Email Security

Mass injection web hacks yield to targeted attacks

Angela Moscoritolo February 08, 2010

Malware authors targeting websites have begun trading quantity for quality, according to web security firm Websense.
 

Waledac spreading through fake New Year's e-cards

Angela Moscoritolo January 04, 2010

Cybercriminals behind the Waledac botnet have begun using a New Year's-themed campaign to capture more victims, security experts warned on Thursday.
 

Google responds to call for more security

Chuck Miller June 18, 2009

In response to an open letter from dozens of noted security analysts, Google this week said it intends to more broadly turn on security features in its Gmail application by default.
 

Proof of concept released for Google Gmail CSRF flaw

Angela Moscaritolo March 06, 2009

A vulnerability in Google's Gmail that enables cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks has been recognised since 2007, but a proof-of-concept (PoC) was only released on Tuesday.
 

Apple advises Mac users to install anti-virus software

Dan Kaplan December 03, 2008

Apple, whose market share is growing among computer users, is now recommending that consumers consider applying anti-virus protection to their machines.
 

"Spam King" Soloway to be sentenced on 22 July

Dan Kaplan July 16, 2008

The sentencing of Robert Soloway, the so-called Seattle "Spam King" who pleaded guilty in March to delivering millions of unwanted emails, has been delayed until next week.
 

Online auction site goes to war on spam

Chuck Miller July 11, 2008

Google and eBay have joined forces to protect users from spam and malicious emails by leveraging an authentication technology called DomainKeys.
 

Steganography harnesses VoIP networks

Wojciech Mazurczyk and Krzysztof Szczypiorski July 04, 2008

Steganography is an established technique to hide secret data inside normal data transmissions, but new techniques are being developed to hide packets inside routine VoIP traffic, and escape detection
 

Steganography developers turn their attention to hiding information in VoIP

Richard Thurston July 04, 2008

The abundance of voice over IP equipment has led researchers to develop a range of techniques which, instead of hiding information in standard data traffic, will allow individuals to instead hide information in VoIP streams
 

Indian Government withdraws threat over BlackBerry services

Richard Thurston July 04, 2008

The threat which could have led to the country's BlackBerry services being suspended appears to have lifted after the Government backed down on its own demands for access to users' data
 

Europe just "weeks" away from data sharing deal with FBI

Richard Thurston July 01, 2008

Brussels insiders have confirmed that the European Commission is nearing the conclusion of talks with the Americans over the provision of citizens' personal information to the FBI for terrorism fighting purposes
 

Optenet launches into the UK

Richard Thurston June 30, 2008

The Spain headquartered security-as-a-service provider has released its portfolio into the British market, building on the back of contract wins from McDonalds and Hilton Hotels
 

Poynter review: HMRC has radically reduced security risks

Richard Thurston June 26, 2008

PwC chairman Kieran Poynter, the man tasked to investigate what happened in the catastrophic HMRC data breach, has revealed that significant progress has been made since the disastrous information leakage last October
 

Pacific island knocked off internet by DDoS attack

Richard Thurston June 26, 2008

The Marshall Islands have been subjected to a prolonged bout of unexpected email traffic, preventing citizens receiving emails, but the reason for the attack remains unclear
 

Poynter Review, IPCC severely criticise HMRC over data breach

Richard Thurston June 25, 2008

Two separate reports into the data leakage of 25 million records from Revenue & Customs last year have widely condemned data security procedures in the Government department
 

Euro 2008's 'Malicious XI' revealed

Richard Thurston June 23, 2008

McAfee has analysed the way professional footballers' names are being cited by unsafe websites, and has produced a list of those players whose names are most likely to give fans a malware headache
 

Trend Micro takes security into the cloud

Richard Thurston June 19, 2008

The software vendor has unveiled its new approach to internet security, which means transferring the workload off individual PCs and into the internet
 

Weak security controls to blame as finance firm is hit by FSA fine

Richard Thurston June 19, 2008

Merchant Securities is forced to cough up £77,000 for putting its customers at risk of identity fraud as part of a crackdown on lax security controls by the financial services watchdog
 

RIM: BlackBerry service won't be shut down despite ultimatum

Richard Thurston June 18, 2008

The manufacturer of the BlackBerry devices is standing firm against Indian Government demands for access to users' data and it is convinced threats to shut down the service in the country won't come to fruition
 

Security spending bucks economic downturn

Richard Thurston June 18, 2008

Organisations are substantially increasing their expenditure on security products, especially tools which help compliance and privacy and help prevent data leakage
 

Securing businesses is "extremely challenging", claim UK bosses

Richard Thurston June 10, 2008

British businesses are finding that protecting their organisations from hackers, social networking threats and browser vulnerabilities is an increasing struggle, according to research
 

Catholic church pulls together back-up strategy

Richard Thurston June 09, 2008

Worried that its data was at risk, particularly in the aftermath of the London terrorist attack three years ago, the Diocese of Westminster has completed an upgrade to a fully networked back-up architecture
 

AT&T drives deeper into security services

Richard Thurston June 04, 2008

The carrier has launched a managed encryption services portfolio which it hopes will help prevent corporate data leakage and in part replace postal services for the transmission of confidential documents
 

Trend Micro releases major upgrade to SME software

Richard Thurston June 03, 2008

The security vendor has released version 5.0 of its WorryFree range, while adding a new product to try to secure online retailers in the fight against credit card thieves
 

Indian Government issues ultimatum to RIM over BlackBerry monitoring

Richard Thurston June 02, 2008

India's Department of Telecom has threatened a total shutdown of the country's BlackBerry services if the device's manufacturer RIM does not give it access to users' emails, according to local reports
 

Verizon extends security services with Fortinet tie-up

Richard Thurston May 29, 2008

The telecoms carrier has broadened its security portfolio with the addition of the FortiGate appliances, which will be offered both for straight resale as well as part of a managed service
 

RIM stands firm over Indian demands to decrypt data

Richard Thurston May 27, 2008

The BlackBerry maker has refused to budge over demands that it allows India's Government to snoop on user's data in order to track terrorists
 

Sophos signs up execs from two of its rivals

Richard Thurston May 27, 2008

The security company has appointed senior executives from both Trend Micro and Symantec in order to bolster its marketing efforts
 

Trustwave branches out into application pen-testing

Richard Thurston May 26, 2008

The security services company is to try to help enterprises protect their web-based apps from attacks like SQL injection, buffer overflow and cross-site scripting
 

Alcatel-Lucent to secure mobile workers with always-on datacard

Richard Thurston May 22, 2008

The company is to bring to market next month a GPS and 3G enabled datacard which should give IT administrators 24/7 visibility of users' mobile devices
 

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