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Kaspersky Lab Virus Top 20 for July 2006
1 Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.c 25.32% 2 Email-Worm.Win32.Nyxem.e 24.24% 3 Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.b 5.84% 4 Email-Worm.Win32.LovGate.w 5.83% 5 Net-Worm.Win32.Mytob.q 3.14% 6 …
F-Secure grows steadily and profitably
F-Secure continues its successful growth strategy as the total revenue of the second quarter rose by 35% to a record 19.8 million euro. The operating profit increased by 88% …
Weekly report on the latest Linux security software releases
MaraDNS 1.2.07.8 MaraDNS is a DNS server that strives to be secure and fully open-sourced. Snort SMS 1.4.4 A Web-based remote sensor management and monitoring system. Sussen …
Weekly report on the latest vendor security advisories
Slackware Security Advisory – Apache httpd (SSA:2006-209-01) Ubuntu Security Notice – mozilla-thunderbird vulnerabilities (USN-329-1) Mandriva Linux Security …
July 2006 top 10 malware threats and hoaxes
Sophos has revealed the most prevalent malware threats and hoaxes causing problems for computer users around the world during July 2006. The report, compiled from …
Top malware topics: The Da Vinci code and the 2006 World Cup
In the first half of 2006 we have witnessed numerous examples of phishing attacks, viruses, spyware, banker Trojans, etc. But above all, two events stood out and attracted the …
Removable Storage: The New Breed
Today’s advancing broadband technology has allowed large amounts of data to be placed online very cheaply. However, the reliability of internet hosts and the possible …
Victoria’s Secret spyware attack steals usernames and passwords
Experts at SophosLabs are reminding internet users to be on their guard following the discovery of a spyware Trojan horse that displays photographs of a potential Russian …
Weekly Report on Viruses and Intruders – ASPLux.A and Dengis.A viruses, Snifsteal.A triojan and Prokeylogger
This week’s PandaLabs report on viruses and intruders focuses on several, very different, codes. These include the ASPLux.A and Dengis.A viruses; the Snifsteal.A Trojan …
75% of all phishing emails target PayPal and eBay users
IT security firm Sophos has revealed that over 75 percent of all phishing emails are targeting users of PayPal or eBay. Typically these phishing emails point recipients to a …
Skybox solution combines automated risk assessment, network policy compliance and firewall audit
Skybox Security, Inc., launched the third-generation release of its award-winning Skybox View Suite. For the first time, security and IT operations teams can use a common …
Malware Evolution: Mac OS X Vulnerabilities 2005 – 2006
This article looks at vulnerabilities detected in MacOS X in the first half of 2006. It compares these vulnerabilities to those detected in the first half of 2005, providing …
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