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Trojans top the charts in September
Trojans have held off worms and bots to top the charts as the most active type of malicious code, according to data compiled by Panda’s ActiveScan online antivirus …
Nigerian email scammers now using puppies
Sophos has reminded computer users of the danger of email scams following an attempted financial fraud which posed as a communication from a Christian couple offering their …
Good S/MIME – Good Mobile Messaging Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
Motorola recently introduced Good Mobile Messaging Secure Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (Good S/MIME). Designed specifically to meet federal government security policy …
SEC’s Anti-Spam Initiative causes reduction in financial spam
The Securities and Exchange Commission continued its assault on stock market e-mail spam by suspending trading in the securities of three companies that haven’t provided …
New innovative ID verification system using grids
GrIDsure Limited has announced its revolutionary new approach to authentication – designed to tackle many of the problems currently being suffered by consumers buying …
Users demand more fraud protection from banks and card companies
Results of a new survey carried out by GrIDsure show banks and card companies could do more to protect customers from fraud, and might benefit from taking into account how …
Secure file transfer solution for IBM mainframes
SSH Communications Security announced the general availability of SSH Tectia Server 5.5 for IBM z/OS which allows enterprises to secure file transfers and other data in …
Did you get malware from a long lost school friend?
Sophos is warning of a new attempt to infect PCs with malware by someone posing as a long lost school friend. According to Sophos, internet hackers – taking advantage of …
Hijacking RSS feeds with Feedburner plugin for WordPress
In one of his latest blog posts, David Kierznowski announced a Feedsmith Feedburner vulnerability: Feedsmith Feedburner plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to a CSRF attack …
Mac Security Freeware: Password Manager, Screen Locker and MD5 Checksum Checker
In a series of articles on Mac security freeware I will be covering a number of newly released security tools for Mac OS X. This time I am taking a look at KeyMaster 1.0.1 …
Security requirements for a Web 2.0 world
Through research, analysis, Secure Computing has identified the key requirements for addressing enterprise Web security. The following capabilities are absolutely essential …
Websense completes acquisition of SurfControl
Websense closed its acquisition of SurfControl. The final purchase price is approximately ?204 million, including deferred compensation and stock option expense. The …
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