Computerworld - That signifies a left tag, which tells Web sites and software to treat any text between it and a right tag character as executable code. This way, seemingly garbled text can hide malicious JavaScript commands that can do damage without having to

Enterprise Security
BPM Today - Keys’ MySpace page has been infected with malicious software. Symantec announced it will acquire Vontu for $350 million in cash and assumed options. Vontu’s software is designed to help organizations control the flow of sensitive information. The Home

Firefox Exploit can Hack Gmail
PC World - range from Web mail clients, collaboration and document sharing systems and other Web 2.0 applications from large software Identifiers (URIs) that contain the JAR protocol, while Web administrators can use a reverse proxy to prevent malicious

Trojan horse spreads quickly through Microsoft’s IM
Computerworld - As with other malware spread through instant messaging software, the messages bearing malicious code appear to come from people on the recipient’s IM contact list. But while its speed in spreading is impressive, Lichtman pointed to another

Recipient E-mail
DailyTech - Mozilla is stress testing the beta software. It plans on releasing two or three more Beta candidates, before the final release. Mozilla is struggling to keep up with schedule, as it said it would release the second beta by September and Firefox 3.0

Study: Customers don’t want data handled by outside vendors
Computerworld - Bernard Software, for a limited time. (Source: Computerworld) It is through the Web that the most potentially harmful and malicious threats can enter a computer system. Yet, nearly half of all organizations in the U.S. continue to do nothing about Web

Malicious Ads Hit NBL, NHL Sites
CRN - Scan and scare’ tactics have become increasingly popular among vendors who sell intentionally ineffective or malicious security software. While banner ads themselves are not an anomaly, this recent scam marks a trend cybercriminals attaching malware

Monster.com Unknowingly Recruited Bots For Crime Work
Information Week - Without the company’s permission, Monster.com was briefly recruiting new bots this week to work on behalf of cyber criminals. The company confirmed Wednesday that malicious software was inserted on the site’s Monster Company Boulevard pages, which

WMF FAQ: What you need to know
Computerworld - Exploits targeting the hole can use WMF files to run malicious code on a target machine — infecting it with spyware Desktop search software such as Google Search could also trigger the vulnerability if such a program happened across an

Tags: