Security Park - Every day, thousands of computer users have personal information stolen, identities cloned and work flow disrupted by hacking, viruses and other malicious attacks. These consumers are often protected by software-only security which can be time

Enterprise-level security now available in a home USB device
CNET News - Corporate desktops and laptops reside behind an IT department with dedicated servers blocking inbound malicious content. As home software-based security suites attempt to match these blocking features, they sometimes tax the computer’s CPUs–and the

Samba Bug Leaves Mac OS Open To Attacks
All Headline News - An unpatched bug in the open source Samba software could be exploited by hackers to launch malicious code in affected Mac machines, Symantec said. Samba is a software that allows Mac users to enable file and print-sharing functions with Windows users

Could Google Translate Help E-Commerce?
NewsFactor Business Report - consumers have some type of spyware on their computers, and the vast majority are unaware that it is there. Google: Malware Runs Rampant on the Web According to Google research, hundreds of thousands of Web sites are infected with malicious software

Cyber-terrorism is real - ask Estonia
Daily Telegraph - Many in the cyber-security world - consultants seeking clients, academics chasing grants, companies selling software - were According to the head of IT security for one global investment house, a malicious virus recently simultaneously took out

Amid The Rush To Web 2.0, Some Words Of Warning
Information Week - Hackers and spammers can create their own pages on MySpace and riddle them with malicious code to infect their social If a company is going to use third-party components or widgets, it should trust the source and audit the software, says Judge

Shiver Me Timbers! Scam Unleashes Trojan With Movie Ticket Lure
Information Week - Software Tech Center: Operating Systems Software Blog Enterprise Applications Linux/Open Source Development Business Intelligence And there is no film trailer — just a malicious program which tries to download further malware from the Internet. Remember

Google enters security market; acquires start-up firm Greenborder
BizReport.com - Virtualization creates a virtual layer between a computer’s hardware and software, so that malicious code on Web sites, instant messages, and e-mail does not reach user machines. Greenborder uses what is called “sandboxes” as a buffer system during

Keep your computer from becoming a zombie
KOMO-TV - He says most malicious software is still spread the old-fashioned way - through attachments in e-mail. Peer-to-peer file-sharing networks are another easy way to get infected. “And now it’s being spread through things like MySpace, if you click on the

The Cyber Threat of Ransomware
WTVD - Ransomware is a piece of malicious software that actually gets into a consumer’s computer and encrypts and locks all their files.” All the files are locked until you agree to pay a ransom. Like other scams, hackers can infiltrate your system through

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