Social engineering in the latest crop of viruses has people jumping through hoops to open malicious attachments. How do we change the pattern? If you're asked to picture security for a house, the …
New Spawn of Bagle Worm Unleashed
Yet another version of the Bagle worm is on the loose and is already causing trouble in parts of Europe. Bagle.U appeared early Friday morning and has begun spreading quickly, even though it contains …
Taking security home
As an IT manager, where does your responsibility end? When staff are in the office you are reasonably expected to monitor, manage and support their technology. But with 48 per cent of the population …
Virus war of words falls silent
Netsky and Bagel variants continue to spring up, but virus writers' slanging match cools down. New versions of the Netsky and Bagel worms have emerged in the wild, but neither infection seeks to …
New worm masquerades as Microsoft update
Sober variant employs latest social engineering technique. A new variant of the Sober worm has surfaced this morning, antivirus specialist F-Secure has warned. Sober D pretends to be a Microsoft …
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Microsoft calls for antivirus education
Private sector and government should join forces to inform users on IT security. Government and business should work together to improve user knowledge in order to limit the spread of computer …
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DoS and phishing attacks: coming to a mobile near you?
Or about as common as woolly mammoths? Recent news about bluesnarfing – using Bluetooth to hack into mobiles without leaving a trace of the intrusion – has revealed the possible security implications …
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IT security: Something's gotta give
2004 is just over a month old but it's already been an eventful year for information security with the MyDoom worm carving its name into the annals as the most malicious code cocktail ever. MyDoom …
New malware masquerades as Microsoft update
A Trojan horse program that appears to be a Microsoft Corp. security update can download malicious code from a remote Web site and install a back door on the compromised computer, leaving it …
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Bugbros worm a bogus Microsoft alert
A new mass-mailer worm in the wild poses as a flaw fix from Microsoft. Bugbros-A arrives attached to an e-mail that purports to be from [email protected]. The message says the attached worm is a …