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Nasty new worms and adware pests
This week’s PandaLabs report focuses on the Xp-Shield adware and the Ridnu.H and DisaCKT.B worms. Xp-Shield is an adware (or advert-displaying program) which tries to …
Spammers capitalise on Manchester United win to trick unwary fans
Sophos is warning Manchester United fans keen to bask in their team’s glory to be wary of unsolicited emails following the discovery of a spam campaign that contains the …
White box testing solution for PHP developers
Syhunt introduced Sandcat for PHP, the first whitebox testing solution featuring both static source code analysis and hardening capabilities for PHP developers. Sandcat for …
New objectives for CompTIA Security+ certification
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the leading provider of vendor-neutral certifications for the world’s technology workforce, today announced the …
LinkedIn struck by 419 scammers
Sophos is warning workers of the dangers of connecting with people they don’t know via the business networking website LinkedIn. The advice follows the discovery that …
Data protection and disaster recovery solution
NovaStor released NovaBACKUP 10, the latest version of the data protection and disaster recovery software for Windows-based PCs and servers. NovaBACKUP 10 enables users with …
New book: “Google Apps Hacks”
When Google lifted traditional office applications into its “cloud” of fast network connections, powerful servers, and seemingly limitless storage, it changed the …
Novell releases SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2
Novell today announced the availability of SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Service Pack 2 (SP2), containing enhancements in virtualization, management, hardware enablement and …
Fraudsters spam out trojan horse as China earthquake news story
Sophos is reminding computer users around the world of the importance of not clicking on unsolicited emails, no matter how tempting the subject line or content, following the …
Microsoft expands security information sharing program to CERTs
Today Microsoft announced the extension of the Microsoft Security Cooperation Program (SCP) to include computer emergency response teams (CERTs), computer security incident …
A closer look at the new Ad-Aware 2008 Pro
Lavasoft has just released a major update to their flagship product Ad-Aware. New Ad-Aware 2008 Free can be downloaded from our software section and in this article you can …
Organizations deal with a broad range of security threats
Spyware, viruses and worms continue to plague most organizations, but security challenges tied to the use of handheld devices and mobile and remote computing are growing at a …
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