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Large-scale spam campaign uses compromised webmail accounts and WordPress sites

A spam campaign currently under way has been spotted coming from several thousand compromised Yahoo!, AOL and Hotmail email accounts and taking advantage of compromised …

Invisible authentication for mobile applications

RSA announced the release of software developer kits (SDKs) designed for mobile application developers to seamlessly integrate strong one-time password (OTP) or risk-based …

Cyber criminals outsourcing money-collecting to mobile operators

Cybercrime has come a long way since it was mostly a digital form of vandalism. It has developed into a criminal business operated for financial gain and is now worth …

McAfee shoots for next generation IPS

McAfee announced its network security framework which integrates advanced network intrusion prevention with essential next-generation controls. The solution addresses a need …

Vulnerability management for Web applications

Core Security announced Core WebVerify Web application security software that provides organizations with actionable intelligence and analysis on indisputably critical …

October 2011 Patch Tuesday fixes 23 vulnerabilities

In today’s Patch Tuesday, Microsoft delivers 8 security bulletins (two rated “critical,” six “important”) that address 23 vulnerabilities …

German states say “federal trojan” used within legal boundaries

The reaction following CCC’s claims that a government-made “lawful interception” Trojan has abilities that exceed those allowed by the nation’s …

Enhanced automated malware analysis by RSA

RSA announced new capabilities for RSA NetWitness Spectrum, an analytical workbench for the identification, analysis and prioritization of malware-based threats to enterprise …

Fake virus warning from company IT department brings real malware

Emails purportedly coming from a company’s IT department has been spotted targeting users of various big companies and trying to make them download malware for the last …

A call for a new approach to security

RSA executives advised security professionals that the new fact of life for IT organizations is a state of persistent, dynamic, intelligent threats in which it is no longer a …

Don’t worry about zero-days, says Microsoft

Microsoft released its Security Intelligence Report volume 11 (SIRv11), which found that less than 1 percent of exploits in the first half of 2011 were against zero-day …

F-Secure launches Internet Security 2012

F-Secure launched Internet Security 2012, an improved version of its online safety offering. It is easy to use and the new Launch pad provides convenient access to all parts …

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