David Quainton

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Banks failing to tackle email phishing attacks

Banks failing to tackle email phishing attacks

David Quainton Jan 10 2005 4:53PM Security
Spam study shows spam hits study

Spam study shows spam hits study

Educational institutions are under threat because they can’t deal with the amount of spam being sent their way. New methods of attack are hitting establishments with up to 11 million emails a day, and the poorer funded can’t afford the technology to stave off the attack.
David Quainton Jan 10 2005 2:30PM Security
New cybercrime laws for Philippines

New cybercrime laws for Philippines

The latest draft on the new Philippines cybercrime bill is to cover mobile devices as well as computers and computer networks.
David Quainton Jan 5 2005 3:19PM Security
Scammers prey on tsunami disaster fundraising efforts

Scammers prey on tsunami disaster fundraising efforts

Hordes of scammers are exploiting the Asian tsunami to prise money from email recipients, it has emerged. 419 scams and phishing attacks are being crafted to extort money from those wishing to help victims of last week’s disaster.
David Quainton Jan 5 2005 11:56AM Security
New tool combats phishing phrenzy

New tool combats phishing phrenzy

A UK internet security firm has produced a new weapon to combat the threat of phishing attacks. The Netcraft Toolbar gives details of websites, so that users can tell if they are actually what they claim to be.
David Quainton Jan 4 2005 2:58PM Security
Virus surprise hidden inside Christmas gifts

Virus surprise hidden inside Christmas gifts

Staff exhibiting their Christmas presents at work may find they give their company an unwanted New Year surprise. Reports today show MP3 players can shut down Windows by passing on the VBS/Soraci virus.
David Quainton Jan 4 2005 12:38PM Security
Bali bomber produces hacker manual

Bali bomber produces hacker manual

The Bali bomber has published an autobiography detailing how to extort money using the internet. It is feared a chapter titled “Hacking, Why Not?” could encourage further terrorist activity.
David Quainton Dec 23 2004 1:41PM Security
Can-Spam can't can AOL spammer

Can-Spam can't can AOL spammer

The saga of the 24 year old West Virginian AOL staffer who stole over 30 million email addresses has taken another exciting twist.
David Quainton Dec 22 2004 11:51AM Security
Google kicks worm into touch

Google kicks worm into touch

Google has finally stopped the Santy worm dead in its tracks, thanks to lobbying from anti-virus vendors. The worm, which trawls Google for vulnerable versions of bulletin board software known as phpBB, had reached epidemic proportions by Tuesday night.
David Quainton Dec 22 2004 10:32AM Security
Randex author charged

Randex author charged

A 16-year-old virus writer was given a six-month suspended sentence at the South Cheshire juvenile court in Crewe last Thursday for releasing a worm that infected computers and turned them into spam relays.
David Quainton Dec 21 2004 5:30PM Security
Patches and worms - Merry Christmas.

Patches and worms - Merry Christmas.

Microsoft gives patch junkies another fix as it rolls out its pre-Christmas December update.
David Quainton Dec 15 2004 1:04PM Security
Over half of IT security staff have no idea about corporate law

Over half of IT security staff have no idea about corporate law

Confusion reigns in the compliance world as UK board members know what the Companies Bill is but IT security professionals have absolutely no idea.
David Quainton Dec 14 2004 4:55PM Security
UK spam law - "completely ineffective"

UK spam law - "completely ineffective"

As reported here on December 3 Britain’s first anti-spam law is one year old today, and not a single conviction has been made. Under the Privacy and Electronic Communication Regulation the Government has failed to bring spammers to task, and the situation looks unlikely to change soon.
David Quainton Dec 14 2004 12:04PM Security
Phone viruses widespread in two years

Phone viruses widespread in two years

Mobile phone viruses will become rife within two years, according to an industry expert.
David Quainton Dec 13 2004 3:56PM Security
Russian fraudsters go data mining

Russian fraudsters go data mining

A stolen database of registered car owners has been used in an elaborate scam that fooled owners out of $700 apiece.
David Quainton Dec 9 2004 3:49PM Security
Security market will crash, says Kaspersky

Security market will crash, says Kaspersky

The secure computing market will crash within five years, according to the head of a major anti-virus firm.
David Quainton Dec 9 2004 3:49PM Security
Microsoft won't eat its own dogfood

Microsoft won't eat its own dogfood

Microsoft is failing to publish sender authentication mechanism SenderID records for its own domain, even though it originally proposed the standard and drove it through the IETF standards process before patent concerns lead to it being delayed. Emails from the company can instead by verified using the original Sender Policy Framework version 1.
David Quainton Dec 8 2004 10:42AM Security
Trojan poses as spam-hating screensaver

Trojan poses as spam-hating screensaver

A trojan posing as Lycos’ “Make Love Not Spam” screensaver is threatening computers, it has been revealed. The news, the latest in the Lycos’ vigilante saga, will come as a further blow to the company after being lambasted by various industry pundits for it’s anti-spam efforts.
David Quainton Dec 6 2004 5:06PM Security
Public bodies not ready for new FoIA legislation

Public bodies not ready for new FoIA legislation

David Quainton Dec 6 2004 4:24PM Security
VPNs set the market on fire

VPNs set the market on fire

The firewall and VPN business will be worth $843 million by the end of next year, according to a new survey. With hardware and software revenue increasing by 2 percent through 2004, projected figures for 2005 suggest growth will increase to 16 percent.
David Quainton Dec 6 2004 3:45PM Security

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