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DECEMBER 5, 2008 vnunet.com - Security attacks increase from 1.8 billion to 2.5 billion per day as businesses are cutting costs. IBM plans to introduce new identity and access management services to help companies govern access to sensitive data and applications. OCTOBER 15, 2008 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. Read more.. 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 Emails claiming to be from "UPS Packet Service" fake and contain a real computer virus attached. http://www.rep-am.com/articles/2008/07/16/business/354051.txt 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 JUNE 12, 2008 Hacker placing botnet technology on Newell Rubbermaid network sentenced to 41 months in prison and must pay $65,000 in restitution. JUNE 11, 2008 New high-tech gadgets may be sources of pre-installed viruses that steal passwords, open doors for hackers and make computers spew span. DECEMBER 19, 2007 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. OCTOBER 9, 2007 Many of today’s Malware are coming from Russia. While this is nothing new, why do Russin programmers resort to writing malicious code? OCTOBER 17, 2007 Threats from cyber criminals are on the rise. Read why small businesses are becoming easy targets for these cyber criminals. OCTOBER 3, 2007 The technique "whitelisting" is viewed by some as the white horse in protection against attacks. While the idea of "whitelisting' is sound, does it really provide us as good of protection against threats that are so common today? SEPTEMBER 13, 2007 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 Online Security Threats and Market Grows APRIL 13, 2007 - Agnitum News How and why does someone pursue 'hacking'? Interview with an anonymous hacker . 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 In 2007, spam, malware, phishing and other forms of cyberattacks will likely increase as' industrialization' takes over producing these malicious threats. - InformationWeek JANUARY 30, 2007 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. - c\|net News JANUARY 8, 2007 Firewalls and virus scanners provide computer security today but what will be needed in the future. In the future, how your computer may be protected from threats. JANUARY 1, 2007 Hurricane Katrina brings to the forefront the necessity for IT systems to place disaster recovery and security on high priority. DECEMBER 22, 2006 What threats lurk for your computer in 2007? McAfee Avert Labs predicts ten menaces that could compromise your computer's security in the upcoming year. JULY 26, 2006 Mozilla has announced an available security update for Firefox v1.5.0.5 via popups to current customers. This follows an announcement this week of a Trojan and phishing scam which sends an email purporting to be from Firefox offering an extension to the installed browser. The growing popularity of the Firefox browser is making it a target.


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