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BuddyProfile Sending AIM Users To Malware
A site that allows visitors to embed content in their AIM buddy profiles is being exploited by malware and adware distributors who create profiles laden with links to unwanted content.
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Date: 2006-11-30
 
CAN-SPAM Has Minimal Spam Impact
About three years after the debut of the CAN-SPAM act, very little impact has been made on the volume of spam deluging inboxes, a problem that has worsened each year.
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Date: 2006-11-29
 
Holidays Are Good For Phishing
All the online holiday shopping is fertile ground for online scammers looking to fence a few ill-gotten dollars from unsuspecting consumers.
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Date: 2006-11-29
 
Half of Chinese Malware Seeks Gamer/IM Passwords
If the malware originated in China, then chances are it was designed to swipe your username and password. And most of those are targeting gamers.
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Date: 2006-11-22
 
Chronopay Teams With ScanAlert
ChronoPay, a European online payment services provider, announced today that it has become an official Premium Partner of ScanAlert.
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Date: 2006-11-22
 
Code Injection Beyond SQL
Although SQL injection attacks have been a threat to websites, other types of code injection could be equally as toxic.
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Date: 2006-11-22
 
Firefox Open To New XSS Flaw
An in-the-wild phish found on MySpace exposes unwary users to a flaw in Mozilla's Password Manager that allows a cross site scripting exploit to steal login information.
Directory: > News > Security News
Date: 2006-11-21
 
Ernst and Young Release Annual Security Survey
Ernst and Young have released their annual security survey, and the findings are in line with other similar surveys this year.
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Date: 2006-11-20
 
Deworming The Globe Of Windows 2000
It's been several years since Windows 2000 finally arrived as a replacement for Windows NT and Windows 98. For those locations that have ignored the move to XP and yawned at all the news about Vista going gold, it may be time to break out a purchase order and join the 21st Century.
Directory: > News > Security News
Date: 2006-11-17
 
Real Media Files Owned By Virus
McAfee's Avert Labs has discovered a virus in the wild, W32/Realor.worm, that goes around modifying all of the Real Media files it encounters.
Directory: > News > Security News
Date: 2006-11-15
 
Legal Drivers, Cost Implications for Information Security
Do the new laws really help information security, and raise the general overall level of security or are they just things to follow along with when being audited.
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Date: 2006-11-14
 
FTC Pops The Clutch On Media Motor
Notorious PC hijacker software Media Motor had its doors blown off by the Federal Trade Commission, which persuaded a US District Court to shut down its distributors. That's just the start of ERG Ventures' troubles.
Directory: > News > Security News
Date: 2006-11-14
 
Jim Hurley Has Noted Your Compliance
The former Aberdeen Group VP now works as managing director of the IT Policy Compliance Group founded by Symantec, the Computer Security Institute (CSI), and the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA); we talked about the group's recent study of factors that motivate companies to ensure better compliance with policies by their staffs.
Directory: > News > Security News
Date: 2006-11-13
 
The President Is Not Dead
If you receive an email claiming either President Bush or Russian president Putin is dead, there may be a worm attached to that message.
Directory: > News > Security News
Date: 2006-11-08
 
McAfee Puts A Plus On SiteAdvisor
The security software company has disclosed a premium version of its SiteAdvisor web safety tool called SiteAdvisor Plus, and touted a multitude of factors of its proactive approach to protecting computer users.
Directory: > News > Security News
Date: 2006-11-06
 


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