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Microsoft Patches Seven Vulnerabilities
Microsoft alerted us this time about seven vulnerabilities of which five were rated critical and two important. There are vulnerabilities in the Server service, the DHCP …
Insidious network worm threatens enterprise security
If you are used to sharing data over the Internet or your enterprise’s intranet, apply caution. A network worm that will eventually bring in dangerous Trojans to your …
Successful Backups Are Not Enough
Overview Data protection requirements have moved on from the purely technical question of “Did the backup work?” to the much more complex question of “Is my …
LINX members unite in the war against spam
At the recent London Internet Exchange (LINX) AGM, the 200 strong membership agreed operational principles for spam management teams to share information while ensuring that …
Secure Computing warns of new VoIP Based Phishing scam
Secure Computing Corporation warn that familiar phishing attacks have now evolved into phone scams. Secure Computing engineers have been tracking news group sites and open …
Securing Europe’s future Information society
As our society is rapidly adopting more information and communication technologies in services and commerce, private information is at increasing risk and security and …
New Paypal phone phish uses voice recording to steal money
Experts at SophosLabs have warned of a new phishing email that attempts to trick PayPal users into calling a phone number and parting with their credit card information. The …
Airscanner Mobile Sniffer ported to Windows Mobile 2003 SE and 5.0
Due to popular demand, the award-winning Airscanner Mobile Sniffer for Pocket PC has been ported to WM2003SE and WM5.0. It now has an updated and highly optimized design. …
Weekly Report on Viruses and Intruders – Oscarbot.IV, Peerbot.B and Netsad.B worms
Oscarbot.IV is a worm that opens several communication ports on infected computers, allowing attackers to access the system remotely. It also drops the Protestor.A Trojan on …
ISS discovers WebEx vulnerability
Internet Security Systems, Inc. announced that its X-Force research and development team discovered a serious vulnerability in the ActiveX control used by the popular Web …
Double Password security manager announced
Refog Software announces the release of Double Password, a new security manager, which creates your security token on your flash drive (or other USB gadget, such as an MP3 …
ICICI Bank phishing scam targets customers in india
Phishing is a relatively new phenomenon in India, though United States, South America and Europe have been reeling under its impact for years now. The new scam mail targeting …
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