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Sophos offers free rootkit detection and removal tool
Sophos today announced the availability of a new free-of-charge, standalone tool offering comprehensive rootkit detection and removal capabilities. Sophos Anti-Rootkit …
Application Security seeeks Common Criteria Certification
Application Security, Inc. is pursuing Common Criteria certification for the current versions of its flagship products — AppDetective, a vulnerability assessment …
Multi-purpose Windows security and care tool released
IObit.Com today announces the release of the newest version of Advanced WindowsCare v2 Personal. It is a multi-purpose Windows care tool, which is intended for solving an …
Intelligent Data Protection in Today’s Enterprise
As information becomes increasingly more valuable to enterprises, IT organizations must overcome some daunting and complex data protection challenges, such as recoverability, …
Couple charged in a pump-and-dump stock spam
42-year-old Jeffrey Stone and his wife Janette Diller Stone of Connecticut, USA, have had civil fraud charges filed against them by the Securities and Exchange Commission …
Anti-keylogger plugin for Microsoft Internet Explorer
A browser plugin named KeyScrambler was recently released by Florida startup QFX Software. The Personal edition is free for download at the company’s website and it …
10 steps to fortify the security of your MySQL installation
For those who wish to enhance or fortify the security of the MySQL installation the following technical 10 steps are a good start. Step 1: Run MySQL in a chroot jail Chroot …
Weekly Report on Viruses and Intruders – Oscarbot.KD worm and the Nabload.JC and Banker.EEA Trojans
Oskarbot.KD is the first malicious code to infect systems by exploiting the Microsoft MS06-040 vulnerability. According to information from PandaLabs, Oscarbot.KD searches for …
Miami man accused of creating hurricane Katrina phishing website
IT security firm, Sophos, is reminding computer users of the dangers of identity theft as a 20-year-old man is charged in relation to a phishing website which claimed to …
Popcorn.net replaces MoviePass, costs victims as much as $359.88
A new variant of an old spyware infection was discovered this morning by the Schrock Innovations research department called Popcorn.net. Popcorn.net replaces the well known …
Vulnerability of Passmark Sitekey at Bank of America reported
Sestus Data Corporation announced today the discovery of a vulnerability of the Passmark Sitekey login approach at Bank of America that could permit an attacker to remotely …
Fake BBC report spreads Berlusconi death claim and malicious trojan
IT security firm Sophos is warning users about a new Trojan horse that has been spammed out to email addresses disguised as a breaking BBC news report claiming the death of …
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