Over 1,000 Trusted, Government and NHS Sites Compromised
	With the aid of its in-the-cloud security tool named SecureBrowsing, Finjan has discovered that sites belonging to the Government, NHS, and numerous respectable businesses have been compromised, the total number of such sites detected this month alone exceeding the 1,000 mark. It seems that a massive attack has been launched on the Internet at the beginning of May, to which vulnerable sites have fallen victim. Finjan has iden ... [read more >>]
	17 July 2008, 09:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Most Spammed American States Awards
	Out of all the countries in the world, the United States are the most affected by spam (say security companies like Sophos and ... [read more >>]
	17 July 2008, 08:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

ScanSafe Reports an Increase in Infected Trusted Sites
	According to a report recently released by ScanSafe, company that specializes in providing Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), malware related threats have increased by a staggering 278% in the first half of 2008. In June, 66% of all malware blocked by ScanSafe was related to legitimate web pages that had become compromised. It seems that lax security measures left these sites vulnerable to attacks, such as SQL injection, which became highly pop ... [read more >>]
	17 July 2008, 05:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nigella Lawson Web Page Spreads Malware
	ScanSafe, company that specializes in providing Internet security solutions, has recently revealed that the web page for popular British cook Nigella Lawson came under hacker attack, first detected at the beginning of the week. It is believed that visitors to the previously mentioned site may have been infected with malware, which is why ScanSafe recommends running a complete scan on your systems in order to make sure you have not been inf ... [read more >>]
	17 July 2008, 04:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Insider Security Threat on the Increase
	According to a recently released study conducted by The Strategic Counsel and sponsored by CA, company that specializes in providing IT management software solutions, while external security threats are going down, insider related ones are increasing. In the last year alone, consumer discontent in regard to data loss incidents has increased by 65%, 10% more than in 2006. Lina Liberti, Vice President of CA, comments: "The ... [read more >>]
	17 July 2008, 03:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

27 Out of 28 Business E-Mails Are Spam
	Sophos, a company that specializes in providing antivirus and antispam security solutions, has just released a new report regarding spam trends, and it seems that business spam is increasing. Spam traffic in June 2008 increased by 4.3%, reaching a total of 96.5%. Businesses have to contend with the fact that just 1 out of 28 messages is not spam. Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant with Sophos, comments: "If your company i ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2008, 11:01GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New York Spammer to Serve a 2.5-Year Sentence
	A sentence has been issued in the case of the Brooklyn man who, for a period of seven days in 2005, from the 17th to the 23rd of August, managed to spam 1.2 million AOL users. The spammer's name is Adam Vitale, and he was handed 30 months of incarceration time, as well as having to pay AOL $180,000. Judge Denny Chin had this to comment before issuing the sentence: "Spamming is serious criminal conduct; this is not a ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2008, 10:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Private Profile Info Leaked by Facebook
	Facebook has failed to provide the necessary security measures for the users that have specifically requested that information provided by them remains private. According to Sophos, company that specializes in providing antivirus and antispam security solutions, Facebook has accidentally made public the birth dates of about 80 million users. Sophos has informed the social networking site on the situation and the problem has been remedied. ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2008, 09:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

E-mail Message Gets Woman Fired
	Melanie Kroll, an employee of 1-800-Flowers.com, has recently lost her job because it seems that death threatening letters originated from her account. It seems that Melanie, or someone who had access to her account, sent Paul Myers an e-mail message demanding that he quit his job or have his "brains beat in". This is not the first time Myers receives such e-mail messages. Melanie Kroll has confirmed the fact that t ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2008, 07:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

PandaLabs Discovers Trojan in Fake UPS Messages
	PandaLabs, company that specializes in providing security software solutions, has recently announced that a spam message containing malware has surfaced. The message appears to be sent by parcel delivery company UPS, but in fact it is sent by someone who is maliciously trying to infect your system with a Trojan which PandaLabs named Agent.JEN Users are advised to be cautious if they receive a message entitled "UPS packet ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2008, 06:12GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Social Engineering Hacker Provides His Insight
	Kevin Mitnick used to obtain security credentials not by using special hacking software or tools, but by using social engineering. This way he would manage to get passwords and code which he would later use to hack into company networks. His most prestigious hacks include Nokia, Sun Microsystems, Fujitsu Siemens and Motorola. After spending 5 years in a federal prison paying for his crimes, he decided to switch sides and he now works as a ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2008, 05:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Spam King Sentencing Rescheduled
	Earlier this week we were reporting that Alan Soloway, better known as the Spam King, would be sentenced after having been charged with mail fraud, e-mail fraud, and tax evasion, and the honorable judge Marsha Pechman was expected to issue a sentence. Although two days have been put ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2008, 04:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

