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BLACK HAT - Will Vista be safer?
techworld.nl, Netherlands - Aug 4, 2006… reign on the computer. The criminal’s malware can embed rootkits, change system files, all sorts of nasty stuff. (We’ll have an …

Threats: Crime watch
SC Magazine, UK - Aug 15, 2006… The latest BlueHat conference was held in March this year, and included talks about database rootkits, hacking search engines, breaking into databases and the …

‘Suicidal’ malware threatens corporate secrets: Cybertrust
ZDNet.com.au, Australia - Jul 27, 2006… According to Denehy, techniques used not only include ‘the obvious ones’ such as encryption and rootkits but also “compression bombs” — which are compressed …

Researcher: Hacker Sophistication Outpacing Forensics
InformationWeek, NY - Aug 10, 2006… And because it can take days to find malicious code, Mandia said rumors of a kernel level rootkits always arise within the company that’s being analyzed. …

User pain may mean Windows cracks
BBC News, UK - Aug 21, 2006… way. This should make it a lot harder for viruses, trojans, rootkits and other types of malicious software, or malware, to install. …

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NetworkWorld.com, MA - Aug 10, 20061. Rootkits and VMware - Rootkits are now taking a new twist and using virtual machines to cover their tracks. There’s no way to …

News: Covert channel tool hides data in IPv6
Covert channel tool hides data in IPv6

News: Linux update becomes terminal pain
Linux update becomes terminal pain

Microsoft Nabs Anti-Virus Ace from Symantec (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Veteran virus-hunter Vincent ‘Vinny’ Gullotto joins Microsoft to head its Security Research and Response team.

Backdoor trojan threatens to take over user computers
Help Net Security, Croatia - Aug 3, 2006Scary? Well, infection of a Backdoor Trojan named Backdoor.Win32.SdBot.asr can lead computers into a situation like that. …

Trojan Shortstop Hector Estrella Completes Successful Summer
CSTV.com, NY - Aug 15, 2006LOS ANGELES — USC senior shortstop Hector Estrella (Rosemead/Northview HS) earned all-tournament honors as a second baseman Saturday as the Santa Barbara …

FormSpy - Downloader-AXM: Trojan comes in the form of a Firefox …
TechWhack, India - Jul 26, 2006Security vendor McAfee has claimed that they have detected in wild a Trojan Horse, which pretends to be a Mozilla Firefox extension. …

OMEX International Brings State-of-the-Art Commercial Cleaning
Kerala Next - In addition, OMEX uses a unique employee monitoring system to make sure workers are where they are supposed to be, when they are supposed to be there. The supervisor knows if someone doesn t show up to clean a building and takes actions to make

US Getting Serious on Spyware Laws
E-Commerce Times - Also called “snoopware,” these applications are installed by a third party to capture the user’s keystrokes and record periodic screen shots. This category of spyware has legal uses, as in limited situations of employee monitoring, and illegal uses.

Companies Step Up Electronic Monitoring of Employees
CRM Buyer - Employers, especially those from large companies, justify their employee monitoring practices by arguing that liability, discoverability, productivity and protection of trade secrets and intellectual property are serious concerns that justify these

AT&T After ‘John Doe’ Data Brokers
New legal tactics aim to curb data brokers gaining unauthorized access to confidential phone records.

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Brief: Infineon to provide U.S. e-passport chips
Infineon to provide U.S. e-passport chips

Microsoft Windows security updates for August 2006
Microsoft has released nine critical updates for August 2006, covering Remote Code Execution vulnerabilitie, these include a Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer.

Brief: Infineon to provide U.S. e-passport chips
Infineon to provide U.S. e-passport chips

Powerpoint flaw old news, says Microsoft
Techworld.com, UK - Aug 22, 2006… Trend Micro has been forced to amend its initial report, which now states that “This malware exploits a known vulnerability in Windows” and recommends …

Firefox gets a taste of malware
The Tech Report, LLC - Jul 26, 2006Firefox is getting its first tastes of malware thanks to a new Trojan Horse that masquerades as an extension for the browser. Security …

Google offers malware warnings
Out-Law.com, UK - Aug 9, 2006Google has teamed up with an anti-malware organisation to offer warnings when search results might otherwise lead surfers to sites hosting malicious code. …

Big Boost In Zombie PCs Seen From Latest Windows Exploit
InformationWeek, NY - 2 hours ago… The increase itself is not a surprise, given that spikes in the number of PCs commandeered by virus writers to spew spam or malware often go up when new worms …

BitDefender Emerges as a Global Anti-Malware Powerhouse …
Business Wire (press release), CA - Aug 15, 2006… By continuing to provide anti-malware technology that has been proven in third party testing to be the most effective on the market, BitDefender has been able …

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Spyware Infection Rates Return to Peak 2004 Levels According to Webroot State of Spyware Report 
BOULDER, Colo.—-Aug. 15, 2006–Spyware infection rates have risen to the highest levels since 2004 when the Internet security scourge was at its supposed peak, according to the latest State of Spyware report issued today by Webroot Software, the leading anti-spyware developer.

Lawsuits accuse Net download services of scamming 
Federal regulators allege Movieland.com, related sites bombard users with pop-ups in ploy to coerce membership fee payments.

News: Say hello to the Skype Trojan
Say hello to the Skype Trojan

Pretty girls try to hook victims via spam email
Spam emails claim to come from pretty women, wanting to make contact.

MS06-046: Vulnerability in HTML Help Could Allow Remote Code Execution (922616)
Bulletin Severity Rating:Critical - This update resolves a newly discovered, privately reported vulnerability. The vulnerability is documented in the “Vulnerability Details” section of this bulletin. We recommend that customers apply the update immediately

Noelle, the pregnant robot, comes to Greater Kansas City
Kansas City Nursing News, KS - Jul 26, 2006… intubatable airway. She also comes with a computer monitoring system that displays vital signs and case information. Both babies …

Need for speed
San Diego Union Tribune, United States - Aug 21, 2006… To have a computer monitoring the health information of thousands of people in real time would take a lot of processing, storage and bandwidth. . …

Water: meeting the needs: Rate hike helps B’trails control …
Willits News, CA - Jul 26, 2006… The new SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) computer monitoring system enables water system managers to monitor conditions and water levels in …

The ACLU should hate terrorists more than Bush!
RedState, VA - Aug 18, 2006… and those who help them. Wiretapping and computer monitoring are vital parts of this effort. What happened Thursday was nothing …

Computers and caseworkers
Baltimore Sun, United States - Aug 8, 2006… to protect the mother and her children sufficiently and they have said that task would have been easier with a new computer monitoring system, nicknamed Chessie …

Monitoring Web use, a parent’s dilemma
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription), MN - Aug 16, 2006… Computer monitoring software, says Trinidad, should be a fallback option only, since it represents a breakdown in trust and sends a message to your child that …