As might be expected, email users are beginning to see the first stages of what is expected to be a major phishing attack capitalizing on the populace's eager expectation of IRS refund checks, as well as the Bush administration's economic stimulus payment distribution, scheduled to begin May 2.

An advisory was issued today regarding a "highly critical" vulnerability in two software products: Adobe After Effects CS3 and Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.x.

Oracle announced it plans to release patches for a number of products on Tuesday.

A new BotArmy, named "Kraken," reportedly twice as big as Storm, has been identified.

Boyne Resorts needed an easier way to protect its network and retail points-of-sale. It found a solution, reports Greg Masters.

A number of fake Storm emails have been blasted out enticing recipients with phony April Fool's Day messages, according to a blog post on F-Secure's site.

The government vertical presents special challenges to IT security vendors, but all agree it is a growing market, reports Greg Masters.

Banks and financial institutions are targets not only because, in the words of bank-robber Willy Sutton, thats where the money is, but because they are also depositories of vast amounts of data, worth perhaps even more than gold to interested parties.

IT security professionals should rely on personal vigilance and implemented methodologies - not just the slew of new products hitting the marketplace - to protect their networks in 2007.