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Can McAfee’s Anti-Cybercrime Bid Succeed?

I have to apologize for the sporadic nature of my posts this week, I just returned from the Ziff Davis Enterprise Security Summit in...

Security of E-Voting Remains Major Concern

As the November presidential election approaches, it would seem that as many questions linger today regarding the security of the nation's electronic voting systems...

2009 Outlook: More Malware, Botnets, VOIP Attacks and Cyber-war

The Georgia Tech Information Security Center hosted its annual summit on emerging security threats Oct. 15 and published its annual attack forecast report.According to...

Cyber-criminals Undaunted by Economic Downturn?

It seems like it's a bit early to make such assumptions, but Panda Security's PandaLabs is already on the record as predicting that the...

Spammers Tapping into Legit Reputations

It's not a hugely new development, as spammers have long sought to tie their work to legitimate topics and properties, but researchers have noted...

Exploit Tests Find AV Systems Wanting

Security software maker Secunia has published an interesting new piece of research that pits a dozen well-known AV and Internet security packages against live...

Phony Verizon MMS Files Harbor Trojans

Security researchers are warning of a new malware campaign through which Trojan threats are being advertised under the guise of Verizon MMS messages.As first...

More Fun with Fake Security

Malware attacks disguised as legitimate security applications or patch/vulnerability advisories continue to proliferate rapidly, further establishing the mainstream's heightened sensitivity to online threats as...

Phoenix Firmware Security Taking Flight

Spending the bulk of my days in vendor land, I try to avoid vendor-related coverage for the most part to avoid any conflicts of...

New Anti-ID Theft Effort Launched

Following on news from the Identity Theft Resource Center that data breaches have reached an all time high over the first eight months of...