Trojans and spyware account for 57% of malicious code detected in 2006
PandaLabs reports that Trojans and adware/spyware accounted for more than half of the malicious code detected in 2006 by Panda ActiveScan. The Internet has opened the door to …
Watchfire named a market share leader in application vulnerability assessment market
Building upon another successful year of market leadership and product innovation in 2006, Watchfire announced that it has been named the worldwide market share leader in the …
CORE IMPACT earns perfect score in SC Magazine product review
Core Security Technologies announced that CORE IMPACT earned a perfect score and received one of the first “Lab Approved” awards from SC Magazine. In its group …
Oracle about to issue 52 new critical patch updates
Oracle has just issued its first ever pre-release announcement flagging up no fewer than 52 new critical patch updates which will be formally issued this Tuesday.  …
More than 30,000 IT pros attained CompTIA Security+ certification
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) announced today that its CompTIA Security+ certification, a benchmark of information technology (IT) security …
Anti-spam technology of the year
IronPort’s C-Series appliance was recognized with InfoWorld’s 2007 Technology of the Year Award, ranking IronPort at the top of its class. The IronPort solution …
Blancco erasure software Stealth Cleaner 2.0 released
Blancco released Stealth Cleaner 2.0, a technologically advanced erasure software. It is highly secure and is designed to safeguard your data if your laptop or PC is lost or …
O’Reilly releases Windows Vista: The Missing Manual
Microsoft will release Vista to general consumers early this winter–but without a user’s manual. Thankfully, David Pogue’s Windows Vista: The Missing Manual …
This week we had Bagle.LA worm and Mitglieder.MF trojan
Bagle.LA is a worm that connects to several web pages to download a list of email server IP addresses. Like all the other worms in the Bagle family, Bagle.LA uses that …
New universal man-in-the-middle phishing kit discovered
RSA uncovered a new phishing kit being sold and used online by fraudsters.This new kit, a Universal Man-in-the-Middle Phishing Kit, is designed to facilitate new and …
Shortcut guide to securing automated file transfers
Realtime Publishers and SSH Communications Security announced the immediate availability of The Shortcut Guide to Securing Automated File Transfers. The new eBook, authored by …
IBM ISS discovers vulnerabilities in CA Storage Management product
IBM announced that its Internet Security Systems (ISS) X-Force research and development team has discovered and preemptively protected customers from two similar, but distinct …
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