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Beware of the Stration worm
The email worm Stration is causing delayed delivery of emails for many email users. The worm is spreading through attachments being spammed out and several hundred versions of the worm were spammed out to users during October.
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Increasing number of security breaches inflicts heavy costs for corporations
The number of security incidents is rapidly increasing and a recent study actually shows that nearly 9 out of 10 organisations experienced security incidents in 2005.
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Pump and Dump Spam
Don’t you hate spam...? Spammers get smarter every time and try new ways to get your attention and to avoid spam filters.
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Connecting devices everywhere – a security challenge
Useful and effective, but a great threat to security. Hackers can easily take advantage of this new world of connectable devices.
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Harddisk with a new feature final solution. Does Norman go out of business (again…)?
If we have to believe Jasim Saleh Al-Azzawi, his latest invention will put us all out of business. He has ‘invented’ a harddisk with additional features making past, present and future viruses harmless.
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Big Brother is FINDING you!
The Norman article from last year Big Brother is HEARING you ends with: "For now, happy VoIP, but... Be careful, you never know who will be listening in!"
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Financial institutions more exposed to hacker attacks and fraud attempts
Leading financial institutions are increasingly exposed to hacker attacks, malicious code and fraud attempts. According to a recent study the number of attacked organisations grew with 78 % the last year.
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Malicious activity - beware! (short descriptions)
Below are short descriptions of some of the dangers you and your computer may be exposed to when connected to the Internet.
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Image spam – an exploding threat
The spam problem is growing faster than ever and the spammers are getting increasingly sophisticated. The number of spam has grown with more than 40 % since April and the latest form of spam is so-called image spam. 7 IT sins when seeking fun in the sun
It is that time of year again when people take to skies, roads and sea in an attempt to find rest and relaxation and enjoy their holidays. At this time IT security is the last thing on their mind. Look out for ransomware
Hackers that encrypt you files and demand money in order decrypt them are an increasing threat in the world of IT criminality. Zombies and targeted attacks – a challenge to overcome?
One of the most prevalent and fastest increasing threats against IT security is the rise of zombie computers and botnets. Not only do they spread extremely fast, they are also able to do immense damage that can easily lead to large costs.
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ContextPlus RootKit bytes the dust
ContextPlus has stopped their activities. This company most known programs are PeopleOnPage and Apropos. Once installed, they will monitor the browsing behavior and send the obtained information to the ContextPlus servers.
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The usage of child porn: a sad but true story…
Where in the past malware file names would have ‘interesting’ names such as “Anna Kournikova" or “Britney Spears Naked", many things happened but seeing a picture of the two aforementioned idols was not one of them.
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Welcome to the Carnival: Ride the SpyCar
How does the user know that their security application, say their antivirus product, works and that the appropriate actions are taken by the antivirus product? An ‘easy’ but less secure and non-advisable way is to send yourself a virus by email or to launch it on your corporate network.
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People are easily fooled - reasons why phishing works
Phishing is one of the fastest growing threats against IT security. Even though security vendors are constantly developing tools to protect the users from being tricked, this form of fraud activity is raising. The reason: people are easily fooled.
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SecureBlue: brought to you by BigBlue
On 10 April, IBM announced that it will bring mainframe inspired security to the world of consumer products, medical devices, defense systems and digital media. The technology, named "SecureBlue" can be applied to a variety of imaginable equipment that contains valuable confidential or private information as mobile phones, PDA’s, PC’s, notebooks, etc.
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Public Beta Software Enables Intel-based Macs to Run Windows XP
On 5 April 2006, Apple has released a beta version called “Boot Camp" that enables the Intel-based Macintosh machines to install Windows XP.
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Minister of Justice wants Spyware
Investigating teams mayoperate and act much faster if they are allowed to put technical aids in the computer of suspects.
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Your pet can be infected by a computer virus!
Researchers of the University of Amsterdam in The Netherlands have succeeded to successfully infect a RFID-chip (Radio Frequency Identification Device) with a computer virus.
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Proof of concept virus targeting InfoPath
A new proof of concept virus has been discovered infecting yet another application of the Microsoft Office Suite.
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Your web site is hacked - what now?
In the aftermath of the publishing of The Prophet Mohammad cartoons, hacking of web sites has become a more frequent activity. Certain individuals and organizations, seem to believe that this is an appropriate tool for promoting their views. What is phishing really?
Most security organizations hold phishing to be one of the most prevalent threats against computer security during 2006. The Gartner Group estimates that the direct phishing-related loss to US banks and credit card issuers in 2003 was $ 1.2 billion.
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Look out for Greyware!
During the last few months the number of so called Greyware has increased massively. Greyware reefers to antispyware utilitites that force themselves into the users' machines by scaring the users and by auto-installing programs.
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New worm spreading through emails and "open network shares"
The worm W32/Small.KI@mm has been spreading rapidly since the beginning of this week. This malware is infecting computers through emails and through open network shares.
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