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Security risks from instant messaging networks and spam-clogged e-mail inboxes are forcing corporations to finds ways to either limit employee access or clamp down with improved security. Financial firms have an added burden. They must treat instant messages the same as e-mail communication and ensu...
A new version of the Sober worm is spreading rapidly around the Web, this one with a twist. Called Sober-M or Sober-N by various security companies, it uses an e-mail in poorly worded English to try to convince recipients that their e-mail is being diverted to the alleged sender. The subject of the ...
The threat of trojans infecting mobile phones is rising sharply, according to security software firm SimWorks. The company today said it found 52 new damaging trojans on the Symbian platform in a single day. The malicious software programs affect Series 60 phones such as the Nokia 3650, 6600 and 663...
As computer users get more sophisticated, so too do the schemes to ensnare them. Security company Sophos warned Friday that a bogus Web site, set up to look like the Microsoft Windows Update page, was luring Windows users into downloading a Trojan horse. The scammers sent e-mails with subject lines ...
Security software firm F-Secure announced today that it has found another piece of mobile phone malware, this one a Trojan horse called Fontal.A, which can cause Nokia 60 series phones running Symbian to crash. Analysts say that while mobile malware is likely to become a bigger problem over time, so...
The latest twist in mobile malware, Mabir.A, poses as a reply to a text message a user has already sent. The virus targets Symbian Series 60 phones just as did CommWarrior and Cabir, the two other know mobile phone viruses, but it is not expected to spread quickly, according to security experts. Mab...
The latest mass-mail worm to attack unprotected computers is Mytob, which first appeared at the beginning of the month, but last week, threatened with eight new variants, two of which were reported by security firm Symantec yesterday. As with other mass-mail worms, Mytob uses its own SMTP engine to ...
Las Vegas based FBM Software has announced on March 14 the release of ZeroSpyware 2005, designed to target consumers and small businesses with what company officials say is the most comprehensive and easy-to-use anti-spyware software available. Among the highlights of the software is a service to pr...
The recent release of Tenebril's SpyCatcher 3.5 packs several high-powered features. Its sophisticated detection engine requires less memory to scan a computer and its components, resulting in scans up to 300 percent faster than earlier versions and most competitive products. SpyCatcher brings more ...
With a little help from a lesser-known piece of malicious software code, the Glieder Trojan, a wave of Bagle computer worm variants spread successfully today, disabling and blocking antivirus and other security software and spreading in spam-like fashion. Security experts said as many as 15 Bagle va...
In another attempt to slow the spread of computer viruses, the British government has set up a Web site that offers to alert citizens when serious Internet security problems are making the rounds. The IT Security Awareness for Everyone site will offer the alerts via e-mail or text message and will a...
Antivirus vendor Sophos reported this week that the BankAsh-A Trojan, a malicious software program that silently infects and corrupts computers, was disabling Microsoft's new AntiSpyware software and attempting to steal passwords and other banking information from Windows users. The Trojan represen...
In IBM's Global Business Security Index Report for 2004, the company warns that malware and spam attacks on mobile devices such as smartphones and wireless-enabled PDAs are on the rise. As Big Blue joins a growing list of high-tech companies and researchers warning of the increasing danger of mobile...
The University of Calgary is at it again. The Canadian school gained some notoriety two years ago when its computer science department launched a course on computer viruses, which included, as part of the coursework, writing a virus. This week, the brains behind the virus course, Assistant Professor...
A "bot" -- a piece of malicious software that can spread and function much like a computer virus or worm -- is seizing on vulnerable MySQL database software running on Windows systems to spread and scan for new victims. While the MySQL Bot, also known as the Spool CLC, is mitigated by the limited nu...
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