AVG and Rising signatures update detects Windows files as malwareOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 20 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags avg, rising, signatures, update, windows, files, malware, Search All Tags
"Yesterday, a signatures update pushed by AVG falsely labeled a critical Windows file as a banker malware, prompting the company to quickly fix the issue and issue a workaround..." read more »
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Targeted attacks to add to ISP woesOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 20 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: security | Tags targeted, attacks, isp, dns, dos, poisoning, hijacking, security, Search All Tags
John Leyden writes, "The large-brute force denial of service attacks of yesteryear have been joined by service-level and application-targeted attacks, DNS poisoning and route hijacking assaults that read more »
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Distributed DoS attacks surging in scale, ISPs reportOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 20 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags ellen messmer, denial-of-service attacks, isp, intensity, survey, Search All Tags, , ,
Ellen Messmer writes "Massive distributed denial-of-service attacks against ISPs and their customers doubled in intensity over the past year, according to a new survey." read more »
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Can I Autorespond to Spam?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 24 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags lincoln spector, spam-filtering software, spammer, Search All Tags, , , , ,
Lincoln Spector responds to the question of whether developing spam-filtering software that would automatically reply to the spammer, with the though that if the spammers got it all back they would s read more »
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Thousands hit in broad Web hackOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 23 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags kapersky lab, hackers, web, american, western european, Search All Tags, , ,
Kaspersky Lab warns that on Friday hackers launched a massive Web hacking campaign, putting malicious links on as many as 10,000 servers. Kapersky's web site declares "We’re estimating that in the read more »
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Data privacy, security laws have far-reaching impactOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 23 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags bart lazar, massachusetts office of consumer affairs and business regulation, standards, safeguard, personal information, Search All Tags, , ,
Bart Lazar writes "The Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation determined that there was a significant need for set of comprehensive standards that ensure businesses are tak read more »
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The Evolution of SecurityOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 23 days ago (http://www.networkworld.com)
Category: security | Tags bob bragdon, it security, Search All Tags, , , , , ,
Bob Bragdon discusses his observations on the changing role of IT security. read more »
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Obama community blog redirecting to malwareOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 24 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags obama, adam odonnell, spam, malware, anti-virus, Search All Tags, , ,
Adam ODonnell writes "Hot on the heels of yesterday’s Obama-related spam campaign comes the discovery that attackers are redirecting people from an official Barack Obama website to malware when they read more »
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