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Legitimate websites increasingly under sophisticated attack 

Legitimate websites increasingly under sophisticated attack

Trusted websites are posing a security risk to oblivious surfers according to a Websense report released today which revealed the number of legitimate websites compromised by ...
Criminal hackers turn on Mac users: Sophos 

Criminal hackers turn on Mac users: Sophos

Security experts warned today that hackers are fast extending their efforts beyond Windows and are actively targeting Mac users..
Aussie company secures Vietnam’s Defence  

Aussie company secures Vietnam’s Defence

Network security vendor, Senetas has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Vietnam Information Security Laboratories (VISL), an agency of Vietnam’s ...
Malware up 800 percent in 2007, says Panda 

Malware up 800 percent in 2007, says Panda

The amount of malware captured last year increased by 800 percent over 2006, researchers said this week.
McAfee gets high score in Gartner report 

McAfee gets high score in Gartner report

Analyst firm Gartner has placed McAfee in the leader’s quadrant of its Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms.
Review of 2007: Lost in translation 

Review of 2007: Lost in translation

Large-scale data breaches across both the private and public sectors dominated the news throughout the year. Rob Buckley looks back.
Trojan 2.0 era about to begin: Finjan 

Trojan 2.0 era about to begin: Finjan

Cyberattackers are on the verge of creating trojans that take advantage of social networking websites and Web 2.0 technologies, according to researchers at Finjan.
New phishing wave claims payroll fraud to dupe victims 

New phishing wave claims payroll fraud to dupe victims

A Romanian-based criminal group is behind a new trojan-laced, socially engineered email run that tries to trick recipients into believing their employer committed payroll ...
Malware writers exploit Bhutto killing 

Malware writers exploit Bhutto killing

The assassination of former Pakistan president Benazir Bhutto has become the latest hook to lure users to malicious websites..
Storm Worm New Year's greetings proliferating 

Storm Worm New Year's greetings proliferating

The holiday blitz from the perpetrators of the Storm Worm, which began with fake Christmas messages last month, has continued unabated as a spate of false New Year's greetings ...
Web threats make their mark on 07/08 

Web threats make their mark on 07/08

The new year is supposed to signal a fresh start for us all, but web threats will continue to reign in 2008, wreaking havoc just as they did this year
SC Magazine picks the cream of the crop 

SC Magazine picks the cream of the crop

SC Magazine's technology experts have made their choices for the best products of 2007 from among the dozens of entries that were subjected to thorough group tests and reviews ...
Google's Orkut clean after fast but harmless self-replicating worm is halted 

Google's Orkut clean after fast but harmless self-replicating worm is halted

Google has halted the spread of a worm on its social networking website, Orkut, but not before the self-replicating script reportedly spread to more than 400,000 member profiles.
Roundup 2007: The year's top fives 

Roundup 2007: The year's top fives

TOP 5 CYBERATTACKS: 1. The Storm Worm What began as an email-spawned trojan attack using fake news stories to lure victims became the most widespread cyber-assault in recent ...
The SC interview online: Eva Chen 

The SC interview online: Eva Chen

Co-founder and CEO of Trend Micro, Eva Chen discusses a wide range of subjects touched on financials, industry moves and trends, and the opportunities provided by the emerging ...
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