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Storm worm strikes again on Easter with malicious World War III messages

April 10, 2007

Security researchers discovered a spate of new variants of the Storm worm making the rounds this weekend through emails reporting fictitious news of the United States attacking Iran.
 

VeriSign: Increased domain name fees for security

April 07, 2007

VeriSign announced this week that it will raise registry domain name fees for .com and .net addresses by seven percent this October, per a December 2006 deal inked with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) that some security experts have criticized for a lack of foresight.
 

Secunia reports Kaspersky vulnerabilities as highly critical

April 06, 2007

Secunia yesterday released a highly critical advisory for multiple vulnerabilities in several Kaspersky Lab products that could allow remote attackers to access or steal files and local attackers to bypass security measures.
 

Experts say Microsoft should consider change in patching process

April 05, 2007

Several security experts criticized Microsoft this week for not releasing a fix earlier for the Windows ANI flaw, calling for the company to reassess the way it handles critical patches.
 

Microsoft to release ANI patch a week early

April 02, 2007

Microsoft announced on Sunday that it will release an out-of-cycle patch to fix a vulnerability in Windows animated cursor handling (ANI) that some security experts are calling one of the most significant flaws in years.
 

Cover story: Some enterprises benefiting from the convergence of physical and information security assets

April 01, 2007

The most mature information security programs cant always protect against theft of information if the perpetrator has access to the server room. Without the proper physical controls over the data centers and facilities which contain the information technology hardware, it is easy enough for an imposter to steal assets the old-fashioned way — with the five-finger discount.
 

2 minutes on...anonymous web browsing

April 01, 2007

Ever the champion of privacy rights online, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) announced late in 2006 that it was picking up the banner of yet another long-time privacy cause, anonymous web browsing. The support comes in the form of funding for the development of Tor, an open source technology designed to give users another option for anonymously connecting through applications that use the TCP protocol.
 

Webroot: 40 percent of companies report disruptions due to malware

March 31, 2007

More than 40 percent of companies worldwide reported malware-related business disruptions, Webroot Software researchers reported this week.
 

Microsoft warns of Windows flaw that leaves users open to attack from malformed ANI files

March 30, 2007

Microsoft warned users today about a critical unpatched vulnerability in Windows that leaves systems open to attack through malicious websites or email messages.
 

Users skeptical as Microsoft denies claims of Xbox Live hacks

March 23, 2007

Despite claims of Microsoft Xbox Live user account fraud, Redmond executives this week denied any major security breaches in its multiplayer gaming system.
 
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