Robert Jaques

A new wave of spam messages related to Angelina Jolie are spreading with the intention to trick users into downloading and installing malware. Companies are leaving their unified communications (UC) systems wide open to hackers, newly published research claims. US engineers have developed software that can be used with Windows and Linux systems to perform log-ins, digital signing and verification. ZoneLabs has issued an advisory detailing workarounds for those locked out of their internet connections by Microsoft's latest round of bug fixes. A cyber-crime syndicate is believed to have defrauded the South African government of more than £12.8m in a series of spyware frauds. VBAAC flaw in the standard web authorisation technology could affect hundreds of thousands of sites, security experts have warned. Scientists may have found a new way to combat random scanning internet worms such as the notorious Code Red and SQL Slammer infections.
Spam levels jumped in May to 76.8 per cent of all emails sent globally, according to new monitoring data. Quantum cryptography, the most secure method of transmitting data, has taken a step closer to mainstream viability with a technique that simplifies the ... Security problems created by employees are far more serious than the dangers posed by external hackers and criminals, new research reports.. Network security walls tumbling down, says Jericho Forum. The recent discovery of a potentially serious Secure Socket Layer (SSL) flaw affecting a popular Linux distribution should act as a wake up call to the open ... Large enterprises continue to risk leaks from outbound email, blogs, message boards, media sharing sites and mobile devices, according to new research.. Scammers have turned to social networking site LinkedIn in a bid to bypass corporate spam filters, a security firm warned today.. Industry experts have welcomed assurances from Microsoft that the firm has not provided law enforcement agencies with a 'back door' into its systems.. A diplomatic spat is developing between the Belgian and Chinese governments concerning alleged hacking attacks, according to media reports.. The Storm botnet decreased to just five per cent of its original size during April, but overall web-based malware levels increased by 23.3 per cent, new ... Criminal hackers are creating malicious hardware which experts warn will be much more difficult to detect than conventional software-based malware. Sloppy site developers are to blame for a recent rash of SQL web server attacks estimated to have compromised hundreds of thousands of websites, a security ... An Israeli firm of private investigators has been rapped for using spyware to steal sensitive information..