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Symantec says internet users plagued by fake anti-virus software
Symantec says internet users plagued by fake anti-virus software
Research just published by Symantec claims to show that users are increasingly being fooled into installing fake anti-virus software - aka scamware - onto their machines.
Oct. 20, 2009
Find out how to implement least-privilege security management for Linux and UNIX
Find out how to implement least-privilege security management for Linux and UNIX
A least-privilege security model has its merits, but it can be challenging to implement in for example Linux and UNIX environments where administrators often share passwords to root- or other superuser accounts. Find out how to implement least-privilege security management for Linux and UNIX for free on October 27 at 10am Pacific Time.
Oct. 19, 2009
Biometrics 2009: Sagem Sécurité and Hitachi introduce multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device
Biometrics 2009: Sagem Sécurité and Hitachi introduce multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device
Biometrics company Sagem Sécurité and the Japanese engineering and information technology firm Hitachi, will unveil their biometric multi-modal finger vein and fingerprint device, Finger VP, at Biometrics 2009 in London this week.
Oct. 19, 2009
Weekly brief - October 19, 2009
Weekly brief - October 19, 2009
US$4000 lost in Facebook scam; Michigan's airport website closed due to malware; the first Windows 7 security patches appear; and more. We report on the IT security news...
Oct. 19, 2009
Wal-Mart EPOS system source code hacked - how secure is the payment card data?
Wal-Mart EPOS system source code hacked - how secure is the payment card data?
Reports are coming in that the source code of the Wal-Mart highly customized point-of-sale (EPOS) computer system - used in almost 900 of its stores across the US - has been hacked.
Oct. 16, 2009
Lawsuits fly over T-Mobile Sidekick cloud data loss
Lawsuits fly over T-Mobile Sidekick cloud data loss
T-Mobile has reportedly been hit by two class action lawsuits alleging that the cellular carrier misled consumers into believing that their data was secure after data was lost in the cloud
Oct. 16, 2009
Half of UK firms lack knowledge on security breaches
Half of UK firms lack knowledge on security breaches
Research just published by PricewaterhouseCoopers claims to show that around half of UK companies do not know how many security breaches they have experienced in the past year.
Oct. 16, 2009
Sophos introduces data loss prevention technology
Sophos introduces data loss prevention technology
Sophos has added a new data loss prevention (DLP) technology to its stable of enterprise security software. The addition will, said the veteran security vendor, simplify how companies mitigate against accidental data loss.
Oct. 16, 2009
Fake anti-virus programmes hijack and block computers
Fake anti-virus programmes hijack and block computers
PandaLabs has identified an aggressive trend for selling fake anti-virus programmes or rogueware, where instead of users seeing a series of warnings prompting them to buy a paid version, a fake anti-virus programme is combined with ransomware, hijacking computers and rendering them useless until victims complete the purchase.
Oct. 16, 2009
Webroot reports tax return malware-infecting email scam reaching the UK
Webroot reports tax return malware-infecting email scam reaching the UK
Webroot, the internet security software specialist, reports that an Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax email scam - in which US internet users have been emailed a malware-infected warning about under-stating their income or underpaying of tax - has arrived in the UK.
Oct. 15, 2009
ISSE 2009: CECA receives TeleTrusT Innovation Award 2009 for e-signing in Spanish banks
ISSE 2009: CECA receives TeleTrusT Innovation Award 2009 for e-signing in Spanish banks
TeleTrusT, the German IT security association, awarded the TeleTrusT Innovation Award 2009 to the Spanish Savings Banks Organisation (Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros, CECA) for its e-signing project at ISSE 2009 last week in The Hague.
Oct. 14, 2009
Loss of main user accounts cause anger and bewilderment among Apple Mac Snow Leopard users
Loss of main user accounts cause anger and bewilderment among Apple Mac Snow Leopard users
Apple Computer has been criticised for failing to address a potentially major code flaw in copies of Snow Leopard, its new Mac operating system, which means users' main accounts can get wiped.
Oct. 14, 2009