Are virus scanners putting you at risk?

Is it a bug or isn't it? A flaw in several virus scanners could let a malicious file evade detection, a security researcher has warned. But some in the industry dispute that it's a security bug. By adding some data...

Posted on: 1 November 2005 | 1:30 pm

New worms could be born from Samy.

The newly discovered Samy worm is one of the first to exploit a cross-site scripting vulnerability, a technique security experts fear could be used to open a new front in attacks. Samy is a self-propagating worm that appears to have...

Posted on: 27 October 2005 | 11:08 am

Anti Spam Software Provider Targets the Spam Bull’s-Eye

Securence, a leading internet and email filtering service provider helps control the onslaught of spam and viruses. Minnetonka, MN, October 14, 2005 -- http://www.securence.com - Securence, Inc., a leading provider of anti spam, anti virus software and Internet filtering services...

Posted on: 14 October 2005 | 2:42 pm

Beware of the old classmate worm

A new variant of the e-mail worm is masquerading as an old class photo sent by a schoolmate: "A new variant of the Sober e-mail worm has started spreading as an attachment that claims to be an old class photo...

Posted on: 6 October 2005 | 5:07 pm

AdWare targets major search engines

ComputerWeekly reports that the major search engines including Google, Yahoo and MSN are being spoofed by adware called Premium search. Once the adware is installed, users visiting those search engines are actually viewing spoofs. Full story at ComputerWeekly. For protection...

Posted on: 4 October 2005 | 12:05 pm

Oklahoma Man Wins $10 Million Judgment Against a Spammer

I'm sure it was a long and hard battle but an Oklahoma man wins a legal fight with a spammer. "On Thursday the 22nd, Robert Braver, an Oklahoma ISP owner who is a long time activist against both spam and...

Posted on: 3 October 2005 | 5:07 pm

New anti-spam efforts hampering email

According to a report by Bigfoot Interactive, email marketers who don't adjust for changes many broadband ISPs are making regarding limits on simultaneous SMTP connections and volume rates are in for some serious deliverability problems Providers, such as BellSouth, Comcast,...

Posted on: 26 September 2005 | 10:35 am

Worm poses as Google

What a target Google is. A new work is now posing as Google. When infected, users visiting Google are actually looking at a fake Google site. From InfoWorld: A new worm has been discovered that apes Google's search site and...

Posted on: 19 September 2005 | 12:40 pm

Yahoo helping spammers and phishers?

Yahoo is really catching a lot of negative press as a result of comments made by Spamhaus regarding the hosting of 5000 domain names that are used for phishing. "According to the Richard Cox, chief information officer of U.K.-based Spamhaus,...

Posted on: 8 September 2005 | 9:18 am

Suckers For Spam

It's amazing people still fall for email spam and phishing techniques. Here's an account of an unlucky record producer in CA that fell for the old Nigerian money transfer scam: Hard as it is to believe for long-time Internet denizens,...

Posted on: 6 September 2005 | 5:49 pm