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Trend Micro: RSS Is Worm Bots Next Target

Security researchers at Trend Micro Inc. have pinpointed RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technology as a lucrative target for future bot worm attacks. David Sancho, senior...

Windows Lags in the User Rights Movement

Among the challenges that enterprise administrators face when attempting to properly lock down the Windows machines in their care, managing the laundry list of...

Is System Lockdown the Secret Weapon?

In the ongoing battle to fight internal and external threats on the corporate desktop, IT staffers may be forgetting one very potent weapon in...

Keeping Security Vendors in Business

I always wonder if computer security companies around this time of year take a moment to give thanks to all the malicious hackers and...

Webroot: Good News and Bad

The face of spyware is changing as adware infection rates level off and targeted Trojans and system monitors become more prevalent. So says the...

Rootkit DRM Constitutes Security Malpractice

Sony BMG Music Entertainments use of a rootkit to hide its digital rights management software deep and undetectably within the operating system of users...

Malicious Keyloggers Run Rampant on Net

Keylogging programs are the epitome of online stealth, and theyre also a mushrooming problem on the Internet, where identity and intellectual property thefts are...

Unpatched IE Flaw Is Worse Than Expected

Last week was shortened by the Thanksgiving holiday, and it seemed the malware guys took it off as well. There was not much going...

Symantec Shelves Sygate Personal Firewall

Symantec Corp. will discontinue sales and support for customers who bought personal security products from Sygate Inc., which Symantec purchased in October. Symantec is shelving...

EC Tightens Database Ties to Fight Terrorism

The European Commission last week adopted measures that will help fight terrorism and serious crime by opening up development of, and access to, common...