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Korea reigns as king of malware threats
Korea reigns as king of malware threats
The US has lost its place atop the leader board as the chief source of malware in March, as research from Network Box indicates Korea – mainly South Korea – can now claim the top spot when phishing attempts are included in the statistics.
April 6, 2010
Social gamers are ideal spammer targets, says BitDefender
Social gamers are ideal spammer targets, says BitDefender
Social gaming networks are becoming a fruitful space for spammers thanks to socially promiscuous users, according to research published by anti-malware company BitDefender.
April 1, 2010
Botnet targets Vietnamese speakers
Botnet targets Vietnamese speakers
Vietnamese speakers have been targeted in an attack that researchers are describing as politically motivated.
April 1, 2010
IBM and FAA working together on security project
IBM and FAA working together on security project
IBM is working with the US Federal Aviation Administration on research to secure the US civilian aviation system from electronic attack.
April 1, 2010
eBay comes under attack, says Red Condor
eBay comes under attack, says Red Condor
eBay is the victim of a phishing attack that uses its own compromised server, according to email filtering company Red Condor.
April 1, 2010
Microsoft uses computing grid to weed out Office bugs
Microsoft uses computing grid to weed out Office bugs
Microsoft has discovered a slew of bugs in Office 2010 by building what amounts to a legitimate botnet for software testing. Engineers within Microsoft have created a grid-style system that employs unused computing time on internal PCs to run fuzz tests against its software.
April 1, 2010
Coalition calls for reform of electronic privacy law
Coalition calls for reform of electronic privacy law
Tech vendors, interest groups, and academics have formed a coalition advocating for modification of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which they claim is severely out-of-date.
April 1, 2010
Codenomicon releases network analysis tool
Codenomicon releases network analysis tool
Security software company Codenomicon has released a network analysis tool that lets administrators visualize network traffic.
March 30, 2010
European Union launches the PRESCIENT project
European Union launches the PRESCIENT project
The European Union (EU) has launched an ambitious project that seeks to deal with all aspects of technology privacy for citizens of its member countries.
March 30, 2010
Malware lifespan continues to shorten, says Blue Coat
Malware lifespan continues to shorten, says Blue Coat
Malware adaptation rates are getting faster, according to a report from Blue Coat Systems. The average lifespan of malware dropped to two hours last year, from up to seven hours in 2007, it said, adding that this has had a significant effect on the effectiveness of software patches.
March 30, 2010
Confidential social services data found on USB stick in Stoke-on-Trent
Confidential social services data found on USB stick in Stoke-on-Trent
Records from the city council's social services department have been found on an unencrypted USB stick in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent. The stick was handed in by an IT consultant to the local newspaper, the Sentinel, on Friday, after he apparently found it lying on the pavement.
March 29, 2010
Trend Micro: We are witnessing the decline of the operating system
Trend Micro: We are witnessing the decline of the operating system
In an interesting analysis of the migration of local systems to the cloud, and the transition from desktop to laptops, netbooks and mobiles, Justin Foster, a software architect with Trend Micro, says that an unexpected transformation is taking place at the heart of server workloads and mobile devices.
March 26, 2010