You’re doomed, says cheery security vendor.
The latest research report from McAfee has painted a frightening picture for enterprise IT administrators, predicting a rapid maturation of cybercrime and the technological means being used to carry out attacks.
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But the worst spammer is an ISP in Poland
The amount of spam pumping out of China dropped precipitously in the first three months of 2007, security vendor Sophos reported Wednesday.
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Biggest attack of the year turns PCs into bots.
A massive spam outbreak carrying the “Storm Trojan” has already broken records, security companies said.
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Protected processes unprotected, and vice-versa.
A security researcher has released a proof-of-concept application demonstrating how attackers could manipulate a copy-protection mechanism in Windows Vista to hide malicious code.
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Another patch missed.
Attackers are trying to take advantage of a newly-disclosed vulnerability in several of Microsoft’s servers that could alow them to run unauthorised code on affected computers, the company has warned.
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Port scans a portent of upcoming exploits?
Attackers may be planning an attack against Windows servers running a vulnerable domain name system service, according to security researchers.
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Peer-to-peer protocols coming to spambots worldwide.
In their current form, botnets are bad enough, but they are quickly evolving into a much tougher species to kill, according to security researchers.
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Standalone product fights spam and viruses.
Messaging vendor Gordano has released standalone software designed to help IT managers fight spam and viruses on various mail servers, including Exchange and Notes.
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Two weeks’ waiting.
Oracle customers who use Windows are to be forced to wait for a fortnight to receive a critical software update. That’s thanks to a glitch that came up in testing the company’s latest patches.
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Nothing to worry about
Microsoft is looking to fix a critical flaw in Windows Domain Name System (DNS) servers by 8 May, the date of its next scheduled security update. The company is currently weighing up whether to address the problem earlier.
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Chief Security Officers focus on dat theft and compliance
A new poll places theft of information and regulatory compliance at the top of chief security officers’ (CSOs’) agenda. The executives say that computer viruses and unauthorised access are less of a worry.
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Government officials in hacker gang crosshairs.
Micro spam attacks hitting one person are up more than 10 times over last year, according to MessageLabs.
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