The SC Magazine Newswire

November 20, 2008 — Click here to view this newsletter online

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Survey Says: Portable Storage Devices a Growing Threat

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Latest News

F-Secure: 100-percent increase in malware this year

Jim Carr December 05, 2007

Researchers at anti-virus vendor F-Secure have noted a 100-percent increase over last year in the amount of malware detected during 2007.

SC Magazine launches IT Security and Finance microsite

December 04, 2007

Several other industry-specific microsites are scheduled to follow the financial vertical page.

In-the-wild exploits target Apple QuickTime flaw; proof-of-concept malware aims at Second Life

Dan Kaplan December 04, 2007

Researchers have spotted two active attacks and a new proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit that take advantage of a still unpatched vulnerability in Apple QuickTime.

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Grisoft acquires Exploit Prevention Labs

Frank Washkuch Jr. December 05, 2007

Anti-virus vendor Grisoft announced today that it has acquired web-browsing security provider Exploit Prevention Labs.

Content security vendor Irdeto buys Cloakware

Jim Carr December 04, 2007

Content security vendor Irdeto has acquired Cloakware, a privately held application security company.

Microsoft releases advisory for Web Proxy Auto-Discovery flaw

Frank Washkuch Jr. December 03, 2007

Microsoft today warned PC users of a flaw in Windows that occurs when the operating system or Internet Explorer (IE) tries to find a Web Proxy Automatic Discovery (WAPD) server.

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Steelbox Networks names former SPI Dynamics leader new CEO; LogLogic taps former SurfControl chief to lead

Frank Washkuch Jr. December 03, 2007

Vendors LogLogic and Steelbox Networks today announced the appointment of new chief executives -- both former leaders of recently acquired security providers.

Child porn hacker sentenced to 110 years in prison

Dan Kaplan December 03, 2007

A North Carolina man was sentenced to more than a century in prison after he seeded teens' computers with trojans and then demanded the victims provide him with nude photographs of themselves.

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