Information on the “Happy New Year” malware
Experts at SophosLabs have reminded computer users of the threat posed by unsolicited email following a large scale worm outbreak over the new year holiday period. The …
North American managed security market continues to grow
Spurred on by increasingly innovative security threats and a growing need to ensure legislative compliance, the North American managed security service providers market has …
New Proofpoint-powered email security service
Proofpoint and MessageOne announced the availability of comprehensive outsourced spam and virus protection through a managed service powered by Proofpoint technology. …
DieHard – a new software that prevents crashes and attacks
Today’s computers have more than 2,000 times as much memory as the machines of yesteryear, yet programmers are still writing code as if memory is in short supply. Not …
Malware scope: BukFeed.A trojan and Spamta.QH, Radoppan.I.drp and Nuwar.B worms
BukFeed.A is a low-threat Trojan with backdoor features that opens UDP port 1044 to enable remote access to the target computer. Also, it connects to a website to download …
Top viruses, worms and malware in 2006
As it does every year, Panda Software is publishing its annual list of those malicious codes which, although they may not have caused serious epidemics, have stood out in one …
Spam targeting social networking sites
BitDefender warned users about a new wave of spam targeting social networking sites including YouTube. In the attack, certain YouTube features are exploited in order to build …
Aloaha releases Multicard Crypto Service Provider
Aloaha Software released the Aloaha Cryptographic Service Provider. Presented first on the Medica 2006 the Aloaha CSP is designed to open the limits of current CSPs; it …
German gang jailed for creating 12 million euro trojan horse
Sophos has welcomed the sentencing to jail of two men who infected more than 100,000 computers with a Trojan horse that generated profits exceeding 12 million Euros. A court …
72% of malware detected in the third quarter of 2006 was designed for obtaining money
The 2006 Q3 report published by PandaLabs has revealed a disturbing fact: over 72% of detections carried out by the free online scanner Panda ActiveScan are related to …
Secure your mobile with Phone Guardian for Series 60
Phone Guardian is a security anti thief and auto lock application for Series 60.3 Symbian smartphones which protects your phone and secures the data on it. In case the mobile …
Keep your identity safe this christmas
Keep your identity safe this christmas Identity thieves love Christmas too, and with many of us travelling abroad or visiting family and friends, it’s the perfect time …
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