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Microsoft this week signaled its new anti-spyware technology will be provided to Windows XP users who have upgraded with Service Pack 2 (SP2) at no charge, also announcing a more secure version of its Explorer browser that will be released separately from the next Windows operating system. The news ...
Imagine you're the CEO of a major bank. Now, imagine paying more and more for security guards, only to find that the risk is increasing, not decreasing, due to threats that can't be countered by security guards. That's the situation facing today's CIOs and software managers, who continue to increase...
This week is the RSA Conference 2005, and today I'm doing one of the opening talks at a Trusted Computing Group lunch. I'm trying to find a nice way to say that I think the most common approach to security problems these days is completely whacked, but I have struggled with the "nice" part. Here ar...
Antivirus vendor Sophos reported this week that the BankAsh-A Trojan, a malicious software program that silently infects and corrupts computers, was disabling Microsoft's new AntiSpyware software and attempting to steal passwords and other banking information from Windows users. The Trojan represen...
In IBM's Global Business Security Index Report for 2004, the company warns that malware and spam attacks on mobile devices such as smartphones and wireless-enabled PDAs are on the rise. As Big Blue joins a growing list of high-tech companies and researchers warning of the increasing danger of mobile...
The University of Calgary is at it again. The Canadian school gained some notoriety two years ago when its computer science department launched a course on computer viruses, which included, as part of the coursework, writing a virus. This week, the brains behind the virus course, Assistant Professor...
Although a study released today found that 8 of 10 respondents had received unsolicited mobile phone messages and warned that the intrusions will only worsen, one analyst questioned whether the problem was as significant as the study made it seem. "Every form of communication, old and new, gets spam...
Spamhaus, an authoritative force against the unwanted e-mail that accounts for more than half of all mail sent on the Internet, sounded an alarm this week over the problem of Internet service provider (ISP) e-mail relays being used by spammers. The so-called "proxy" spam -- which is sent by machines...
The latest worm to wriggle its way around the Web is spreading as quickly as an instant message. A new variant of Bropia, first discovered by Symantec on Jan. 19, has mutated and is whipping around the Internet via MSN Messenger communications. Several antivirus companies, including Trend Micro, Sym...
Security advisor Kaspersky Lab reported last week that Russia had earned the dubious distinction of becoming the ninth country with a confirmed infection of a virus targeted at Bluetooth devices. The Cabir.a virus had already stricken handhelds in the Philippines, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates...
Technology researchers at Johns Hopkins University have found that radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies used for automobile locks and easy-pay gasoline systems are sorely lacking in protection, warning that opportunists could easily exploit the weakness for ill deeds. The researchers, ...
A "bot" -- a piece of malicious software that can spread and function much like a computer virus or worm -- is seizing on vulnerable MySQL database software running on Windows systems to spread and scan for new victims. While the MySQL Bot, also known as the Spool CLC, is mitigated by the limited nu...
During his daily commute into Manhattan from Long Island, George Miller's notebook computer can connect to dozens of networks without his even realizing it. Indeed, as Miller's train weaves and winds its way into the city, his notebook computer discovers dozens of unsecured wireless networks emittin...
Security software giant Symantec -- which has grown to cover a wider range of security solutions with acquisitions and partnerships -- this week rolled out two e-mail security appliances featuring anti-spam, antivirus and e-mail firewall. The company said Symantec Mail Security 8200 Series appliance...
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