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How Companies Can Manage Strong Authentication Intelligently
According to the latest figures from the Department of Trade & Industry, eight out of ten UK firms offer its employees the option of working from home for at least part …
Weekly Report on Viruses and Intruders – Nugache.A Worm, Hiviti.A and Banker.CTD Trojans
A worm, Nugache.A, the backdoor Trojan Hiviti.A and the Banker.CTD Trojan are the focus of this week’s PandaLabs report. Nugache.A can spread in three different ways: …
Cross-Site Scripting Worms and Viruses: The Impending Threat and the Best Defense
On October 4, 2005, the “Samy Worm1” became the first major worm to use Cross-Site Scripting2 (“XSS”) for infection propagation. Overnight, the worm …
Biggest X Window security hole since 2000
Coverity, Inc. announced that as a result of their contract with US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the biggest X Window System security vulnerability of the last six …
SurfControl: Key trends for spam in first quarter 2006
Using SurfControl’s Adaptive Threat Intelligence (ATI), SurfControl’s Global Threat Experts have compiled threat trend data for the first quarter of 2006.In the …
BitDefender Launches Next Generation of Heuristic Detection
BitDefender announced B-HAVE (Behavioral Heuristic Analyzer in Virtual Environments), its next generation of heuristic detection technology, will be included in all future …
WOW Password Stealing Trojan Targets Online Gamers
Security Analysts at MicroWorld Technologies inform that a new variant of the password stealing Trojan named “Trojan-PSW.Win32.WOW.x’ is spreading fast, attacking …
Identity Theft – Should You Be Worried?
Pick up any magazine or newspaper, surf to any Internet technology or news site, turn on the TV and listen to the news and it becomes apparent that identity theft is a major …
Panda ActiveScan Top 10 viruses in April 2006
April could be described as a calm month with respect to virus epidemics, but appearances can deceive. Thousands of malicious codes are awaiting the opportunity to install …
AppGate Announces Network Admission Control enabled Mobile VPN Client
AppGate has made it possible to combine Network Admission Control policies with Mobile VPN access from a range of Windows Mobile devices. Their new Network Admission Control …
Trend Micro Introduces Network VirusWall Enforcer
Trend Micro Incorporated announced Network VirusWall Enforcer, its second-generation enterprise-class Network Access Control (NAC) appliance that ensures that all devices — …
Automated Patch Management
It’s nearly impossible to escape computer-based information in today’s high-tech society. From doctors’ offices to hardware stores, organizations and …
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