| Trojan Horse Builds Peer-to-Peer Botnets – the Evolution |  | The P2P botnets are updating themselves with fresh Trojan variants
Trojan.Peacomm is a Trojan horse designed to build peer-to-peer botnets out of compromised machines. Security company Symantec has tracked the evolution of the Trojan and concluded that the initial outbreak of the Trojan.Peacomm detected in January 2007 and labeled as the storm-wor ... [read more >>] | | Date: 25 April 2007, 18:59 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Do Americans Dream of Malware and Spam? |  | The US is the top malware and spam hot spot
The United States remains the top hot spot for malware hosting and spam-relaying worldwide. According to Sophos' Security Threat Report 2007, the US hosts an estimated 34.2% of the sites hosting web-based malware at a global level, during 2006. China is runner up hosting 31% of ... [read more >>] | | Date: 24 January 2007, 18:45 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Panda Joss-Stick Virus Is Running Amok with the Windows Icons |  | Time to panic?
Fujacks-I and Fujacks-J also known as worm.whboy is running amok with the icons of the Windows operating system, and not only. The virus has already infected several million Chinese computers and has received a five-star severity ranking.
Security vendor Sophos has advised Windo ... [read more >>] | | Date: 19 January 2007, 16:44 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Norton Will Be Ready in Time for Windows Vista |  | And so will SONAR
Symantec has announced that Norton Internet Security, Norton AntiVirus and Norton Confidential will offer full support for Windows Vista before the operating system will be available for the general public on January 30, 2007. Symantec also revealed that the customers that have alre ... [read more >>] | | Date: 17 January 2007, 17:53 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| FBI Warns of Life Threatening Emails |  | Just a social engineering scheme
The federal Bureau of Investigation has intervened in a social engineering scheme that consists of emails that threaten the recipient with an imminent assassination. The email contains a message from a supposed hitman that asks for money in return of information in relation to the p ... [read more >>] | | Date: 13 January 2007, 12:13 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Highly Critical PDF Vulnerability |  | A patch is not yet available
Symantec is expecting to see an escalation in online attacks via malicious PDF files, as it has reported a vulnerability related to Adobe Acrobat files and Cross Site Scripting. Hon Lau, a Sr. Security Response Engineer with Symantec has revealed that the Cupertino based security co ... [read more >>] | | Date: 03 January 2007, 16:43 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Mass Mailing Worm Greets the New Year |  | Fun Filled the New Year!
The Dref-V mass-mailing worm is without a doubt the malware star at the debut of 2007. The long time dormant Dref-V made a comeback at the end of 2007, and has taken the charts by storm. According to data released by security company Sophos, the The Dref-V mass-mailing worm has bee ... [read more >>] | | Date: 03 January 2007, 16:42 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Yahoo Messenger ActiveX Vulnerability |  | Allows for remote code execution
All Yahoo Messenger users that have installed the IM client prior to November 2, 2006 are vulnerable to attacks that exploit a buffer overflow in an ActiveX control of the product. According to data released by Secunia, Yahoo! Messenger 5.x, Yahoo! Messenger 6.x, Yahoo! Messenger 7. ... [read more >>] | | Date: 15 December 2006, 15:54 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Inspect OS and Software Security |  | With Secunia Software Inspector
Secunia Software Inspector will crawl an operating system and the installed software and will produce an evaluation highlighting insecure program versions and miss ... [read more >>] | | Date: 12 December 2006, 12:32 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| F-Secure Client Security 7 for Vista |  | But only for the 32-bit editions of the operating system
With Client Security 7, F-Secure promises to take the level of corporate PC security to a whole new level by introducing against zero-days and rootkits. F-Secure Client Security 7 is scheduled for availability in the beginning of 2007 and will deliver support for Windows XP and Wind ... [read more >>] | | Date: 02 December 2006, 14:12 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| New Worm – Old Vulnerabilities |  | Via Port 2967
Symantec has warned of the discovery of W32.Spybot.ACYR, a new worm that targets an array of old vulnerabilities dating as far back as July 16, 2003. Spybot.ACYR is designed to exploit a number of seven vulnerabilities, five in Microsoft products, one in Symantec products and one Mu ... [read more >>] | | Date: 29 November 2006, 17:05 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Will Symantec's Security FOR Vista Work WITH Vista? |  | The answer is no
Will the security products released by Symantec with support for Windows Vista actually work with the latest operating system from Microsoft? This may seem a strange question but - in fact - it has an easy answer. Just bear with me and we will get there.
Cupertino based security ... [read more >>] | | Date: 28 November 2006, 12:58 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| IPS – A Solution for Zero Day Attacks |  | The average window of exposure in 1H 2006 is 28 days
Pattern-matching engines and signature language have evolved in time from Intrusion Detection Systems into Intrusion Prevention Systems and have been adapted for host-based solutions. This is synonymous with another evolution, in functionality, as IDS moved from just logging capabil ... [read more >>] | | Date: 25 November 2006, 14:15 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Symantec and McAfee Build Their Security Solutions on Shortcuts |  | Sophos is yet again lashing out at Symantec and McAfee
After issuing comments in October that the two security solutions providers should have simply prepared better for 64-bit Windows Vista instead of generating complaints, noise and confusion in regard to the Kernel Patch Protection, Richard Jacobs, Sophos’ Chief Technical Officer ju ... [read more >>] | | Date: 24 November 2006, 12:49 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Webcam Blackmailers Arrested in Spain |  | Four arrests were made by Spanish authorities in Alicante and Madrid
The Praxis investigation has debuted in 2005 when the network of a Spanish computer science organization was infected by a Trojan Horse. Four arrests were made by Spanish authorities in Alicante and Madrid in relation with this initial Trojan attack and the illegal actions that ensu ... [read more >>] | | Date: 17 November 2006, 17:04 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Symantec: Security Threat Is Gearing Toward Electronic Transactions |  | And increasingly motivated by financial gains
The security threat is sifting from the desktop toward electronic transactions. John Thompson, Chairman and CEO of Symantec Corp. revealed that the tendency, although not new, is accelerating.
“While a few years ago many people were much more focused on attacking the machine and ... [read more >>] | | Date: 03 November 2006, 18:09 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Spam Level Through the Roof |  | Image spam increased by 200%
MX Logic Inc. has revealed that the overall email traffic has jumped approximately 40%, fueled by a consistent jump in the volume of spam and malicious email traffic. According to statistics released by MX Logic, an average of 77.4% of all mail managed via the MX Logic Threat Center ... [read more >>] | | Date: 03 November 2006, 17:48 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Panda Software Unveils New Free Panda ActiveScan Tool |  | Now with anti-rootkit capabilities
Panda ActiveScan is a free online antivirus solution. Panda Software has announced that the online scanning tool has been upgraded and now includes low-level; scanning to detect and remove rootkits. Additionally, Panda ActiveScan delivers protection against viruses, worms, Trojans, ... [read more >>] | | Date: 03 November 2006, 17:28 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| KPN starts delivering F-Secure's data security services |  | KPN's ISP Planet Internet will offer its broadband customers F-Secure's data security services in the Netherlands
As part of an overall data security services partnership between KPN and F-Secure Corporation, KPN's ISP Planet Internet will offer its broadband customers F-Secure's data security services in the Netherlands. The security solution includes antivirus, antispyware, firewall, parental ... [read more >>] | | Date: 03 November 2006, 09:17 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Spam Island-Hopping – The Hot New Trend for Spam |  | Tokelau, in the South Pacific, is one of the spammers' favorite island paradise
When you think of Tokelau, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Tuvalu, American Samoa, Isle of Man, Tonga and Sao Tome and Principe and other such exotic locations the last thing that comes to mind is spam. Well, that impression is about to change. All because of a new trend in spamming techni ... [read more >>] | | Date: 02 November 2006, 16:49 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Symantec Reports Solid Second Quarter Earnings |  | Results driven by performance across Consumer and Data Center Management groups; company reaffirms fiscal year 2007 guidance
Symantec Corp. reported results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2007, ended Sept. 29, 2006. ... [read more >>] | | Date: 26 October 2006, 15:39 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Computers, Networks and Theft: the First Part of a New Article from Kaspersky Lab |  | Kaspersky Lab has released the first part of a new article entitled Computers, Networks and Theft, by Yury Mashevsky, a Kaspersky Lab virus analyst
The Internet is becoming increasingly criminalized, with new malicious technologies being developed and used. Cybercrime has become a profitable business run by highly organized groups; although estimates vary as to the amount made, figures for 2005 range from tens to hundreds of millions of ... [read more >>] | | Date: 22 October 2006, 21:09 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Oracle Patches 101 Vulnerabilities |  | And enhances the CPU documentation
Oracle’s eighth Critical Patch Update (CPUOct2006) addresses a total of 101 vulnerabilities. Unlike Microsoft, Oracle issues its patches on a quarterly and not on a monthly basis. As it is traditional for Oracle, the critical patch updates are cumulative. Oracle E-Business Suite mak ... [read more >>] | | Date: 18 October 2006, 11:01 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Trend Micro Introduces InterScan Messaging Security Appliance |  | Completes in 2006 its vision to provide customers form factor choice for the entire portfolio of Trend Micro Gateway Security Solutions
Trend Micro Incorporated announced InterScan Messaging Security Appliance, a comprehensive solution for ent ... [read more >>] | | Date: 17 October 2006, 08:11 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| GFI Unveils EventsManager |  | The next generation solution for centralized event log management and reporting
For the starting price of $495 GFI EventsManager tracks a total of three network devices. GFI promises via a press release that EventsManager will keep track of all the events on a network infrastructure. This includes hardware and software failures and the security monitoring alert ... [read more >>] | | Date: 16 October 2006, 16:24 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| Anti-Keylogger Plugin KeyScrambler 1.1 Supports IE 7 and Firefox |  | KeyScrambler 1.1 Personal is free
Microsoft was recently asking if the www was ready for the imminent launching of Internet Explorer 7, and today QFX Software responded yes. Yes because KeyScrambler 1.1 delivers support for Internet Explorer 6 and 7. This comes to prove that IE7 Release Candidate 1 was put to good u ... [read more >>] | | Date: 12 October 2006, 17:32 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
| F-Secure Presents Internet Security 2007 |  | Emphasizing proactive protection
F-Secure Internet Security 2007 is immediately available for download. It comes with a price tag of €74,90 for one year worth of license, €79,90 for three licenses, €148 for five, all on a 12 month basis with renewal costing €59,9. Retailers will begin selling the product stating ... [read more >>] | | Date: 12 October 2006, 12:14 | (c) 2007 Softpedia |
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