Operation Bot Roast – Over a million potential victims of botnet cyber crime
The Department of Justice and FBI announced the results of an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle “botherders” and elevate the public’s …
Data security summary report for the first 6 months of 2007
F-Secure today released a summary report of data security threats and trends during the first half of 2007. They saw a steady flow of data security threats — the …
A closer look at WinSCP
WinSCP is an open source SFTP and SCP client for Windows using SSH. Its main function is safe copying of files between a local and a remote computer. This is a graphical …
New versions of Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Linux file servers and workstations
Kaspersky Lab just announced the release of Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.7 for Linux Workstation and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 5.7 for Linux File Server. The latest versions of these two …
A closer look at Password Safe
Password Safe is a password database utility. Users can keep their passwords securely encrypted on their computers. A single Safe Combination unlocks all the passwords. This …
New OfficeScan tackles web threats
Trend Micro announced the availability of the latest edition of its corporate desktop security solution, Trend Micro OfficeScan 8.0. The first corporate solution to have the …
GFI releases software suite for PCI DSS compliance
GFI Software announced the release of the GFI PCI Suite, a package aimed at helping companies meet the strict requirements and tight deadlines imposed by the Payment Card …
Anti-spyware vendor expands to Canada
Webroot Software announced that it is expanding the distribution of Webroot Spy Sweeper Enterprise and Webroot SME Security by extending its distributor relationship with …
Worm uses a video on YouTube to conceal its malicious action
A new worm, SpreadBanker.A, uses a YouTube video to trick users and spread, according to PandaLabs. The worm has two components. When the user runs the first of these, it …
Quick and slow virus infections
One of the most infamous viruses is “Friday 13′ and its name originates from the day in which it deleted all .exe files on computers. Apart from this virus, which …
Search engine safety study key findings
McAfee recently updated their study titled “The State of Search Engine Safety”. Among the study’s new key findings are: ” 4.0 percent of all search …
Possible exploitable bug in Safari for Windows
Researcher Aviv Raff found a bug in the just released version of Safari web browser for Windows. Although it is still in beta, his blog post highlights Apple’s note on …
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