Posts from — December 1969

Now neck-in-neck with IE 7.
The Mozilla Foundation said last week it has patched several serious security flaws in the popular Firefox browser, bugs that also affect the SeaMonkey browser and the Thunderbird email application.

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OneCare can detect 18 percent of unknown threats.
Microsoft’s Windows Live OneCare climbed from March’s dead last to 14th place in a test of 17 anti-virus programs, according to a researcher.

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Verid joins the fold.
EMC has bought identity verification services vendor Verid, in a move to extend its RSA division’s authentication product line.

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Second one this week.
A security vulnerability has been found in Google Desktop, just a day after a similar flaw was found in the Firefox Google toolbar.

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I’m sorry Dave, I’m afraid I can’t filter that.
Some security experts believe that spammers will increasingly use artificial intelligence tactics to get their junk delivered to email users.

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Lock up your corporate networks.
Security vendor Akonix Systems has tallied 170 instant-messaging threats so far this year, the company said this month, a 73 percent increase over the same period last year.

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Bit of a drawback in a security product…
F-Secure has patched several vulnerabilities in its security products, the most critical of which could be used to run unauthorised software on a victim’s computer.

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Trivial oversight allows Wi-Fi attacks.
Popular Firefox browser plug-ins are not doing enough to secure their software, a security researcher has said.

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Software will be crippled from June 1.
Microsoft has underlined previous warnings that early versions of Windows Vista will be crippled from this Friday, June 1st.

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But enterprises will get theirs in June.
Symantec has delayed the release of its first security suite for Windows Mobile devices.

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The catch? Updates cost $1,000 per annum.
Network managers looking for an inexpensive way to better secure traffic crossing their networks have been invited to check out a free application from Intoto.

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Still out to get you.
The number of phishing Web URLs has nearly tripled from March to April as cybercriminals returned to a late-2006 tactic designed to do an end run around browser-based anti-phishing filters.

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