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New alliance aims to unite malware fight | Security - CNET News
The group, which is part of the IEEE and includes several security heavyweights, hopes that formalizing information sharing can help combat attacks. Read this blog post by Vivian Yeo on Security.
Microsoft to plug holes in Windows, IE, Word, Office, and Excel | Security - CNET News
Microsoft will issue six critical security updates and four others for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Word, and Excel as part of next week's Patch Tuesday. Read this blog post by Elinor Mills on Security.
Report: Spam now 90 percent of all e-mail | Security - CNET News
Symantec report also notes, among other things, that spam levels jumped 5 percent from April to May, and reputable domains are favorite targets of cybercriminals. Read this blog post by Lance Whitney on Security.
Inventor: SSL not to blame for security woes | Security - CNET News
<b style='color:#900;'>q&a</b> Taher Elgamals, an inventor of the Secure Sockets Layer protocol, explains what needs to be done to boost security on the Internet. Hint: browser improvements. Read this blog post by Vivian Yeo on Security.
Another Adobe Reader security hole emerges | Security - CNET News
A zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader prompts security experts to recommend switching off JavaScript in the PDF reader. Read this blog post by Elinor Mills on Security.
F-Secure says stop using Adobe Acrobat Reader | Security - CNET News
Acrobat Reader is garnering the lion's share of certain types of attacks this year so a security researcher says use another PDF reader. Read this blog post by Elinor Mills on Security.
SMS messages could be used to hijack a phone | Security - CNET News
Trust Digital explains how an attacker could take over a phone or steal data off it by sending SMS messages. Read this blog post by Elinor Mills on Security.
Worm infiltrates Twitter | Security - CNET News
Micro-blogging site gets infected with the StalkDaily worm. Details about the worm are scarce, but there are tweets aplenty. Read this blog post by Natalie Weinstein on Security.
Deluge of Browser Security Issues Drives Mass Migration - Netcraft
Netcraft provide monthly Internet research reports on the hosting industry and specialise in phishing detection and countermeasures
Conficker worm might originate from China | Security - CNET News
A Vietnamese security firm concludes that Conficker worm has the same root as the Nimda, which the firm believes originated in China. Read this blog post by Dong Ngo on Security.
Safari hole exploited in seconds at security conference | Security - CNET News
Charlie Miller, who won a contest by hacking a MacBook Air last year, exploits a security hole in Safari within seconds at the CanSecWest security conference. Read this blog post by Elinor Mills on Security.
Facebook: Will the real Kevin Mitnick please stand up? | Security - CNET News
Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick is kicked off Facebook for weeks after they refuse to believe he is the real Kevin Mitnick. Read this blog post by Elinor Mills on Security.
Symantec creates havoc with unsigned Norton patch | Security - CNET News
Mysterious Norton patch triggers firewall alerts and sends users flocking to forums where Symantec finds itself fending off a spam attack. Read this blog post by Elinor Mills on Security.
Adobe warns of critical, unpatched security flaw | Security - CNET News
Software maker issues warning for Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9, as well as earlier versions of the software. Attackers reportedly have been exploiting the flaw. Read this blog post by Dawn Kawamoto on Security.
Chrome, Firefox face clickjacking | Security - CNET News
Flaw exposes the browsers to attackers who potentially can hijack browser functions by substituting a legitimate link with one of an attacker's choice. Read this blog post by Liam Tung on Security.
Cybercrime cost firms $1 trillion globally, McAfee study says | Security - CNET News
In McAfee survey, CIOs report spending billions in data thefts and say fired workers pose a big threat to sensitive data on the network. Read this blog post by Elinor Mills on Security.
Warning: Twitter Phishing Attack Underway
If you get a Twitter direct message today reading: check out this funny blog about you, we advise you don't. The link leads to a fake Twitter login page that
Defense contractors eye cybersecurity bonanza | Security - CNET News
Boeing, Lockheed, Raytheon, and others are getting ready for an expected boom in federal outlays to protect government computer networks. Read this blog post by Jonathan Skillings on Security.
Bots exploiting Microsoft's emergency RPC patch | Latest Security News - CNET News
Systems not yet patched for a recently announced flaw are vulnerable to a trio of malware that could enlist the compromised computer to attack sites in China. Read this blog post by Robert Vamosi on Security.
TrustedSource - Blog - Rise Of The PDF Exploits
Rise Of The PDF Exploits - The Portable Document Format (PDF) is one of the file formats of choice commonly used in today’s enterprises, since it’s widely deployed across different operating systems. But on a down-side this format has also known vulnerabilites which are exploited in the wild. Secure Computing’s Anti-Malware Research Labs spotted a new and yet unknown exploit toolkit [...]
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