Worm Tempts Victims with Familiar Brands
Saturday, January 24th, 2009Did you get an e-coupon book from McDonald’s in your email inbox recently? Be careful. It may not be from Mickey D’s. In fact, it could be carrying an e-parasite, a worm ...
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Did you get an e-coupon book from McDonald’s in your email inbox recently? Be careful. It may not be from Mickey D’s. In fact, it could be carrying an e-parasite, a worm ...
WordPad Security Flaw Discovered
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009Microsoft is looking into reports of a flaw in the WordPad text converter. The software is vulnerable to attacks through Word 97 files, according to Microsoft. Microsoft has stated that they are ...
Web Based Crime Malware At An All Time High
Saturday, January 17th, 2009Malware is blossoming on the web. In fact, the use of malware on websites to steal passwords and other sensitive information from net users is only going to increase even more—and even ...
UK’s DNA Database Ruled Against the Rules
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009The United Kingdom has kept DNA records of about 850,000 people. Now, this data is likely to be wiped from the UK’s national database. The reason this data is likely to be ...
Symantec and VMware Form New Disaster Recovery Team
Sunday, January 11th, 2009Symantec have made plans to collaborate with VMware to sell its disaster recovery products for virtual environments, as companies move more and more toward virtualization. VMware ESX will be integrated with Symantec’s Veritas ...
Networks Left Unprotected After SonicWall Server Glitch
Friday, January 9th, 2009SonicWall’s subscription-based security software went dark for customers for several hours on December 2 as SonicWall’s licensing server had an outage. Customers received an email that told them the company’s monitoring systems ...
Microsoft Fixes Slew of Flaws, Including Six Critical Flaws
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009Microsoft recently released their December 2008 security bulletin. The bulletin includes fixes for six critical flaws, which affect Windows GDI, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer and Windows Search. In addition to the critical ...
Microsoft and RSA Partner To Prevent Data Loss
Monday, January 5th, 2009Microsoft, along with EMC’s RSA, announced an expanded technology partnership on December 4. The partnership will focus on digital rights management within the enterprise. There are two parts to the announcement. The first ...
Is There Life On Cisco’s MARS?
Saturday, January 3rd, 2009Cisco Systems’ MARS, its package for monitoring for threat identification, mitigation, and compliance, competes with the likes of ArcSight, RSA Security and Symantec. Cisco came into the product when it acquired Protego ...