Turning point for security decision making
According to IBM and The Ponemon Institute research, 77 percent of C-level executives report that their organization has experienced a data breach at some point, while all …
The Conficker conundrum
Security experts estimate that Conficker, a particularly malicious worm, targeting MS Windows, has already infected more than 7 million computers around the world. Conficker …
Tax season: Identity thief’s paradise
Many consumers look forward to tax season in anticipation of a hefty return. In the same instance, many identity thieves look forward to tax season as well, only in …
Rogue software details: Coreguard Antivirus 2009
Coreguard Antivirus 2009 is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Files …
Brazil tops global spam rankings
Brazil, India, Vietnam, USA and Russia head the ranking of countries from which most spam was sent during the first two months of the year, according to a study by Panda …
Best practices for web services interoperability
The Web Services Interoperability Organization (WS-I) announced the publication of the WS-I Basic Security Profile (BSP) 1.1 as final material for public access. WS-I is an …
Baby steps for Russian online security
In a move that mirrors China’s from last year, Russia’s Coordination Center will insist that anybody who applies for a .ru domain – be it an individual or a …
AVG Rescue CD: Free toolset for repair of infected machines
The AVG Rescue CD is essentially a portable version of AVG Anti-Virus supplied through Linux distribution. It can be used in the form of a bootable CD or bootable USB flash …
Cloud computing: Risks outweigh the benefits
Research conducted across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) by ISACA has found that a quarter of enterprises that already use cloud computing believe that the risks …
Symbian-targeting SMS worms in-the-wild
A string of SMS worms targeting Symbian Series 60 3rd Edition devices has been spotted in-the-wild in China. Called MerogoSMS, this family of worms propagates in the most …
Rogue software details: PC Antispy
PC Antispy is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Files …
Opera 10.51 addresses security issues
Opera 10.51 (build 3315) for Windows has been released. This release also addresses a couple of security issues, as well as various stability improvements and other bug fixes. …
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