Recent articles by William Eazel

Six of ten WiFi networks are insecure

Six of ten WiFi networks are insecure

Almost 60 percent of WiFi networks have no security system at all, according to Panda Software in its "Security in Wireless Networks" report.
William Eazel Mar 16 2006 4:57PM Security
Israeli court to jail husband and wife trojan team

Israeli court to jail husband and wife trojan team

A married couple is to be jailed for developing and selling an industrial espionage spyware trojan that helped private investigators spy on their clients' competitors.
William Eazel Mar 15 2006 11:04AM Security
Skype branded danger to enterprise IT security

Skype branded danger to enterprise IT security

Although cost savings and improved communications are luring enterprises to Skype, the popular voice over IP service may violate security policies, industry experts have warned.
William Eazel Mar 15 2006 10:56AM Security
Phishers use bogus Chase Manhattan poll as bait

Phishers use bogus Chase Manhattan poll as bait

Internet users have been warned to guard against a newly detected email phishing scam that poses as a survey from Chase Manhattan bank.
William Eazel Mar 14 2006 9:46AM Security
Gartner warns of 'PIN block' hacking scams

Gartner warns of 'PIN block' hacking scams

Recent automated teller machine (ATM) fraud cases involving Citibank and other banks points to a new wave of "personal identification number (PIN) block" schemes, Gartner has warned.
William Eazel Mar 14 2006 9:41AM Security
Users fall for ‘lipstick causes cancer’ email

Users fall for ‘lipstick causes cancer’ email

Security experts have warned PC users not to fall for a chain letter - which claims lipstick causes cancer - spreading in the wild.
William Eazel Mar 13 2006 12:50PM Security
U.K. firms under fire for ignoring policy

U.K. firms under fire for ignoring policy

Widespread failure to implement or enforce internet acceptable usage policies (AUPs) is leaving many U.K. companies open to potentially serious IT security breaches, newly published research has claimed.
William Eazel Mar 13 2006 12:44PM Security
Researchers pioneer digital fingerprint forensics to nab cyber thieves

Researchers pioneer digital fingerprint forensics to nab cyber thieves

Researchers have demonstrated a new forensics technology designed to help catch cyber thieves and digital pirates. The digital fingerprinting technology, which was developed by academics at the University of Maryland's A. James Clark School of Engineering, is designed to help protect digital assets and identify national security leak sources.
William Eazel Mar 10 2006 9:51AM Security
Web banking fraud losses double in U.K.

Web banking fraud losses double in U.K.

A sharp hike in the volume and sophistication of phishing scams pushed British online banking fraud losses to record levels of £23 million in 2005 – almost double the previous year’s losses of £12 million, APACS, the U.K. payments association warned yesterday.
William Eazel Mar 10 2006 9:38AM Security
SSL tunnels create ‘invisible’ backdoors into corporate networks

SSL tunnels create ‘invisible’ backdoors into corporate networks

Encrypted Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communications between internal corporate employees and external internet applications is "invisible" to companies and so comprises a "risk to the enterprise," new research has claimed.
William Eazel Mar 9 2006 10:06AM Security
Industry clamps down on custom trojans

Industry clamps down on custom trojans

A network of websites used by cyber criminals to create and sell custom-designed trojans used for corporate espionage and ID theft has been shut down after a concerted effort by IT security firms.
William Eazel Mar 9 2006 9:59AM Security
Cyber criminals attempt to dodge phishing site shutdowns

Cyber criminals attempt to dodge phishing site shutdowns

Online fraudsters have developed a new phishing technique in response to increasingly aggressive moves to identify and shut-down traditional phishing sites. Dubbed "smart redirection attacks," the new threat is designed to ensure that potential phishing victims always link to a live website.
William Eazel Mar 8 2006 9:39AM Security
U.K. clamps down on online child porn

U.K. clamps down on online child porn

The number of web-based child abuse images hosted from U.K. servers has plummeted from 18 percent of all child abuse images found on the internet in 1997 to just 0.4 percent today, according to the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) 2005 Annual Report.
William Eazel Mar 8 2006 9:34AM Security
Husband and wife trojan team indicted

Husband and wife trojan team indicted

Two Israeli individuals alleged to have developed an industrial espionage trojan that helped companies spy on their competitors were indicted this weekend in the Tel Aviv District Court for a series of computer crimes.
William Eazel Mar 7 2006 10:02AM Security
Professional criminals taking over malware creation

Professional criminals taking over malware creation

Malware attacks directed against individuals or enterprises are increasingly motivated by financial gain, which has led to a higher number of increasingly dangerous attacks, industry experts warned today.
William Eazel Mar 7 2006 9:56AM Security
Toronto researchers claim encryption breakthrough

Toronto researchers claim encryption breakthrough

A new system of protecting sensitive data while it is being transmitted over fiberoptic cables has been described by its University of Toronto inventors as “the protective equivalent of a fire-breathing dragon."
William Eazel Mar 6 2006 10:24AM Security
Bagle mutant threatens legal action

Bagle mutant threatens legal action

IT security experts have warned users to guard against a new version of the Bagle worm which poses as a lawsuit against the recipient.
William Eazel Mar 6 2006 10:21AM Security
Worms turn to top malware threat list

Worms turn to top malware threat list

For the ninth month running, Sdbot.ftp has topped the list of the most prevalent global IT security threats, according to a newly published monitoring report.
William Eazel Mar 3 2006 9:33AM Security
Researcher develops 'active cookies' to take a bite out of cyber crooks

Researcher develops 'active cookies' to take a bite out of cyber crooks

An Indiana University School of Informatics scientist has said that his newly developed active cookie technology provides a “strong shield” against identity theft and cyber attacks.
William Eazel Mar 3 2006 9:30AM Security
Online banks must boost IT security

Online banks must boost IT security

Banks offering online banking services to retail customers need to beef up their security features, especially in light of the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's (FFIEC’s) 2006 mandate, warned a recently published report.
William Eazel Mar 2 2006 9:49AM Security

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