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Common Malware Enumeration Initiative
US non-profit IT company MITRE today announced the Common Malware Enumeration Initiative. Headed by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and supported …
Details From the Anti-Phishing Act of 2005
California is the first US state to pass anti phishing laws. Finally someone went a step further in, at least, trying to create a more secure cyberspace. Here are some of the …
Sun Java Desktop System XFree86 Server Vulnerable
Sun has reported a vulnerability in the XFree86 server, which could allow an unprivileged local user to run arbitrary code with the privileges of the server. The security flaw …
SpreadFirefox.com Community Website Hacked Once Again
As you may remember, back in July, spreadfirefox.com had its security compromised. Unfortunately this happened again, this time because of vulnerabilities in the TWiki system. …
2005 Semi-Annual Web Security Trends Report
Websense, Inc. today announced the release of the 2005 Semi-Annual Web Security Trends Report issued by Websense Security Labs. The new report summarizes findings for the …
Does Instant Messaging Improve Communication Or Threaten Security?
Instant messaging (IM) has triumphed in the past 2-3 years among personal Internet users as well as within companies. There are now few school children not in touch with their …
Phishing Filter to be Available in Internet Explorer 7
One of the program managers in the Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Team posted some news on a feature called Phishing Filter that will be available in Internet Explorer …
Spam Proof your Outlook E-mail Application with SpamBully
SpamBully 3 for Outlook and Outlook Express was released earlier today. It is an easy to use spam filter that uses artificial intelligence to quickly learn what is and …
Upgrade Your Linksys Wireless Products with New SecureEasySetup Feature
Linksys announced it has begun shipping products with SecureEasySetup technology. The technology enables users to set up and add security to their wireless networks with a …
Bogus FIFA Lottery Emails Aim To Steal Money
Experts at SophosLabs are warning internet users of a series of spam campaigns which pretend that the recipient has won a FIFA-sponsored lottery in an attempt to steal bank …
Sun Solaris Patches for Xsun(1) and Xprt(1) Vulnerability Released
Sun has released a security patch to fix a vulnerability in Solaris, which could be exploited by a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. This security flaw affects the …
Rule Set Based Access Control 1.2.5 Available
Rule Set Based Access Control v1.2.5 has just been released. RSBAC is a flexible, powerful and fast open source access control framework for current Linux kernels. From a …