Barack Obama used for a malware spam attack
Malware authors haven’t been slow reacting to the latest US elections news and President Elect Barrack Obama is already being used as a lure for infecting unsuspecting …
Man charged with providing data theft tool in national identity theft case
A New York man was charged in U.S. District Court with providing a sniffer program used to monitor and capture data including customers’ credit and debit card …
Wi-Fi chipset revenue to approach $3 billion in 2008
Over the last several years, the market for Wi-Fi chipsets (primary components, not including power amplifiers, LNAs and other external components) has grown from just over $1 …
Critical vulnerability in Adobe Reader
Core Security Technologies issued an advisory disclosing a vulnerability that could affect millions of individuals and businesses using Adobe’s Reader PDF file viewing …
Two new Sourcefire security appliances
Sourcefire announced two new appliances, increasing customers’ flexibility to deploy the exact security solution to meet their specific network demands. With a complete …
StoneGate’s new unified threat management solution
Stonesoft introduced the StoneGate UTM solution for remote locations, further enhancing its solution suite for both physical and virtual environments. Available as an integral …
Samsung ultra-lightweight fingerprint-enabled notebook
AuthenTec’s small form factor AES1610 is integrated as a standard feature on the first Samsung consumer notebook to leverage the convenient security of fingerprint …
IT security threats in wake of financial crisis
EMA has released a new advisory note in which their research director, Scott Crawford, highlights the impact of the current financial industry meltdown, and its implications …
Global RFID market to reach $5.3 billion this year
The worldwide RFID market will exceed $5.3 billion in 2008, according to a new forecast from ABI Research. Annual revenue growth will increase over the next five years, …
War driving in Santiago Chile
Between 6th and 11th October, we went war-driving in Santiago, the capital of Chile, with the aim of collecting data on the city’s wifi networks. Why did we choose …
October 2008 malware and spam geographical and vertical trends
October 2008 MessageLabs Intelligence Report highlights the following trends: Geographical Trends: In October, spam levels in Hong Kong fell by 1.4 percent but the country …
New Sprint Secure Web Protection managed service
Sprint announced the availability of Sprint Secure Web Protection, managed service which will include both a network and premise-based solution for customers to choose from; …