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When it comes to keeping bad stuff from entering computers, hardware protection devices work better than software solutions. "The software side of things still needs a lot of work," NSS Testing Labs CTO Bob Walder told TechNewsWorld. That is part of the findings from a rigorous battery of tests done...
Microsoft plans to provide eight patches, some of them critical, when it delivers its monthly batch of security updates next Tuesday. In a notice posted to its Web site, Microsoft said critical fixes for Windows, Office, MSN Messenger and Exchange would be released. Five of the eight patches are for...
Canadian law enforcement officials have enlisted Microsoft's cooperation in attacking child exploitation on the Internet, with a computer system that allows authorities all over the world to collaborate and communicate on child predators and child porn purveyors. The custom-designed software system ...
Consumers' online searches for inexpensive airline tickets may end up costing them more than they bargained for if they're not careful. Panda Security today warned that bogus cheap ticket sites have cropped up in order to separate people from their credit card numbers. Hunting for airline tickets us...
Security software firm F-Secure announced today that it has found another piece of mobile phone malware, this one a Trojan horse called Fontal.A, which can cause Nokia 60 series phones running Symbian to crash. Analysts say that while mobile malware is likely to become a bigger problem over time, so...
Virus encounters, virus disasters, malicious code -- and the recovery time and costs associated with these events -- are on the rise, according to a new survey. Cybertrust division ICSA Labs' 10th Labs Virus Prevalence Survey shows that viruses in 2004 increased nearly 50 percent over the previous y...
As if phishing isn't bad enough, network security firms report pharmers are now emerging in larger numbers on the Internet to steal your identity. To top it off, new research has found that the volume of IM-borne security threats have also increased dramatically since the beginning of the year. The...
The latest twist in mobile malware, Mabir.A, poses as a reply to a text message a user has already sent. The virus targets Symbian Series 60 phones just as did CommWarrior and Cabir, the two other know mobile phone viruses, but it is not expected to spread quickly, according to security experts. Mab...
The United States appears to be digging in its heels on the deadline for its rules requiring visitors to its shores to have passports containing biometric information. The rules, which have already been postponed once, are set to take effect on October 26. They require that after that date, nations...
Business users have been slow to make the upgrade to Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, according to AssetMetrix Research Labs, a vendor that helps companies analyze their computing infrastructures. But analysts said the survey may not tell the entire story. Of the 251 surveyed North American corp...
A U.S. State Department proposal to include wireless data chips in U.S. passports has been met with a wave of criticism and concern from privacy activists and security experts who fail to see any value in the wireless technology for passports. The chips could only serve to compromise personal data a...
Symantec today made public security vulnerabilities in the 2004 and 2005 versions of its Symantec Norton AntiVirus suite of products. The company said patches have already been released. Both vulnerabilities allowed denial of service (DoS) attacks through the SmartScan feature in which a real-time s...
Microsoft yesterday released its Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1, providing system customers with security enhancements as well as reliability and performance improvements. Analysts said service pack releases are significant events for consumers under typical circumstances, but this Microsoft rel...
Microsoft made two major advances this week including the launch of its MSN Video Downloads service and announcing plans to offer a new ID system designed to give users more control over personal information. Microsoft said MSN Video Downloads will provide daily television programming, including vid...
Hackers possess two admirable traits: persistence and ingenuity. These attributes have unfortunately lead to a phenomenon known as "pharming," the latest in a never-ending series of insidious attacks. This new threat packages a number of established attack methods, such as phishing, viruses, spyware...
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