Online scammers have apparently found a new way to reach their marks: They've started running ads on the Web site …
Access control vendors unite to tackle Linux, Unix and Windows
Symark International is announcing the acquisition of BeyondTrust for approximately $20 million in a deal that brings together two privately-held …
Researchers slam fickle iPhone anti-fraud feature
The iPhone's new defense — meant to prevent users from reaching phishing sites — is inconsistent at best, a security …
How to protect your brand
Cybersquatters are siphoning away increasing numbers of users from the Web sites of businesses large and small. Using variations on …
Instant messaging speeds up data theft danger
One of the more sophisticated pieces of malware in circulation has been given an upgrade that lets cybercriminals act even …
Web attacks across globe appear linked
Three significant waves of SQL injection attacks appear to be under the control of the same source, according to one …
Interactive Intelligence to beta business process
Indianapolis-based unified IP business communications provider Interactive Intelligence Inc. is working on a communications-based solution for automating business processes. The …
Trojan attacks up, phishing attacks down this year, IBM finds
Spam-based phishing attacks declined noticeably during the first half of the year, but cyber-criminals may simply be shifting to other …
Yahoo still considers Bing a search competitor
Yahoo hopes to remain relevant and competitive in the search engine market, battling for users not only against nemesis Google …
Could Google be tricked into talking to botnets?
Cybercriminals could start to take advantage of the popularity of search engines like Google as vehicles for relaying malicious code …
Symantec reveals the web's 100 dirtiest sites
Web users could be putting themselves at risk by surfing to some sites which contain over 18,000 different security threats …
Microsoft reaches out at China hacker conference
Microsoft Corp. staged with Chinese security researchers at a Beijing hacker conference, aiming to build ties in a country that …
SQL injection attacks led to Heartland, Hannaford breaches
This week's disclosure that the huge data thefts at Heartland Payment Systems and other retailers resulted from SQL injection attacks …
Microsoft IE 8 shines in Web browser security test
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 rated tops among five browsers tested by NSS Labs for effectiveness in protecting against malware and …
Hackers put social networks such as Twitter in crosshairs
Web sites such as Twitter are becoming increasingly favored by hackers as places to plant malicious software in order to …
IEEE program brings security vendors together
The IEEE standards group announced an effort to bring security vendors together to collaborate on early-stage technologies in a fast …
Kaspersky launches new Internet Security and Anti-Virus
Kaspersky Lab unveiled its new generation of solutions designed to protect home PC users from IT threats based on a new …
Android security chief: Mobile-phone attacks coming
As smartphones become more popular, they're going to get some unwanted attention from criminals, Google's head of Android security said …
Cisco IPS 7.0 raises the bar
Cisco is shipping what it claims is the first intrusion-prevention system (IPS) to correlate IP reputation filtering with signature-based intrusion …
eCards Flood Cyberspace in Fortinet July ’09 Threatscape Report
Fortinet has announced that its July 2009 Threatscape Report showed aggressive eCard spam activity throughout the reporting period. The FortiGuard …