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Market Watch - A new malicious download disguised as a legitimate multimedia message service (MMS) has been detected by Webroot, a leading provider of security solutionsf ro the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets.
OCTOBER 14, 2008
Computing USA- Computer users need to be on their guard for a malicious Trojan horse spam campaign disguised as Microsoft's monthly security bulletin. IT security and control firm, Sophos, reported the messages were first discovered October 13, 2008.
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OCTOBER 9, 2008
SC Magazine - New "spear phishing" email scam targets 10,000 users of Linkedln, a social networking site for professionals, into downloading a malicious software attachment.
July 16 , 2008
In a recent issue of PC Magazine, a warning was included in a news article of an email which promises a free copy of Trend Micro's Virus Clean Tool. The email which contains an attached file has an "extra" - a threat identified as BKDR_POISON.GO which will allow a remote user to run commands on the infected machine. For more information, read the full article here.
Moral of the story - beware of emails delivering software that you have not asked for or purchased.
July 16 , 2008
JUNE 19, 2008
PC Magazine - Dangerous malware e-mail making the rounds. An e-mail message with a provocative, socially-engineered fake news story titles in it subject line has been circulating in an attempt to spread a Trojan that will download additional malware onto a victim’s computer. The e-mail’s objective is to install an ActiveX control and run a file named video.exe, thereby installing the Trojan. Source: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2320835,00.asp
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A new breed of malicious software is spreading on the Web. It is engineered to change on the fly, adapt to its environment and even evade traditional defenses.
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10 Tips to Help Security Smal to Medium Companies
With many of today's large companies, having different security specialists is normal, but today's small/medium businesses must relay on the "jack of all trades" security specialist. This can be an overwhelming task at times; these 10 tips are provided by some of today's top security personnel and can save your "overworked" IT personnel a lot of headaches.
JUNE 28, 2007 - SOPHOS
A malicious spam email is posing as a fake patch for Microsoft, will lead to a Trojan horse being installed on the machine. The email has the subject line "Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-0065" and looks like it comes from Microsoft.
JUNE 12, 2007 - eMarketer
APRIL 13, 2007 - Agnitum News
FEBRUARY 23, 2007 - Websense Security Labs Alerts
Malicious attempt to lure users with email spoof of Monster security update.
What this email does and what you should not do.
FEBRUARY 6, 2007 - Network Computing
SonicWALL launches new SSL VPN 200 appliance designed for companies with 50 or fewer
employees.
The adaptability of the SSL VPN for telecommuters and small businesses with remote offices should not diminish the need for layered computer security. Monte Robertson, president of Software Security Solutions explains, ". . . remote users should still have local installations of antivirus [and] antispyware [software] and a firewall for a good layered security solutions. . ."
JANUARY 31, 2007 - InformationWeek
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Should you consider upgrading to Window's Vista? Learn how some view Vista's new security as compared to what is on a computer with layered security.
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