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Latest News

Smartphone trojan signals emerging threat

Jim Carr February 29, 2008

Researchers at security vendors Sophos and McAfee have discovered a rare trojan that attacks the Windows Mobile smartphone platform.
 

Fake Department of Justice complaint-spam strikes again

Jim Carr March 03, 2008

In what could presage a rash of tax-time spam emails purportedly from government agencies, security researchers at MX Logic have uncovered an influx of keylogger-laden emails spoofing the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
 

Sourcefire offers weak outlook following rough fourth quarter

Dan Kaplan February 29, 2008

A dismal earnings forecast this week from intrusion prevention maker Sourcefire underscores some of the challenges facing public IT security companies, a pair of analysts said Friday.
 

Report outs banks with most ID theft complaints

Sue Marquette Poremba February 29, 2008

Consumers, regulators, and businesses have no way to reliably assess the incidences and frequency of identity fraud at major financial institutions, a new study concludes.
 

Survey: IT security employees in demand, but skills lack

Sue Marquette Poremba February 28, 2008

There is a wide gap between IT security skills that organizations need and the skills IT professionals bring to the job, according to a new survey by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).
 

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FTC head Majoras set to step down

Dan Kaplan February 28, 2008

Deborah Platt Majoras, chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) since 2004 and a champion of identity theft protection for consumers, announced Thursday that she plans to leave her post in late March.
 

VMware: API that simplifies securing vitalized environments

Jim Carr February 28, 2008

On the day that Microsoft jumped into the burgeoning virtualization market, VMware -- the pioneer and industry leader in this technology -- announced Wednesday a new product that significantly enhances and simplifies securing virtual machines.
 

Finjan finds application selling FTP credentials

Dan Kaplan February 27, 2008

Researchers at the web security firm Finjan on Wednesday announced they have discovered a small database containing about 8,700 file-transfer protocol (FTP) server credentials that were being used to plant malicious code on legitimate websites.
 

YouTube breakdown could happen again

Sue Marquette Poremba February 27, 2008

When officials in Pakistan blocked content from YouTube, it created two separate issues -- but neither one should have surprised anyone, a Gartner analyst said Wednesday.
 

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