New Trojan claims to offer erotic pictures of Scarlett Johansson
PandaLabs has detected a series of junk mails that promise erotic pictures of celebrities including Britney Spears, Rihanna or Scarlett Johansson as bait to spread the …
Social networkers urged to obey seven security statements
Complacent social networkers should be taking simple steps to protect their own privacy, asserts independent security testing consultancy, SecureTest. Many users rely upon …
Anonymous proxies are allowing surfers to stray
Bloxx announced the results from its first annual anonymous proxies security survey, revealing that 90% of respondents deem this kind of site to be a problem and 52% of these …
Protegrity adds support for VSAM file encryption on the mainframe
Protegrity’s Data Protection System, part of the Defiance Security Suite, has been extended to include data hashing and VSAM file encryption on z/OS. Hashing, an …
A shift to information-centric security
Orchestria has identified a significant trend missed by security providers that publicized 2008 industry predictions at the beginning of the year. Corporate security officers …
Over 100 vulnerabilities in VoIP systems uncovered
VoIPshield Laboratories has discovered over 100 security vulnerabilities in Voice over IP systems marketed by Avaya, Cisco and Nortel. A vulnerability is a design or …
Tax season identity theft scams
Identity Force issued a Tax Season Fraud Alert warning consumers about tax-related scams that can lead to identity theft. With the April 15th income tax filing deadline only …
Sony enhances lineup of security cameras
Sony is entering the megapixel marketplace with several new additions to its lineup of IP-based security network cameras. Sony’s first megapixel cameras include the …
Top malware report for March 2008
March 2008 proved to be somewhat atypical in terms of malicious code in mail traffic. Firstly, there were no new malicious programs in the Top Twenty. Secondly, the new …
New life for CyberPatrol parental control software
Newly‐formed Internet safety software company CyberPatrol, LLC today announced it has acquired the CyberPatrol parental control software product, from security vendor …
Latest spam and viruses figures around the globe
Geographical Trends: In March, spam levels in Switzerland rose by 6.15 percent since February, surpassing levels in Hong Kong where they fell by 0.76 percent during the same …
Latest intelligence report on spam, malware and phishing
MessageLabs announced the results of its MessageLabs Intelligence Report for March 2008. Analysis highlights that the prolific Storm botnet is responsible for 20 percent of …
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