Security News

Scammers jump on the iPhone bandwagon
ZDNet.be Blogs - According to Sunbelt Software , scammers are using the iPhone to try to steal money from unwitting customers looking to get their hands on the new Apple cellphone. This morning, Sunbelt researchers discovered a new custom Trojan that attempts to

Unwanted e-card conceals a Storm
The Register - There’s a new version of the Storm Trojan on the loose, disguised as an e-postcard but actually recruiting zombies for a botnet, according to the SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Centre. The attack arrives as a spam with the subject line “You’ve

Watching out for Trojans
BBC UK News - One of those targeted was shoe tycoon Tamara Mellon, although her ex-husband Matthew was acquitted on Wednesday of any involvement in the scam. Tamara Mellon almost fell victim to a Trojan virus The Trojan is one of the most popular criminal ruses

Warning! Harry Potter Is Dead!
Softpedia - The USB sticks are assaulted once again after W32/Hairy-A, a Trojan file that affects the image of the famous novel Harry Potter. Security company Sophos discovered this problem and sustained that the worm is automatically copied onto a new memory

Is Big Brother Fixed?
Entertainmentwise - Big Brother fans are set to hijack tomorrow nights live show over beliefs that TV bosses have fixed BB so that Charley can stay in the house. The Daily Star has reported that fans will attend the live show and interrupt Davina McCall s commentary

Housemates prepare to party
Digital Spy - Trepidation grew as the day wore on and there was no sign of any recognition from Big Brother. Then early in the evening, housemates were summoned to the bedroom and told to remain there until further notice. While in the bedroom, Carole gave Charley

Pregnant woman gives marrow to brother
Fort Worth Star-Telegram - By afternoon, her marrow had been transplanted into her big brother, giving him a shot at survival. About 80 percent of patients in need of a marrow or blood-cell transplant eventually find a donor through the National Marrow Donor Program, though not

Big Brother 8- Offal Suprise
femalefirst.co.uk - After Brian won his impromtu quiz it was time to collect the prize- but excited housemates were soon disappointed. Liam and Sam went to the diary room to pick up their emergency supplies but they shreiked in horror when they found a box full of

Chanelle To Quit Big Brother This Morning?
Entertainmentwise - Chanelle told Ziggy she s planning to leave the Big Brother house this morning after deciding it s the worst place in the world . The blonde seems to have become frustrated at her sometime lover, who she argued with after yesterday he failed

Top international speakers at BRIDEX Forum
Borneo Bulletin Weekend - The concept of C4ISR (Command, Control, Communication, Computer, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) and UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) will, meanwhile, be discussed the following day. This will be followed by a discussion on the concept of Homeland

Company or Topic: Computer Sciences
CNET News - New hacker techniques make these virus attacks so subtle that there is no way you would know your computer is out on the Web committing crimes. DHS, Secret Service to open computer forensic institute ( Ars Technica ) - Tuesday, March 13, 2007 The

News: Zero-day sales not “fair” — to researchers
Zero-day sales not “fair” — to researchers

Symantec takes heat over Chinese compensation offer (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - Symantec's attempt to make amends with Chinese users who saw their computers crippled by its antivirus software is off to a rocky start, with critics saying the company's compensation offer isn't good enough.

Sophos Anti-Virus important changes to the monthly supplementary CD
The content of the Sophos Anti-Virus Supplementary CD has changed, you may need to upgrade your version of Sophos Anti-Virus now. In future you may need to update from the website, not from the monthly CD.

Sophos Anti-Virus, updated IDE files released to fix reporting of false positives
In some instances, Sophos Anti-Virus scans have been incorrectly detecting files as malware.

News: Amero case spawns effort to educate
Amero case spawns effort to educate

Archive for: May, 2007
ZDNet Blogs - This way, if a keystroke logger was surreptitiously loaded onto your machine, it can t capture the keystrokes that you might normally use to log into your bank account. In terms of that auto login promise, IDVault reminds me very much of what

Evolved worms target instant messaging networks
AME Info - The downloaded code could be a worm, a keystroke logger, adware, or spyware. IM can open the door to phishing, browser hijacking, as well as Denial of Service attacks. With Instant Messaging becoming more prevalent as individuals, employees, and e

Suspected mobile phone virus author arrested
28-year-old man apprehended in Valencia, Spain.

The laws relating to monitoring your employees
Out-Law - The question of employee monitoring brings data protection and human rights issues into play. The use of CCTV, telephone, email and internet monitoring of employees will be covered by the Data Protection Act 1998 if they involve the processing of

Complaining gets easier at some Regal theaters
Kansas City Star - A Regal employee monitoring the system will dispatch an usher to remind the talker to keep it down. With the Regal Guest Response System, our patrons provide us extra eyes and ears and can immediately report concerns without leaving their seats

Computer Forensics: The New Fingerprinting
Popular Mechanics - Computer forensics is not only crucial to law enforcement, it is critical to the business world, where digital evidence-gathering tools are used for everything from fraud investigations to employee monitoring. And government computer investigators

September 2002
Out-Law - and arbitration rulings in font disputes VeriSign threatened by ICANN over Whois data Test Message New security guidelines for e-commerce Madster P2P service blocked by court EBay auctions threatened by patent claim MP wants law to ban employee monitoring

Other cities taking interest in Baltimore’s surveillance system
ABC2 News - The employee monitoring the sale calls an officer on the beat, who arrests Melvin Scott after finding cocaine in his bag. Scott initially denied owning the bag, but pleaded guilty last

Search Engine News
Search Engine Watch - This is the WebmasterWorld.com forum site, where public and private messages to “GoogleGuy,” a Google employee monitoring discussions, have been acted upon. Google also turns out to various search engine conferences, such as the Search

Cracking the kernel
Australian IT - So, he says, the company’s Keylogger Guard can’t protect users against attacks deep down at the kernel level. “This is not causing our customers any problems to date, but it may become an issue in the future if a bypass is found in Vista’s kernel

Secret Service Operative Moonlights as Identity Thief
Wired News - Although everything he did on the computer was recorded with screenshots and a keylogger, he says agents were often distracted by other things and only reviewed portions of the audit trail he advised them to review. Secret Service agents acknowledge

Online Press Release
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Rutkowska: Anti-Virus Software Is Ineffective
eWeek - In other words, there is only a finite number of “ways” to write Type II malware of any specific kind (e.g. a keystroke logger). Type II malware can be thought of as a malware which doesn’t modify any code sections in memory, just data sections

Check Point and Sygate corral end points
Computerworld Australia - A Java applet that is downloaded to the client upon connection, ODA creates an encrypted virtual desktop with updated anti-virus software, anti-virus definitions, an anti-keystroke logger, and a personal firewall. After the session, ODA deletes all

Out-of-Band Authentication Protects Online Financial Data
TechNewsWorld - Unfortunately, behind the scenes, a hacker has tricked the user into downloading a keystroke logger the last time they navigated the Web. The keystroke logger is recording the user’s keystrokes in a log file that is then transmitted to the hacker

Evolved worms target instant messaging networks
AME Info - The downloaded code could be a worm, a keystroke logger, adware, or spyware. IM can open the door to phishing, browser hijacking, as well as Denial of Service attacks. With Instant Messaging becoming more prevalent as individuals, employees, and e