that millions of email-borne malware such as Trojans and viruses bypassed several major anti-virus engines during the second quarter of 2009.
17 July 2009 Businesses face deluge of patches from Microsoft and Oracle IT security administrators will have to deal with more than 10 security patches from Oracle and nine from Microsoft this week.
16 July 2009 Firefox' reputation takes a battering on the security front The reputation of Mozilla's popular Firefox web browsing software - now into version 3.5 - took a battering this week as the Secunia security research advisory team revealed a flaw in the way the browser handles Javascript calls.
15 July 2009 NHS hit by over 8000 viruses in one year The NHS was infected by over 8000 (computer) viruses over the last year, many of which could have been avoided if information security policies and technologies were properly adopted.
14 July 2009 Unified threat management a strong trend in Europe, survey shows Most mid to large European companies plan to consolidate network security on a single hardware appliance in the next year, a survey has revealed.
14 July 2009 Google Chrome OS: no viruses, malware or security updates… As Google announced the future launch of its Google Chrome operating system (OS) based on an open source Linux kernel, it also claimed that “users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. It should just work”, but is that possible?
13 July 2009 575 variants of Koobface detected during June says Kaspersky Lab Researchers with Russian IT security vendor Kaspersky Lab say they detected 575 new variants of the Koobface worm during June.
13 July 2009 Net hacks and hoaxes more sophisticated than ever says Network Box Network Box, the managed security internet service provider, has published a free guide explaining - in plain English - a guide to spotting common hoaxes, hacks and other internet horrors.
10 July 2009 Gartner expects IT spending to fall 6% in 2009 Worlwide IT spending could fall 6% to US$3.2 trillion in 2009, according to Connecticut-based IT research and advisory company Gartner.
07 July 2009 New trojan causes problems for Google AdSense advertisers A nasty new trojan that triggers multiple click-throughs on Google AdSense - the pay-per-click sponsored web search service operated by Google - has been discovered by SecureWorks.
02 July 2009 Appliance-based IT security comes of age If you thought appliance-based IT security was old hat, Infosecurity has some news for you - we have an entertaining webinar coming up on July 07 that will detail the benefits that this revitalised technology can now bring to the table.
02 July 2009 Automated Twitter postings pose a severe security risk Twitter has again hit the IT security headlines, this time over the increasing widespread practice of automated retweets - automated repostings - by users of the social networking site/service.
25 June 2009 Apple charges iPod Touch users for critical patches Owners of iPod Touch handheld computers will have to pay for the critical updates Apple issued last week to correct 46 holes in its software.
24 June 2009 Microsoft betas free AV software - but not to Brits As reported previously by Infosecurity, Microsoft has started beta testing of its free anti-virus software, but only to people based in the US, China and Israel.
24 June 2009 Peter Wood to present at FaceTime webinar on Tuesday Infosecurity is pleased to report that Peter Wood, chief of operations with First Base Technologies, the penetration testing specialist, is presenting at the FaceTime-sponsored webinar taking place at 10am on Tuesday of this week.
22 June 2009 Microsoft may beta test new security software this week Reports are circulating that Microsoft is planning to beta test its Morro/Security Essentials software as early as this week.
22 June 2009 ‘Brad Pitt’ more dangerous than ‘Hugh Jackman’ – McAfee rates risky search terms online Searching for ‘Brad Pitt’ is riskier than searching for ‘Hugh Jackman’ according to a McAfee study on the most dangerous search terms online.
19 June 2009 GoldenCashWorld botnet, malware and hacker data exchange portal revealed Security researchers with Finjan have uncovered a highly sophisticated online botnet, malware and hacker exchange network for buying and selling access to infected PCs.
17 June 2009 Microsoft plans to release free security software Microsoft is testing free anti-virus software, but no date has been announced for a public release.
16 June 2009 Learn about document security LockLizard investigates the best approaches to document security depending on what clients want to achieve, in its white paper Document Security - a Guide to Securing Your Documents.
15 June 2009 DDoS attacks on Belarusian media – is cyber warfare escalating? There has been a surge in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks against media sites in Belarus, something that could signal an escalation in cyber warfare in the region.
15 June 2009 Symantec and McAfee under fire for auto-renewing subscriptions The perils of giving companies your payment card details and failing to realise the likelihood of those details being used when subscription renewal times comes around have raised their ugly head again, with Symantec and McAfee being ordered to pay $375,000 each to the New York Attorney General to resolve complaints about the issue from customers.
12 June 2009 PC infections on the rise due to botnets Research from IT security vendor McAfee suggests that PC infections are on the rise once again, largely as a result of botnet operators rebuilding their swarms of infected machines in the wake of the recent McColo ISP shutdown.
12 June 2009 Learn about securing high-privilege system access management British security and risk management specialist, Brookcourt Solutions, looks at how to secure high-privilege system access management in the white paper Turning the Spotlight on IT’s Dirty Little Secret: Securing the Common Point of Failure in IT Risk Controls.
11 June 2009 Large majority unable to spot phishing sites An overwhelming majority (88%) of UK web users are unable to identify phishing online, according to a study commissioned by internet infrastructure services provider VeriSign.
11 June 2009 Apple releases Safari 4.0 to counter security flaws Apple Computer has released v 4.0 of its increasingly popular Safari web browser for Windows and Mac OSX-based computers. The release counters the recent security flaws reported in CFNetwork, CoreGraphics, ImageIO, International Components for Unicode, libxml, Safari, Safari Windows Installer, and webKit
10 June 2009 Learn about information security and USB devices Lumension looks at the information security risks with USB devices – and how to overcome them – in its latest white paper Portable Panic: Evolution of USB Insecurity.
09 June 2009 Aussie bank customers hit by advanced phishing techniques Customers of the Commonwealth Bank in Australia are being targeted by a new breed of phishers, who seem intent on scamming them out of their e-banking and payment card details.
03 June 2009 3ami extends the audit envelope to support memory sticks Technology start-up 3Ami has enhanced its Monitoring and Audit Security (MAS) software to support USB and similar memory sticks.
01 June 2009 ENISA evaluates network resilience of MPLS, IPv6 and DNSSEC The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has released two reports on how and if Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) could improve the resilience of communication networks.
01 June 2009 Twitter worm steals user details A worm on Twitter is tricking users into giving up their user details at the same time as redirecting victims to a dating website where the aggregate number of views result in affiliate revenue.
01 June 2009 McAfee acquires Solidcore for whitelisting technology McAfee will acquire Solidcore Systems, a whitelisting specialist, in a US$33m deal which will allow McAfee to integrate Solidcore's technology into its blacklisting malware detection and prevention products, as well as to bolster its high-end corporate IT security offerings.
20 May 2009 Gumblar malware attack sweeps web A modified attack that alters Google searches is taking the web by storm according to security researchers, who have identified more malware domains being used in the attack.
20 May 2009 Learn about how to protect against data-stealing malware Data-stealing malware that can evade current security systems could cause serious harm to an enterprise. Trend Micro’s eBook ‘Outthink the Threat’ offers information on data-stealing malware and how to fight it.
19 May 2009 Unlimited online backup from F-Secure An unlimited online backup solution, which works automatically in the background, has been launched by Finnish IT security service provider F-Secure.
15 May 2009 Software piracy on the rise Worldwide software piracy is on the rise, according to a study by the Business Software Alliance and analyst firm IDC.
13 May 2009 Internet attacks expected around 2010 FIFA World Cup Symantec warns against an “extensive number of attacks over the internet” expected to hit around the 2010 FIFA World Cup in football.
12 May 2009 Learn about how to protect data, assets and IP With an increasingly complex legislative and regulatory landscape, ensuring compliance can be difficult. Overtis Systems’ white paper ‘Realising Compliance’ shows how its integrated protection solution VigilancePro™2 can make the task easier.
11 May 2009 Swine flu challenges information security The recent outbreak of swine flu has thrown up a number of topics related to information security ranging from secure sharing of data between health professionals, to spam / phishing and issues around remote working.
11 May 2009 Finjan reports Iframes attack on Indian government website The secure web gateway solutions provider Finjan has reported that a major Indian government website - which averages around three hits per minute (source: Alexa) - has been hit by an Iframes injection exploit.
10 May 2009 Fake search engines used to divert users to malware infected websites Hackers are starting to create fake search engine sites to divert hapless internet users to malware infected websites, says PandaLabs, the research operation of Panda Security.
07 May 2009 Conficker and Facebook / Twitter attacks dominate Q1 email threats The Conficker worm and attackers’ social engineering techniques exploiting users on Facebook, Myspace and Twitter, dominated the email threats in the first quarter (Q1) of 2009, according to identity-based unified threat management (UTM) solutions provider Cyberoam and its Israeli messaging and web security partner Commtouch.
05 May 2009 Trend Micro extends security envelope around Playstation consoles You might not think it, but junior's Playstation Portal (PSP) and Playstation 3 games consoles are capable of compromising the security of a home (and office) IT network resources.
27 April 2009 Finjan uncovers one of world's largest botnets Finjan has uncovered what appears to be one of the largest bot networks controlled by a single cybercrime gang, with 1.9 million infected zombie computers forming the swarm.
22 April 2009 RSA: Symantec CEO Enrique Salem calls for automated information security In his keynote at RSA in San Francisco, Symantec CEO Enrique Salem called for a significant shift in the way vendors and end-users approach information security. Change, said Salem, is needed to fight the current targeted threat landscape.
22 April 2009 AVG launches free LinkScanner web security application AVG, the producers of one of the most popular free anti-virus applications, is now offering a free URL checking utility.
21 April 2009 RSA: NSA director Lieutenant Alexander asks RSA conference to work with NSA to secure nation Director of NSA, Lieutenant General Keith B Alexander, congratulated the information security industry on its excellent work in his keynote address to RSA conference attendees in San Francisco on 21 April 2009.
21 April 2009 Symantec report observes surge in malicious code for 2008 Security provider, Symantec, found that malicious code activity continued to grow at a record pace throughout 2008, with the most prominent target being confidential information, according to the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Volume XIV.
15 April 2009 Phishers await bite from credit crunch email An opportunist scam is seeing phishers use recession fears as bait, warns the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO).
08 April 2009 It's been a Hard Day's Night for Paul McCartney's web site The operators of Paul McCartney's web site were caught with their electronic pants down this week after the portal was found to be serving up malware.
08 April 2009 Infosecurity gets twittered up Infosecurity magazine are now on Twitter. Please ‘follow’ us to receive our latest news, views and industry comments.
08 April 2009 Conficker methodology appears in updated Neeris worm Even though version D of the Conficker worm failed to cause havoc - as was widely predicted - on April 1, the worm's methodology continues to cause problems in the shape of an updated version of the Neeris worm.
07 April 2009 Hispasec enhances free online malware analysis service Hispasec Sistemas, one of Spanish-speaking world's rising IT security stars, has enhanced its online malware analysis service to accept programmes of up to 10 megabytes, as well as supporting an impressive 23 languages via its on-screen interface
07 April 2009 IBM warns over four percent Conficker infection rate After scanning around two million PCs, IBM's ISS security division says that around four percent of the PCs it scanned were infected by the Conficker worm.
03 April 2009 Arbor Networks warns on MIME sniffing-based phishing attacks Hiding data within digital pictures - known as steganography in security circles - has been known about for years, but now it appears the darkware community have taken the technology concept one step further and are hiding HTML and Java code calls within images when sending out phishing emails.
30 March 2009 New version of L0phtCrack to be unveiled next week Seasoned penetration testers and security experts will recall that L0phtCrack, a seriously heavy-duty password testing utility, was quietly withdrawn by Symantec in 2006, after the IT security vendor reportedly became worried about export regulations of the high-tech software from the United States.
03 March 2009 Google: crack our native client and win $8,192 (£6,000) Google is challenging the cracking community to rip apart its ActiveX alternative called Google Native Client.
02 March 2009 Update: DPP has insufficient evidence to prosecute McKinnon in UK Karen Todner, solicitor for NASA hacker Gary McKinnon has issued a statement disclosing that the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) “do not consider that they have sufficient evidence before them to prosecute Mr McKinnon in the United Kingdom.”
26 February 2009 CansecWest's Pwn2Own cracking contest goes twin-track The three-day Pwn2Own cracking contest - which kicks off on March 18 at the CanSecWest security conference in Vancouver - is always a popular headliner, mainly because of its healthy reward for great system and software hacks.
26 February 2009 Check Point to revolutionise network security At Check Point Experience in Paris this week, Gil Shwed, co-founder and chief executive of Check Point, announced the company’s intention to fundamentally alter network security with the launch of a software blade architecture.
25 February 2009 Black Hat researchers blow hole in Intel BIOS security The Black Hat security event taking place in Washington this week brought its usual array of hacker methodology revelations, but Intel watchers will have sat up straight after hearing how researchers have effectively blown a hole in the firm's trusted execution technology.
19 February 2009 Trend Micro moves IT security onto routers Trend Micro, which claims to be the 'number three' IT security software vendor worldwide, has unveiled a new family of applications designed to run on networking routers, rather than computers.
18 February 2009 Sunbelt working on next-gen anti-virus technology Sunbelt Software claims to have developed a new anti-virus technology called `file emulation' in its battle against malware.
09 February 2009 Fortinet highlight rise in malware The Threatscape report from UTM solution provider, Fortinet, detailing trends in vulnerabilities and malware in the first month of 2009, revealed the rise of the buffer overflow exploit to Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-067, as well as a swell in online gaming malware.
09 February 2009 Hackers hit the road In a fresh case of social engineering, ever-resourceful hackers in the US have found a new way to direct unsuspecting users into downloading a virus, through fake parking tickets.
09 February 2009 Blind hacker fulfils Sneakers movie role 17 years on Movies have a funny habit of becoming reality and the 1992 hacker movie Sneakers, starring Robert Redford, is no exception.
04 February 2009 Ukrainian ISP servers shut down UkrTeleGroup, an infamous internet service provider in the Ukraine, has had its primary IP connection "depeered" by FiberNet, the Miami-based uplink provider.
04 February 2009 Companies their own worst enemy says IBM X-Force report The annual report from IBM's X-Force security operation shows what many IT managers have suspected for some time, namely that Web application vulnerabilities represent the major risk for most organisations.
03 February 2009 Panda Security research shows high incidence of malicious email Research just released by Panda Security claims that just 8.6 per cent of email that reached companies last year was non-malicious.
30 January 2009 Obama Administration publishes agenda for cybersecurity The newly-appointed Obama administration has wasted no time in fulfilling one of its mainstay election promises by publishing an agenda for cybersecurity.
27 January 2009 £10 000 bounty placed on DDoS hackers Overclockers.co.uk (OCUK), an online computer hardware reseller firm, have announced they are placing a bounty of £10 000 on the heads of hackers behind a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on their web site earlier in the month.
23 January 2009 US-CERT warns Microsoft Windows autorun off advice is flawed The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has warned Microsoft's advice on how to turn off the autorun option within Windows is not effective.
22 January 2009 Downadup worm hits million-plus PCs in 24 hours Finnish IT security vendor F-Secure reports that a worm that exploits a months-old Windows flaw has infected more than 1.1 million PCs in space of 24 hours.
16 January 2009 Israeli-Hamas battle escalates to botnets The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East has escalated beyond a spat of hacker Web site attacks plus defacements and into the realms of botware.
14 January 2009 It’s hammer-time for discarded computers says Which? Magazine Which? Computing magazine has encouraged the smashing of computer hard drives after buying eight second-hand hard drives from eBay and finding confidential information on each.
09 January 2009 Trust trumps price for online consumers Amid the build-up to Christmas, a survey commissioned by VeriSign finds that 85 percent of online shoppers maintain that trust in a site is the most important issue when online shopping.
16 December 2008 Lumension survey predicts ITsec trends for 2009 End of year research commissioned by enterprise endpoint security specialist Lumension has found that outsourcing is likely to be a major IT security talking point in 2009.
12 December 2008 Information Security awards recognise honour excellence, leadership, and vision Executive Alliance, provider of premium leadership recognition forums worldwide, has announced the winners of the Information Security Executive (ISE) and Project of the Year United Kingdom and Ireland Awards for 2008.
24 October 2008 Big phish-hunters make small tank vulnerable PhishTank, a mass-participation website used to track phishing sites, is susceptible to voting fraud by criminals, according to researchers at Cambridge University’s Computer Laboratory.
21 December 2007 New web threats gain momentum Eighty per cent of infected websites have been compromised by a third-party hacker, according to the latest threat statistics from Sophos.
21 June 2007 One gang corners the market in phish One gang is responsible for more than half of all attempted phishing for the likes of online banking log-in details, and has found ways to extend the lives of its web-sites, according to researchers at Cambridge University.
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