Panda Security has announced the official launch of three of its newest products in the 2009 suit - Panda Antivirus Pro 2009, Panda Internet Security 2009 and Panda Global Protection 2009. The three products are based on the same technology, Collective Intelligence, which enables experts to continuously elaborate new ways to detect and remove threats. The innovation comes from the fact that the database used to store signature files is "in the cloud", or, in other words, on the Internet. This helps users save necessary resources and reduce bandwidth consumption. "Every Panda user is a sensor for new malware, sending statistic... [read more >>] The appeal which aimed at avoiding the extradition of the Briton responsible for what is considered to be the biggest military hack in history was rejected by the European Court of Human Rights, according to The Register. Before even judging the case, the high court decided to step aside from the litigation and did not accept the man's plea. Garry McKinnon was arrested in the UK, his home country, six years ago, but has never been charged. Meanwhile, US authorities, in an attempt to get him extradited, filed a lawsuit against him.McKinnon was given a negative sentence by the High Court back in 2006, but appealed the extradition decisio... [read more >>] Symantec has announced the official release of Norton Safe Web Beta, a plug-in for the Norton Internet Security 2009 solution. The product enables users to verify and avoid malicious websites as they navigate. The tool informs people which of their search results are malware free and which are dangerous. Also, Norton Safe Web labels websites according to their threat level. The security solution warns of the threats a website contains before people navigate it. In case users are not convinced by the threat warnings accompanying certain websites and would rather ignore them, Symantec's product can offer a detailed site report. This, alo... [read more >>] A group of scientists at the University of Michigan has recently unveiled studies that could put an end to malicious software and spam. A new approach to security sees the functionality of the traditional antivirus migrate off the users' machines to the cloud, as a way to deal with the majority of problems that cannot be solved by common antiviruses. The cloud antivirus is a program that doesn't have to be installed on users' computers in order to protect them from malware. Instead, it is hosted on the Internet, like all cloud computing applications.The breakthrough improvement rests in the fact that, while ordinary security ... [read more >>] The worm that we previously reported on as being the latest threat to Facebook and MySpace community has been eliminated, as users can no longer click on malicious links. Max Kelly, Head of Security at Facebook, assures that at least Facebook users can forget about the danger and put it behind them."We spent most of last night working on a fix for a worm, which was targeting people on Facebook and placing messages on Walls urging users to view a video that pretends to be hosted on a Google or YouTube website. We've identified and blocked the ability to link to the malicious websites from anywhere on Facebook." the official said in a bl... [read more >>] Dan Kaminsky is the IOActive specialist whose speech was the most anticipated at this year's Black Hat hacker conference held in Las Vegas. This happened because, one month ago, Kaminsky announced that he had discovered a DNS flaw that employed completely new methods to steal data and affect users' connections. When all those either too curious or too impatient attempted to find out what it was all about, including here hack attempts, Kaminsky asked for more time and vouched he would unveil everything at the Las Vegas conference.Yesterday, in a speech held in front of a very large audience, Kaminsky did indeed offer some details o... [read more >>] Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 8.0.0.454 Final version has just been released. It is a tool that is presented by the team of developers as an unmatched security solution for home and home office. The Kaspersky product offers protection from viruses, Trojans and worms, scans the Internet traffic, the email and instant messaging account, and is compatible with all browsers and email clients. One of the new features the Internet security tool brings is the intelligent management of unknown applications. These don't have access to users' resources and are automatically displayed with a security rating, which enables users to choose ... [read more >>] According to the Korean police, an unidentified Chinese hacker managed to get hold of 9 million credit records that were sold on for a profit in Korea. The person responsible for stealing these records is known only as Chun, and it seems that he managed to flee to China before the Korean law enforcement agencies had a chance to take him into custody. Another 29-year-old suspect related to this incident has evaded the authorities by going to China. The police did manage to arrest 6 people believed to be accomplices of Chun, but they have been all processed and released.Out of the 9 million records the hacker got hold of, 4.8 million belong t... [read more >>] If you are a security oriented PC user, then you take the necessary steps to stay safe, such as updating and patching your software regularly, and making sure that your private, confidential information does not fall into the wrong hands. So far it has been thought of encrypted IP calls, such as the ones made through Skype, as being very safe, since it is practically impossible for someone to listen in on your conversation. It has recently come to light that the Austrian Government could easily be listening in."There has long been speculation that Skype may contain a back door. Because the vendor has not revealed details of its proprietary ... [read more >>] According to research conducted by Internet security company TrendMicro, phishers are resorting to new ways of fooling users. The ever present URL to the phishing site has no longer been seen in numerous messages analyzed by TrendMicro. It would seem that instead the user is provided with a legitimate e-mail address.A run of the mill phishing attempt involves the user receiving a spam message that directs that user to a phishing site. You will receive a message that goes something like "you need to update your bank account info, please click on the following link", but by doing so you will be directed to a web page that looks very similar t... [read more >>] | 
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