CNET News - Meanwhile, Microsoft is working to plug a security vulnerability in Windows that could be an avenue for spyware and other malicious software to sneak onto a PC. The flaw lies in the way Windows handles animated cursors. Plus, Joris tried out a new

Websense Wireless software protects minors from inappropriate Internet
Security Park - Websense Wireless has unveiled new software that allows wireless operators and service providers to provide advanced security features to protect both end-users and the network from malicious Web content and to adhere to regulatory, industry and

Web filters mistakenly blocking Yahoo
CNET News - Excel and other legitimate applications as threats . Typically, these errors can be fixed by updating the signature files in security applications. These signatures are the rules used by the security program to identify malicious software.

Phishing threats triple
TechWorld - Srivastava speculated that another reason for the rapid rise in malicious sites is, ironically, the effectiveness of anti-phishing software. “The phishing detection business has gotten good - ours included - and [so] it’s far easier to detect

Hackers Learning New Tricks To Attack Businesses
KSDK - Even if your computer isn’t controlled remotely by someone with malicious intent, the ones that are can still affect you, and Anti-virus and firewall software can help protect your computer from malware that can lead to it becoming part of a botnet.

Avoid Security Spending Fatigue
Computerworld - day the story broke, says Gary McGraw, chief technology officer at security consultancy Cigital Inc. and author of Software This means regularly measuring things like how many malicious attempts were stopped at the firewall or how quickly incidents

VNC is it safe?
Digital Spy - I had to disable the software firewalls on my PC’s briefly in an attempt to get things up and running, but forgot to put it If you do find evidence of malicious behaviour you should report it to sbcglobal.net. If you tell them the time it happened

Sophos: What You Get When You Download Internet Explorer 7
Softpedia - its website to promote Internet Explorer 7.0. Clicking on the image, however, doesn’t download the real beta - but malicious Cluley. For instance, in 2003 the Gibe-F worm (also known as Swen) posed as a critical security update from the software

Blame sales for those computer security breaches
Washington Post - Half said they had been affected by a virus or malicious software. Britain’s Home Office (interior ministry) says three-quarters of businesses have suffered a virus attack. On Monday, campaign group Get Safe Online said fewer than half of Internet

eEye Offers Temporary Software Patch to Protect Against Zero-Day Flaw
Playfuls - eEye Offers Temporary Software Patch to Protect Against Zero-Day Flaw This vulnerability can be exploited by visiting a malicious web site or opening a malformed Microsoft Office document. This

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