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Weekly Report on Viruses and Intruders – Sinowal.CR and Briz.R. Trojans and Sohanat.U worm.
Sinowal.CR is designed to collect confidential information from the computers it infects, such as passwords and other data stored in Protected Storage, or from email clients …
Regain access to your computer with Elcomsoft System Recovery
Elcomsoft has released Elcomsoft System Recovery, a boot-disk application that makes it easy to access your computer’s Windows password settings. If you’re locked …
Step-by-step guide for setting up Computer Emergency Response Teams
ENISA is presenting the first European Step-by-Step guide ever on how to set up a CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team). This new booklet/CD-ROM includes case studies, …
Protegrity releasex Defiance 4.2 Software Security suite
Protegrity released the Defiance 4.2 Software Security suite, the industry’s first-ever integrated security platform to protect databases, files, & web applications …
SurfControl gets West Coast Labs certification
SurfControl has been awarded Anti-Spam Premium Checkmark Certification from West Coast Labs for SurfControl E-mail Filter and RiskFilter. Premium Level Certification is …
Scan, Click & Fix: from vulnerability analysis to complete remediation
Criston today announced general availability of its unique solution called Scan, Click & Fix.  Scan, Click & Fixâ„? manages the entire vulnerability life …
Trojan horse tempts users with pictures of pop group t.A.T.u.
IT security firm Sophos has warned of a spyware Trojan horse offering pictures and intimate details about the personal lives of the infamous Russian pop group t.A.T.u. The …
Update of popular Sarbanes-Oxley Guidance released
An updated edition of the globally demanded IT Control Objectives for Sarbanes-Oxley was released today by the nonprofit, independent IT Governance Institute (ITGI) and is …
DISUK warns Europe to prepare for data breach notification legislation
The European Commission has published proposals for a change in law that would force telecoms firms to notify regulators and customers of all breaches of data security …
Spoofed Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Update site installs a trojan
SurfControl Threat Analysis team has received a spoofed e-mail message, claiming to be from support@microsoft.com, which offers a link to download Release Candidate 1 …
Apple Video iPods with pre-installed Windows malware
A number of Video iPods have been shipped containing Windows malware. In a statement on its website, Apple has confirmed that some Video iPods available for purchase after 12 …
BitDefender proves Virus Bulletin judges wrong
BitDefender today announced that BitDefender 10 was awarded VB100% certification from Virus Bulletin for its ability to detect 100% of the viruses on the WildList. Tested by …
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