Considering weak online security systems in numerous companies & organizations in Viet Nam, delegates warned, at the second white-hat hackers congress in HCM City yesterday, of the malicious practices of black-hat-hackers, which is being used by them to...
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PC Tools Ltd, a supplier of security software, is now offering its AntiVirus Internet security software free to consumers. The free version from PC Tools will endow the consumers with better architecture offering scanning & virus removal ability of the...
iolo technologies, a privately held firm located in Los Angeles and producer of award-winning utility software, recently made an announcement of the launch of latest version 3 of DriveScrubber, company’s well-known personal security product that is...
Kaspersky Lab has introduced the deliverance of beta version of Maintenance Pack 2 for both (KAV) Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 & (KIS) Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0, a main module, which is integrated with complete backup for the Vista operating system....
A recent spate of web worms, representing a new generation of more sophisticated computer worms ever, have been detected on social networking websites such as MySpace, which are brought about to commit theft of data. Earlier types of the computer threats...
Real Money Transaction or Real-Money Trading (RMT), a big part of the online gaming world has been targeted by the authors of Trojan spyware. Trojan spyware, which is aimed at turning a profit, targets both online banks & online games. RMT takes place...
A new zero day vulnerability has been detected that might potentially enable hackers to target PCs running all versions of Microsoft Windows, comprising the long-awaited security enhanced Vista. Redmond-based Microsoft has acknowledged that the...
BitDefender, a leading European provider of security solutions, recently warned users of a new spate of spam that has potentially been targeting social networking sites along with YouTube & MySpace . The spam attack exploits certain YouTube features to...
MXINSPECT, a managed email protection service, has recently come up with a Hosted Prevention Solution that is claimed to build Internet browsing safe. The Web Defense filters Internet traffic for content & threats this way that only the desired content...
One of the major concerns, while getting into the New Year, is cyber crime, which is reported to have recorded a rise in 2006. With upswing in online transactions and e-commerce, there seems a need to include the new breed of educated criminals.
Cyber...
Websense, the leading web security company, has warned of a Skype worm that is on the loose. The worm is said to be wriggling via the VOIP firm's chat feature. A download file known as "sp.exe" conceals a Trojan horse that can steal passwords and...
Easy CGI, leading edge of the web hosting industry, recently made an announcement of implementing Barracuda Spam Firewall servers to with a view to protecting its customers from spam & viruses. An integrated hardware & software solution, the Barracuda...
The Federation of European Direct and Interactive Marketing (FEDMA), a common-interest and self-regulatory body for junk mailers, cold callers and senders of unsolicited bulk email, has emanated an anti-spyware code alerting its members of not to make...
A new study claims to have found out that it is rather safer to make use of search engines nowadays, as almost four per cent of search results made by the users on the web lead to sites, which are supposed to be risky. Ben Edelman, a security...
McAfee, Inc. has brought forth the results of new study that discloses how organized crime is generating a new generation of cybercriminals by making use of techniques reminiscent of those used by the KGB during the cold war.
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