San Francisco Unable to Access Its Own Network
	San Francisco's multimillion-dollar FiberWAN network, which is used to handle delicate information in regard to law enforcement documents and city payroll files, was hijacked by a 43 year old disgruntled employee. Terry Childs used to work for the city of San Francisco as a computer network administrator and it seems that no other admin can access the network because Childs has locked them all out. The only password that still works ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2008, 03:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

OKI Launches New Face Recognition Middleware
	Japanese electronics company OKI has recently announced the release of its FSE (Face Recognition Engine) Ver.4 which can be embedded into surveillance systems so as to specifically identify individuals by their face. In the near future OKI hopes to further develop the technology, so that after identifying a face the camera can lock on that individual and maintain focus even if the face becomes obscured from view. Incredible am ... [read more >>]
	15 July 2008, 10:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Social Networking at Work Puts the Company Network at Risk
	According to Trend Micro, company that specializes in providing Internet security solutions, social networking sites are a security threat not only to the user, but also to the company's network. This is because a lager and larger number of people access such sites from their workplace, using the PC and Internet connection provided by their employer. Social networking sites are usually exploited by e-criminals who want to propagate th ... [read more >>]
	15 July 2008, 09:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Founder of Security Software Company Found Dead
	A little while back we were reporting that Steve Thomas, co-founder of security software company Webroot, had gone missing. At the time the police were still hoping to find him, although they had no lead to go on. His dead body has been discovered near the base of Nuua ... [read more >>]
	15 July 2008, 08:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Adeona, the Open Source Software That Finds Your Laptop
	For people who are always on the go, a laptop is a must-have piece of technology. The thing is that it can be lost, not to mention stolen, incredibly easily. And once that happens, you also lose all the data stored on it (which sometimes can be private, confidential information that you don't want others to look at). Adeona (as in the Greek goddess of safe returns) is an open source system developed by researchers from Washington and ... [read more >>]
	15 July 2008, 07:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Spam Blocking Solution from Cloudmark
	Cloudmark, company that specializes in providing security software solutions, has recently announced that its Global Threat Network technology has received US patent number 7373385. The invention of this technology is credited to Vipul Ved Prakash and it is the first ever collaborative threat detection system. A total of 600 million trusted sources report on the threats and dangers one can encounter online. Leon Rishniw, Vice ... [read more >>]
	15 July 2008, 05:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

"AKILL" Hacker Gets Off with a Fine
	A hacker known online as AKILL – his real name is Owen Thor Walker – has recently been brought to justice in New Zealand. The 18 year old admitted to six charges of e-crime as well as to being the mastermind behind a botnet that led to damages of over $20 million and caused a Pennsylvania University server to crash. The hacker was fined a total of NZ$15,526 ($9,526 for the server and $5,000 for other damages) and ordered to surrender all P ... [read more >>]
	15 July 2008, 03:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Firebrand Says Hack It Yourself
	Just recently, we were reporting that the UK Government was asking for tighter SMEs data security and that phishing atta ... [read more >>]
	14 July 2008, 11:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Top 3 Data Loss Incidents of 2008
	The IT security world continues to be plagued by data loss incidents; laptops with confidential data are stolen or lost on airports, disks are gone, ... [read more >>]
	14 July 2008, 10:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Experts' Way of Seeing Network Security
	If you were to choose a metaphor to compare network security with, what would it be? Would you compare it to a chain that is as strong as its weakest link, or would you compare it to an impenetrable fortress? Well, here are the opinions of some of the best known security specialists in the business. For Whitehat Security's CTO (Chief Technical Officer), Jeremiah Grossman, network security could be compared to placing seve ... [read more >>]
	14 July 2008, 08:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

