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MX Logic reports spams levels hitting highest levels ever
MX Logic reports spams levels hitting highest levels ever
Research just released by MX Logic suggests that spam as a percentage of overall email has reached its highest point ever, currently accounting for 94.6% of all email.
July 30, 2009
Black Hat: Information security trade press are bound to Google
Black Hat: Information security trade press are bound to Google
At the BlackHat conference in Las Vegas, 29 July 2009, one conference session addressed the changing nature of the information security trade press. A panel of experienced journalists answered questions on the relationship between trade and mainstream media, the rise of Google news, and the financial challenges affecting the publishing industry.
July 30, 2009
Black Hat: Department of Defense call for three cyber-czars
Black Hat: Department of Defense call for three cyber-czars
This morning, 30 July, at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, Robert Lentz, Senior Information Assurance Official for the Department of Defense, declared the need for two extra cyber-czar roles: one for identity, and one for information security training and education.
July 30, 2009
Symantec develops pooled high-end cyberthreat analysis service
Symantec develops pooled high-end cyberthreat analysis service
Symantec has joined the growing ranks of IT security vendors that are offering their pooled information on the latest ITsec threats as a value-added outsourced option for major corporates.
July 29, 2009
Latest MessageLabs intelligence report: spammers getting cleverer
Latest MessageLabs intelligence report: spammers getting cleverer
The July 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report concludes that spammers have turned to using online translation services to develop multilanguage spam runs.
July 29, 2009
Forensics links fake online postcards to Zeus Bot
Forensics links fake online postcards to Zeus Bot
The Computer forensics department at the University of Alabama has tracked down the Zeus Bot virus to a raft of fake internet postcards circulating on the Internet.
July 28, 2009
Fifth Syrian cybercrime event hailed a success
Fifth Syrian cybercrime event hailed a success
The Fifth International Forum on Combating Cybercrime - a two-day security conference - opened in Damascus, Syria, yesterday and, say the organisers, is a great success.
July 28, 2009
Kaspersky Lab: watch out for Twitter-linked scamware
Kaspersky Lab: watch out for Twitter-linked scamware
Veteran IT security vendor Kaspersky Lab has warned internet users to be aware of rogue or scam software that purports to be an IT security application, but is merely a vehicle to extract revenue - and possibly even card details - from unsuspecting web users.
July 27, 2009
Russia starts ball rolling against Skype
Russia starts ball rolling against Skype
One of Russia's most powerful business lobby groups has told the country's government that Internet telephony services like Skype are a threat to the country's businesses and to national security.
July 27, 2009
Zero-day Adobe exploit zapped by Finjan
Zero-day Adobe exploit zapped by Finjan
Finjan, the business internet security specialist, claims its gateway security technology can easily counter a zero-day vulnerability of Adobe Acrobat Reader and Flash Player
July 24, 2009
HSBC hit by three million pound fine
HSBC hit by three million pound fine
A three million pounds-plus fine imposed on three of HSBC's divisions for failing to adequately protect customer data could easily have been avoided if the banking group has made use of digital data vaulting technology, says Cyber-Ark.
July 24, 2009
Kaspersky reveals price list for botnet attacks
Kaspersky reveals price list for botnet attacks
A sophisticated underground economy has grown up to exploit the millions of personal computers that have been infected with rogue software that turns them into 'zombies' controlled by botnet masters, says an IT security expert.
July 24, 2009