First NIST certification for encrypting hard drive
Seagate announced that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. federal agency focused on promoting product innovation by establishing technical …
VoIP-to-Data exploit to be presented at Black Hat USA 2007
Sipera VIPER Lab will demonstrate a VoIP exploit that allows hackers to take control and delete or steal data from a laptop running an enterprise VoIP softphone, at the Black …
When trojans go phishing 500,000 get infected
Finjan released a report detailing how new Crimeware is being used to steal banking customer data from infected PCs. During July 2007, Finjan has identified 58 criminals using …
Trend Micro goes the Software-as-a-Service with SecureCloud
Trend Micro announced immediate availability of SecureCloud, their complete Software-as-a-Service Security platform offering its industry leading threat protection solutions …
Testing a Bluetooth worm on Nokia E90 Communicator
Mikko H. Hypp?¶nen, F-Secure’s Chief Research Officer will be delivering presentations on the current state of mobile malware this week in Black Hat Briefings and next …
Virus plays on Super Mario Bros nostalgia
Sophos is warning of a new mass-mailing worm that is capitalising on users’ enthusiasm for Nintendo’s iconic character, Mario. Once they open the email, recipients …
50% of organisations not coping with image-based spam
A survey by PineApp of 400 medium to large organisations in the UK has found that whilst 97% have anti-spam solutions, half of the respondents complained that they were not …
ScanSafe’s threat report for June 2007
Here is a copy of ScanSafe’s latest Threat Report (June 07). Click on the icons for larger images.
Panda Software no more
News from the Panda headquarters:Panda has changed name and brand. This change represents the attitude and response of Panda Software to the new malware dynamic, where threat …
Spammed screensaver installs rootkits and trojan
Sophos is warning of a widespread email spam campaign that poses as a screensaver, but is actually designed to install rootkits and a Trojan horse on infected Windows PCs. The …
PayPal data stealing trojan and IcePack malware installer
PayRob.A is a Trojan designed to steal data from PayPal accounts. Like most Trojans, PayRob.A cannot spread by itself, but needs intervention from a malicious user to reach …
New book: “Fuzzing: Brute Force Vulnerability Discovery”
Fuzzing has evolved into one of today’s most effective approaches to test software security. To “fuzz,” you attach a program’s inputs to a source of …
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