FCC Favors BitTorrent Trackers
	Comcast subscribers that wanted to share files with the aid of BitTorrent trackers found that the Internet provider had imposed a certain traffic limit. Kevin J. Martin, Chairman of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) said that the previously mentioned company will not b ... [read more >>]
	14 July 2008, 06:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Spam King Sentence Scheduled Today
	Today, a sentence will be issued in the case of Robert Alan Soloway, aka the Spam King, who is charged with single counts of mail and e-mail fraud and tax evasion. Soloway has already pleaded guilty as charged and risks spending the next 25 years in jail (20 for mail fraud and 5 for e-mail fraud) as well as paying a fine that can range from $400,000 to $1 million (as the prosecution asked). It seems that for a period of about ... [read more >>]
	14 July 2008, 06:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Ethical Hacker from Syria Will Crack Any Program
	The name of this hacker is Abdul-Rahman Mahaini, he is 26 years old and he lives in Damascus, Syria. According to him, he has so far cracked software programs worth millions of dollars and he will continue to do so, no matter how difficult it is to crack a certain program. He says that he does not do this for the hacking thrill, but because of the software sales restrictions imposed on Syria by the US. It all boils down to the fact that, s ... [read more >>]
	14 July 2008, 05:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Security Software Fails to Report SSH Attacks
	Servers with open SSH ports have recently begun to come under hacker attack, which seems to be coordinated, although it is not automatically reported because the hackers employ a brute force attack from more than one machine. Nazar Aziz, IT consultant and developer, has been vigilant enough to detect the attack, which started at the beginning of this month. Here is how the whole thing goes: if a hacker tries to gain access to ... [read more >>]
	14 July 2008, 03:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hitman Scam Targets Australian Users
	Why should scammers and spammers limit themselves to the Internet when there are far more mobile phone users than web surfers? In Australia there is a new scam going on, that attempts to separate people from their hard earned money by informing them that a hitman has been hired to kill them. Of course, you can get away with your life if you pay the scammer between $1,000 and $5,000. The proper law enforcement agencies have been informed a ... [read more >>]
	12 July 2008, 07:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Phishing Attempts on Irish Companies Increase
	Ireland-based SMEs (short for Small and Medium Enterprises) are experiencing an increase in scamming attempts, as reported by a recently issued survey conducted by the Irish Small and Medium Enterprise Association (ISME). Attackers resort to phishing type attempts, as well as false invoices and international business directories. "In the past couple of weeks, numerous companies have received invoices and ‘update’ request ... [read more >>]
	12 July 2008, 06:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Homer Simpson Recruited to Spread Malware
	Homer Simpson's handle, chunkylover53, which was registered by Matt Selman, writer and producer of the show, has recently resurfaced and it is being used to spread malware. Users are tempted with the possibility of viewing an "Internet only" episode of "The Simpsons," but that .exe file is nothing more than malware (identified as Kimya.exe). Kimya.exe is a Trojan that is rather popular amongst hackers all over ... [read more >>]
	12 July 2008, 05:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Data Security Is the Management's Job
	Recent security related events in the UK have proven that data security is not taken as seriously as it should be. Security software vendors and manufacturers try waging a never ending fight against spam, viruses and other types of malicious software, but data still isn't safe. According to the officials, the finger should be pointed at the managers that do their jobs poorly. David Smith, Deputy Information Commissioner ... [read more >>]
	11 July 2008, 11:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

John Lewis Criticizes the PCI DSS
	The PCI DSS (short for Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is a set of rules and guidelines meant to protect the customer and merchant against fraud. Since you will be providing the merchant with your credit card info, it is important that it stays safe from attackers and hackers. UK based department store John Lewis agrees that the PCI DSS is necessary and wants to comply, but has to speak out against how unnecessarily difficult ... [read more >>]
	11 July 2008, 10:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Thales France Takes Over UK Encryption Company nCipher
	Thales, a French based company that specializes in defense and aerospace electronics, is planning on expanding, which is why it wants to improve its information security services. That is why it is offering to buy nCipher for the total sum of £50.7 million (that is just slightly above $100 million). Thales does not care about acquiring powerful brands or channels, it is only interested in the security technology. Thales releas ... [read more >>]
	11 July 2008, 08:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Malware Ruins Teacher's Life
	You never think that spam, spyware, or any other form of malicious software can impact you in a truly life-altering way. Well, it definitely can and Julie Amero, a substitute teacher from Connecticut, is living proof of that. She was charged with allowing 7th grade children to view pop-ups containing adult material, but she was never found guilty. The court ordered a do over, but a trial data has yet to be rescheduled. In 20 ... [read more >>]
	11 July 2008, 07:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

White House to Tighten E-Mail Security
	The Presidential and Federal Records Act has been revised and updated by the US House of Representatives because recent events have proved that e-mail recording was a "bit" lax, leading to about 5 million lost e-mails a couple of months ago. Historic letters from the US' past are treated with the accurate respect that they deserve, and not simply tossed in the bin. In this day and age, e-mail has replaced the tr ... [read more >>]
	11 July 2008, 06:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Financial Times Site Down Due to Equipment Theft
	Visitors to the Financial Times web page yesterday might have noticed that there were no new articles published and that other data had not been updated either. This happened because somebody nicked (British for stole) "equipment" from 3rd party facilities where it was hosted. It has not been disclosed what type of equipment has been stolen, but rumors talk about servers, switches and routers. The police have been informed and a ... [read more >>]
	11 July 2008, 04:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Multimedia Infecting Trojan Detected in the Wild
	According to Secure Computing, a company that specializes in providing Internet security appliances as security software solutions, there is a new Trojan out there that works by infecting all multimedia files (that would be music and movies) stored on the user's machine. This threat has been identified by the previously mentioned company as "Trojan.ASF.Hijacker.gen". The Trojan spreads mainly through P2P with the goal of st ... [read more >>]
	11 July 2008, 03:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Kaminsky Faces Security and Hacking Community Scorn
	A short while back we were reporting on a DNS flaw discovered by Dan Kaminsky, and which has since then been patched by the industry. The thing is that after unveiling this vulnerability, he met with industry representatives from the 16 major IT companies that manufacture DNS software and shed ... [read more >>]
	10 July 2008, 11:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Zone Alarm Users Booted Off the Web
	Earlier this week we were reporting that the recently discovered DNS security flaws have been patched in a simultaneous effort by the entire industry. Although the fix resolves those security issues, it may also leave Zone Alarm users without an Internet connection. The following platforms are a ... [read more >>]
	10 July 2008, 07:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Founder of Security Software Company Goes Missing
	Webroot, a company that specializes in providing antivirus and antispyware security solutions, was co-founded by Steven Thomas back in 1997. It seems that the 36 year old millionaire has gone missing from a hotel in Hawaii, last week. While the local authorities are trying to find him, his family prays that he is safe and sound. The last time anyone has seen Steven was on the 30th of June, at approximately 5 o'clock in the afternoo ... [read more >>]
	10 July 2008, 06:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

McAfee Releases Final Report on the SPAM Experiment
	The McAfee team has just recently finished analyzing all the data from the S.P.A.M. (short for Spammed Persistently All Month) and a report has been made available. Entitled "Global S.P.A.M. Diaries", the report includes a detailed and comprehensive presentation of all the McAfee findings. Jeff Green, Senior Vice President with McAfee comments: "What have I gained during these last 30 days? Well, at least I got rid of t ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2008, 10:43GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Gmail Now Safer
	It seems that the Gmail's developers truly care for the security of its users. Since you can sign in to the Google account from different locations at the same time, there is the possibility you could forget to sign out of one and then be faced with an invasion of privacy. Thanks to the new feature from Gmail, you can now see if you have not signed out from all the places where you opened the account and what you should do i ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2008, 09:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Data Security Talks Spurred in India after BlackBerry Scandal
	The Indian authorities are very concerned about the fact that e-mail messages sent through BlackBerry devices cannot be intercepted and the encryption cannot be broken. Why would the Indian Government want access to such private information? It seems that this method of communication was recently used by militants and the government is worried it could happen again. All this talk about data encryption and privacy has brought the issue of ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2008, 09:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

ICANN Speaks Out Regarding Recent Hacker Attack
	Not too long ago a hacker group from Turkey, calling themselves the NetDEvilz, managed to redirect traffic from the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) and IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) web pages to another site where they claimed that they were in control of the net. The corporation is now coming out to say that the official .org sites were never infected, and that the traffic was directed towards a m ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2008, 07:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Storm Spreads False Info on US Invading Iran
	After the recent 4th of July campaign, Storm related spam is once again making the news. The latest Storm spam messages inform you that the US military has invaded Iran and you are of course invited to click on a link and watch video footage directly from the battle scene, but if you do, you wi ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2008, 07:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Mozilla Pushes for New Security Metrics
	The Mozilla team is not pleased with the manner in which browser security is assessed by the industry and wants to make a few changes. The new security metrics system should look past the simple bug, update and patch count and more accurately reflect the level of protection offered by the browser. Several factors must be taken into consideration, such as how much time passes until a patch or fix is issued, what techniques and tools are us ... [read more >>]
	08 July 2008, 08:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Trend Micro Shares Go Up on the Tokyo Market
	Trend Micro, a company that specializes in security software solutions, seems to be doing quite well on the Tokyo stock market. Following a ratings modification by Mitsubishi UFJ Securities, from "outperform to "strong outperform", Trend Micro has seen more money coming in than in the past three months. In the world of security software producers, Trend Micro ranks in at the number three. On the Tokyo stock mar ... [read more >>]
	08 July 2008, 04:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Apple iPhone Safer Connection with Check Point Software
	With the much awaited release of the new iPhone, there are some concerns regarding the safety of the connection between the devices and Internet servers. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a company that specializes in providing security software solutions, is tackling the issue by offering the VPN-1, which ensures that remote access to corporate network systems is done safely by making sure the data in transit is encrypted ... [read more >>]
	07 July 2008, 07:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Can IT Security Companies Go Green?
	The concept of going green is targeting the IT security world too; just because you have to deal with viruses and Trojans and other malware all day long does not mean you should disregard the environment. Representatives from different security software companies have different views regarding this issue. Richard Stiennon, CEO of Seccom Global, believes that UTM (short for unified threat management) appliances are green because a large ... [read more >>]
	07 July 2008, 04:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Panda Celebrates 18th Birthday
	Panda security is celebrating 18 years of activity; the company that specializes in providing security software and security solutions was founded in 1990 in Spain and it has grown considerably since then. It now has subsidiaries in Spain, France, Japan and the US, and has plans to expand even further. A vulnerability has been recently discovered in one of Panda Security's products, in Panda ActiveScan to be more precise. The applica ... [read more >>]
	07 July 2008, 02:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia