Vulnerabilities & Exploits

Recommendations from the Commission on Cyber Security for the 44th Presidency will be previewed at the SC World Congress. In a victory for privacy advocates, an Orlando, Fla.-based company has been ordered not to sell keylogger spyware. Security vendors highlight growing threat of internet-based malware. Microsoft's new security solution will have a smaller footprint than OneCare, making it more user-accessible, but it will lack some non-security capabilities attractive for small businesses. The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has formed an E-Security Task Force, with the aim of taking a leadership role in the development of policy proposals for e-security and ISP filtering.  

 

The automatic update features in many software applications are proving to be vulnerable to attack. Hackers are taking notice. You should, too. The anonymity and universal access of cyberspace makes cybercrime attractive and easy. With flaws in many new products, vendors should listen a bit more to the research community perhaps Consultancy firm, The Leading Edge called Proofpoint to restore its email when a Botnet attack took the company’s internet link down. Security experts give mixed reviews about Google’s inaugural web browser, Chrome.  

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