Increased spam levels connected with aggressive botnet activities
MessageLabs announced the results of its MessageLabs Intelligence Report for October 2006. In this report, MessageLabs highlights the sudden increase in spam levels as …
Physical security: a criticalcomponent of IT resilience
Global Switch released findings from a European survey revealing that the financial services sector continues to lead the way on all aspects of business continuity. Most …
United States and Chine top spam relaying countries
Sophos has published its latest report on the top twelve spam relaying countries over the third quarter of 2006. Experts at SophosLabs scanned all spam messages received in …
Cryptography Research upgrades DPA testing tools
Cryptography Research announced a new release of its DPA Workstation. The DPA Workstation is a smart card security evaluation platform which includes the hardware, software, …
New 802.11B/g module features enterprise class security and fast roaming
Socket Communications announced the availability of an 802.11b/g module and associated development kits to provide a world class WLAN hardware and software solution to its OEM …
Wikipedia page hijacked by hackers to spread malware
IT security firm Sophos has urged computer users to display caution when dealing with unsolicited emails and unqualified online information sources, after hackers took …
AppGate Network Security introduces automatic client configuration check
AppGate has strengthened end-point security by enabling automated client configuration checks on its new version 8 of the AppGate Secure Access Platform. The new functionality …
Phishing gang arrested in eastern Europe and USA
More than 20 FBI offices are said to have been involved in the investigation into the global identity theft ring, which is claimed to have carried out a phishing attack …
Malicious mass mailing contains a macro virus
Kaspersky Lab has intercepted a mass-mailing containing Trojan-Dropper.MSWord.Lafool.v. This mass mailing is unusual as messages appeared to be sent from mcafee@europe.com and …
NetSky.q leads the way in October
For three months we’ve watched Mytob.c and Nyxem.e waging a bitter battle for first place. Both worms have stubbornly taken percentage points from the other. It’s …
Sdbot.ftp.worm tops Panda ActiveScanstats for October
The recent trend with respect to virus threats has not changed significantly in October. Massive epidemics, as we have seen month after month, have seemingly disappeared. …
Aventail’s SSL VPN used for secure Wi-Fi access in Universities across the globe
SSL VPN leader Aventail announced today that universities across the globe, including Norwich University, University of Ballarat, and University of Ottawa, have selected and …
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