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 …
Websense to acquire information leak prevention leader PortAuthority
Websense today announced a definitive agreement to acquire PortAuthority Technologies, Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif., and Ra’anana, Israel, for approximately $90 million in …
Research on the security of WiFi networks in France
Kaspersky Lab analysts conduct regular research into WiFi networks and protocols in order to gain an overall picture of WiFi security issues and to raise public awareness. …
Proactive Password Auditor 1.7 released
ElcomSoft has released Proactive Password Auditor 1.7, a password audit and security test tool that makes it easy for NT4/2000/XP/2003 systems administrators to identify and …
Windows Vista used as bait in aggressive image spam campaign
Sophos is reminding computer users of the threat posed by image spam following a new campaign which purports to offer a cut-price edition of Microsoft Windows Vista. Image …
Opera introduces fraud protection
Opera Software introduced real-time Fraud Protection in its award-winning Web browser. Fraud Protection includes technology from GeoTrust, the leading digital certificate …
“Big Yellow” – a non-Microsoft Internet worm/botnet propagating via Symantec anti-virus software
eEye Digital Security announced that it has discovered Big Yellow, a significant, non-Microsoft-based malware that has both worm and botnet characteristics and is currently …
Juniper Networks Achieves highest level of Network Security Certification
Juniper Networks announced that West Coast Labs has awarded the Checkmark Unified Threat Management Level 5 Certification, its highest level of certification for network …
New version of SSH Tectia server for IBM z/OS delivers
SSH Communications Security announced that SSH Tectia Server for IBM z/OS 5.3 is generally available with support for digital certificates and third-party PKI (Public-Key …