Adware and Trojans caused most infections in April
Adware, responsible for 27 percent of infections, was the most active category of malware in April. Trojans, at 25 percent, were the other category to have caused a high …
Intrusion detection and management solution certified at EAL3+
atsec announced Common Criteria certification of Vanguard Enforcer, a leading enterprise intrusion detection and management solution for mainframe computers. atsec has earned …
SecureMac releases MacScan 2.4 anti-spyware tool
SecureMac released MacScan 2.4, the latest update of their anti-spyware package for Macintosh computers. The SecureMac team is dedicated to providing a secure and dependable …
New generation email security appliances based on MailMarshal SMTP software
Secure email and Internet gateway security provider Marshal is broadening its security offerings with the announcement of a ‘new generation’ security appliance …
USRobotics offers free upgrade to IPSec VPN support for wireless MAXg gateways
USRobotics announced the addition of IPSec-based Virtual Private Network support to the company’s Wireless MAXg ADSL2+ Gateway. This new feature is contained within …
Virus writers launch large scale encrypted attachment strategy to evade capture
Virus writers are attempting to evade the capture of their malicious code by sending it as either an encrypted email or within a password protected zip file attachment, …
Weekly report on viruses and intruders
Ridnu.C is certainly among the more romantic examples of malware detected by PandaLabs. Its main function is to write affectionate notes in Notepad whenever the application is …
PandaLabs warns of a new combined Spamta attack
A new combined attack is being widely distributed, according to PandaLabs. This attack has accounted for up to 88% of the reports of malware in circulation received per hour …
Free online portable storage device scanner
GFI Software announced the release of EndPointScan, an industry-first, free online service that allows you to check what devices are or have been connected to computers on …
Websense to acquire SurfControl
Websense, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Websense SC Operations Limited, has made a pre-conditional cash offer to acquire all of the issued and to-be-issued ordinary …
Web Application Security Risk Report details 15 months of vulnerability assessment data
WhiteHat Security released the second installment of its Web Application Security Risk Report, which details 15 months of vulnerability assessment data across a variety of …
Open source vulnerability reporting solution launched
Palamida announced that it has extended the reach of its extensive compliance library and launched a new service, the Vulnerability Reporting Solution (VRS). VRS works …