I have a lot of e-mail addresses and thus attract my fair share of unwanted and malicious e-mail. The latest malware spreading e-mail to land in my in-boxes has purported to be from the package delivery company UPS. Thursday, I received two of these

Vista security under scrutiny, again - Silicon.com
Security vendor PC Tools has released more research to back up its claim that Vista is far from immune to infection. In an attempt to reinforce its claim that Vista is less secure than Windows 2000, PC Tools released statistics this week, collected

Security Bites 120: When social networks host malware - CNET News
In this week’s Security Bites podcast, Robert Vamosi speaks with Ryan Naraine, security evangelist for Kaspersky and Zero Day blogger for ZDNet, about malicious software. Naraine recently spoke at a conference on emerging security threats sponsored

Worm uses Google to squirm around Facebook - New York Times
A malicious program that sprang up on Facebook .com in late July has surfaced again, this time using Google’s Web sites to sneak around security filters. On Tuesday, researchers at unified threat management vendor Fortinet noticed that a program

Facebook users receive fresh Trojan warning - MacWorld UK
Malicious software that emerged on Facebook.com in late July has surfaced again, this time using Google’s sites to sneak around security filters. On Tuesday, researchers at unified threat management vendor Fortinet noticed that a program similar to

Mossberg laments lack of bargain Mac in his Fall Guide - ZDNet Blogs
Walt Mossberg just posted his fall guide called Shopping for Basics and Saving Money on Your Next PC with a focus on tight budgets in tough economic times. Although Mossberg consistently recommends Macs, he can t sidestep the price gap

MADE IN IBM LABS: IBM Research Unveils “Security-on-a-Stick” to - MSN MoneyCentral
Resembling a memory stick with an integrated display, a prototype USB device developed at IBM’s (NYSE: IBM) Zurich Research Lab brings a new level of security to online banking for consumers. Pilot devices are ready and available to banks for trials

Spyware Horror Stories - Download.com
Earlier this year, we published a feature called Spyware Horror Stories , in which readers related their most wretched encounters with malicious software. Since then, the spread of spyware hasn’t slowed down, so we’re collecting user stories for use

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