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Nearly every e-mail consumers receive -- some 86 percent -- is considered spam, either malicious or simply "unwanted content" today, a new study provided to TechNewsWorld demonstrates. "Of the 25 billion messages we processed in May, an astounding 86 percent were malicious or spam," said Andrew Loch...
Microsoft made the most of this month's regular Patch Tuesday, putting out a dozen patches highlighted by a fix for the serious, zero-day Word vulnerability that has been the basis for targeted attacks since it was uncovered last month. Microsoft also patched seven other "critical" vulnerabilities, ...
Microsoft on Monday revealed the results of a 15-month test of its Malicious Software Removal Tool. The utility that seeks out and destroys malware reported malicious programs, or bots, on six out of 10 Windows computers it examined. Microsoft made the announcement at the Tech Ed conference in Bosto...
Yahoo's Web-based e-mail service is the latest target of a malicious attack. A new worm, dubbed Yamanner, has set out to collect addresses from a spam database, Symantec warned Monday. Yamanner exploits a vulnerability in Yahoo's Web-based e-mail program. It spreads itself to the user's Yahoo e-mail...
Microsoft's scheduled monthly Patch Tuesday is rolling around again on June 13. This round will include updates to the Windows operating system and the controversial ActiveX. The release will feature nine Microsoft Security Bulletins affecting Microsoft Windows, at least one of which is critical. An...
In a move to keep pace with rival Sprint, Verizon Wireless on Monday launched a service that lets parents keep track of their kids. Dubbed Chaperone, Verizon is marketing the new service as a way for busy families to keep their lines of communication open, while also helping parents give their child...
A big new wave of Microsoft security products began rolling in this week as the software giant announced the Antigen security line for e-mail and messaging servers. Aimed primarily at Exchange Server and other Windows Server customers, the new software suite is stirring controversy in the security s...
Seeking to use a novel approach to the problem of patrolling the lengthy border between the U.S. and Mexico, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has proposed using remote cameras that would be connected to the Internet, allowing regular citizens the opportunity to help watch for border-jumpers. Perry has proposed...
Computer network equipment maker Juniper Networks and Microsoft on Monday announced a joint effort to deliver high-performance security solutions to protect Internet Protocol networks, services and applications. Specifically, the companies are collaborating to provide end-to-end security to addres...
Sophos has cracked the code to unlock files held hostage by Archiveus ransomware. The security software firm warned users on Thursday about the Trojan horse, which encrypts victims' computer data, and then attempts to force users into making a purchase from an online pharmacy. Archiveus is not the f...
In what looks to become a fiery security service brawl, Microsoft and Symantec are launching competing products. While Symantec plans to debut its Norton 360 later this summer, Microsoft beat the security firm to the punch with its Wednesday release of Windows Live OneCare. OneCare is the software ...
A new spyware program called DigiKeyGen is luring the unwary with a claim to provide free access to online pornographic content. It's hardly a new tactic, but Panda Software Labs has discovered yet another instance of this time-tested social engineering ploy. DigiKeyGen is found on a Web page that a...
In a hack attack that reflects a worrisome trend in the education arena, Fairfield, Conn.-based Sacred Heart University in early May discovered that the security system on one of its computers containing students' personal data was breached. The university has not confirmed that sensitive files were...
If you're a woman, you are 25 times more likely to hear filthy come-on lines while online than if you are a man, according to a new study. The research by the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering demonstrates that chat room participants with female user names received 25 ti...
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