Frank Washkuch

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Non-profit SCIPP International to provide certification programs for end-users

Non-profit SCIPP International to provide certification programs for end-users

Author and prominent IT security expert Winn Schwartau has formed a nonprofit organization to provide cybersecurity certification programs for end-users.
Frank Washkuch Aug 29 2007 10:59AM Security
Political hackers strike again

Political hackers strike again

Frank Washkuch Aug 21 2007 8:20PM Security
Storm Worm uses e-cards to push spam near all-time high

Storm Worm uses e-cards to push spam near all-time high

Spam — spearheaded by a Storm Worm-related spike in malicious e-card messages — has driven the level of junk messages to more than eight in 10 emails.
Frank Washkuch Aug 21 2007 7:25AM Security
Sourcefire acquires ClamAV

Sourcefire acquires ClamAV

Sourcefire has announced that it has acquired open-source anti-virus project ClamAV.
Frank Washkuch Aug 20 2007 6:02AM Security
McAfee warns of Yahoo Messenger Webcam bug

McAfee warns of Yahoo Messenger Webcam bug

Users of Yahoo's instant messaging platform are being warned to avoid webcam invites from unknown sources after a vulnerability in the platform was disclosed this week.
Frank Washkuch Aug 17 2007 9:57AM Security
Hello, FDF spam

Hello, FDF spam

Frank Washkuch Aug 16 2007 10:15AM Security
Citrix acquires XenSource in US$500 million deal

Citrix acquires XenSource in US$500 million deal

Citrix announced today that it has reached an agreement to acquire XenSource, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based virtual infrastructure solutions provider.
Frank Washkuch Aug 16 2007 9:55AM Security
'Critical' Windows flaw revealed as nine Patch Tuesday fixes loom

'Critical' Windows flaw revealed as nine Patch Tuesday fixes loom

Microsoft announced Thursday that it will release nine patches — six of them deemed "critical" — on Tuesday, just a day after a vulnerability for Windows was revealed.
Frank Washkuch Aug 14 2007 12:13PM Security
Kaspersky: Anti-virus community now has upper hand on cybercriminals

Kaspersky: Anti-virus community now has upper hand on cybercriminals

The bad guys are in a creative crisis, and unable to conjure up new attacks to target networks, according to Kaspersky Lab's most recent quarterly Malware Evolution report.
Frank Washkuch Aug 10 2007 9:46AM Security
Symantec says spam attachments up, image spam down

Symantec says spam attachments up, image spam down

Traditional image spam is again on the decrease, but attachment spam - containing images as part of Microsoft Office files - is on the upswing, according to Symantec's "State of Spam" report for August.
Frank Washkuch Aug 9 2007 9:48AM Security
IM threats run amok

IM threats run amok

Frank Washkuch Aug 8 2007 2:47PM Security
Back in the news: Ted Stevens

Back in the news: Ted Stevens

Frank Washkuch Aug 8 2007 2:44PM Security
How many days?!

How many days?!

Frank Washkuch Aug 8 2007 2:37PM Security
The Wall Street Journal takes on IT departments everywhere

The Wall Street Journal takes on IT departments everywhere

Frank Washkuch Aug 8 2007 2:35PM Security
Beware the Mario worm

Beware the Mario worm

Frank Washkuch Aug 8 2007 2:32PM Security
Stolen laptop compromises personal information of VeriSign employees

Stolen laptop compromises personal information of VeriSign employees
Frank Washkuch Aug 8 2007 2:29PM Security
Survey: Consumers have one-in-four chance of becoming cybercrime victim

Survey: Consumers have one-in-four chance of becoming cybercrime victim

End-users have a 25-percent chance of becoming a cybercrime victim, according to Consumer Reports' "State of the Net" survey for 2007.
Frank Washkuch Aug 8 2007 2:02PM Security
VeriSign suffers data breach after July laptop theft

VeriSign suffers data breach after July laptop theft

VeriSign, the digital certificate vendor responsible for the internet's .com and .net domains, suffered a data breach last month when a laptop was stolen from an employee's vehicle.
Frank Washkuch Aug 7 2007 10:13AM Security
Black Hat attendees pick mobile threats as the next hot security topic

Black Hat attendees pick mobile threats as the next hot security topic

Mobile threats were considered the next major security issue by IT professionals who attended the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas last week, according to a survey released today by Symantec.
Frank Washkuch Aug 6 2007 9:59AM Security
MessageLabs: 20 percent of image spam uses PDFs

MessageLabs: 20 percent of image spam uses PDFs

One of five image spam emails captured during July contained a scam PDF document, according to research released this week by messaging security vendor MessageLabs.
Frank Washkuch Aug 3 2007 9:52AM Security

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