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Researchers Say Automated IM Worm Is Inevitable

The sudden appearance of a rootkit file in a spyware-laden IM worm attack has set off new fears that malicious hackers are sophisticated enough...

Trend Micro Wades into Enterprise Anti-Spyware

Hoping to increase its might in the anti-spyware market, Trend Micro Inc. has released two new products and one service, aimed at enterprises, small...

Another Black Eye for Microsoft Patch Creation Process

Its being called the "story of a dumb patch." A private security research firm has published an advisory with details on a fundamental mistake made...

Rootkit Takes Aim at AOL

Security researchers have identified a rootkit being spread through AOLs popular instant messaging client and AOL chat rooms. Bundled within the previously identified W32/Sdbot-ADD worm,...

Petition Demands Privacy for Electronic Health Records

Health information technology legislation is swirling around Capitol Hill this week, and theres no shortage of recommendations of how it should be done. Privacy advocacy...

Whos Getting Rich in the .Com Market?

When it was announced recently that Verisign and ICANN have reached a settlement agreement on a lawsuit related to management of the .com domain,...

Coalition Posts Spyware Risk Guidelines

The Anti-Spyware Coalition published new guidelines on Thursday designed to help consumers assess whether or not a software product is considered spyware. The group...

Addressing Conflicts of Interest in Security Processes

Last week I participated in an IT executive roundtable in New York, where we asked the audience what subjects were currently top of mind....

Web Threats Keep Users Away

New research released by Consumer Reports WebWatch finds that U.S. Internet users are cutting back on the hours they spend online, shunning e-commerce and...

McAfee Scores Gateway Anti-Virus Bundling Deal

Anti-virus vendor McAfee Inc. on Wednesday clinched a deal with PC maker Gateway Inc. to preinstall its Internet Security Suite on all Gateway and...