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IBM Reports Phishing Surge

Incidents of the online identity theft scams known as phishing attacks increased by more than 200 percent in May, according to figures released by...

Microsoft Turns Off SUS Downloads

Less than a month after Microsoft Corp.s Windows Server Update Services enterprise patch-management platform was released to manufacturing, Microsoft has turned off downloads of...

Three Sentenced in eBay Fencing Scam

Two men and one woman were sentenced to prison terms Tuesday after pleading guilty to defrauding home improvement giants The Home Depot Inc. and...

RSS in Longhorn: The Security Question

Microsoft Corp.s ambitious plan to bake RSS deep into the belly of Longhorn will open new attack vectors for spammers, phishers and malicious hackers,...

E-Mail Hoaxes Spread Latest Threats

Celebrity trials and current events are again the vector for virus and malware writers hoping to infect distant computer systems. This week, e-mails claiming Pope...

Lawsuit Seeks Payback for Major Credit Card Breach

Following the recent revelation that a security breach potentially exposed 40 million credit cards to data theft, a class-action suit was filed Monday against...

Return of the Anti-Zombies

Its a recurring theme on security discussion lists: Someone ought to build a worm that infects insecure systems and remedies the problems on them. Every...

Wi-Fi Security Tool Puts Emphasis on Location

Newbury Networks Inc. this week introduced the latest version of its Wi-Fi security software, which uses both location and behavior patterns to monitor a...

iPass Safeguards Networks from Mobile Infections

iPass Inc. this week unveiled a new system that is designed to prevent mobile workers from inadvertently infecting the corporate network with their laptops.Universal...

Microsoft Ships Last-Minute Windows 2000 Update Rollup

With just two days to go before the expiration of mainstream support for Microsofts Windows 2000 operating system, the software giant has provided an...