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Brace yourself for spam hell

Brace yourself for spam hell

IT experts bracing themselves for a flood of spam are already future-proofing their systems.
David Quainton Feb 4 2005 12:32PM Security
Poll: Sentence too light for Blaster variant creator

Poll: Sentence too light for Blaster variant creator

Fifty-three percent of business PC users who responded to a web poll said the 18-month prison sentence a man received for unleashing a variant of the Blaster worm was too light.
Marcia Savage Feb 2 2005 10:55PM Security
Teen sentenced for Blaster worm variant

Teen sentenced for Blaster worm variant

A 19-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison and 10 months of community service for releasing a variant of the Blaster worm that infected thousands of PCs in 2003.
Marcia Savage Jan 28 2005 9:43PM Security
Pain in Spain for virus suspect

Pain in Spain for virus suspect

The Spanish police have arrested a man in connection with the Tasin worm. The 20 year old is accused of proliferating the worm, which infected thousands of computers across the Spanish-speaking world.
David Quainton Jan 28 2005 2:35PM Security
Institute begins call for experts

Institute begins call for experts

Information security training organisation SANS is beginning a “call for experts” to help its annual study of critical internet threats.
David Quainton Jan 27 2005 2:29PM Security
Spam nightmare grows for small firms

Spam nightmare grows for small firms

Small companies are suffering at the hands of spammers, because they do not have the correct defenses in place. A new report reveals that companies with 100 users or fewer can receive up to ten times more spam than large businesses.
David Quainton Jan 27 2005 11:52AM Security
MCI buys NetSec for $105 million

MCI buys NetSec for $105 million

MCI has agreed to buy privately held managed security provider NetSec for approximately $105 million in cash.
Marcia Savage Jan 20 2005 9:39PM Security
“Evil Twin” allows hackers to phish for wireless data

“Evil Twin” allows hackers to phish for wireless data

Hackers are setting up fake wireless base stations and websites to trick laptop users into giving out sensitive information according to a cyber-crime expert.
René Millman Jan 20 2005 2:14PM Security
Anti-spyware opens new gates for virus writers

Anti-spyware opens new gates for virus writers

Virus writers have created a cunning new virus that combines a trojan horse and phishing techniques to cash in on Microsoft’s mooted anti-spyware product.
David Quainton Jan 20 2005 12:36PM Security
Phish Pharming bad for user's wealth

Phish Pharming bad for user's wealth

The next generation of phishing attacks will maliciously redirect users to bogus web sites when they try to visit legitimate sites, email security firm MX Logic warned.
Marcia Savage Jan 18 2005 10:44PM Security
Time for a Sophisticated Approach to Security

Time for a Sophisticated Approach to Security

As a new year begins, we aspire to achieve more and worker harder. Those with more sinister agendas are no exception, namely - spammers and virus writers -and 2005 will see these people become more shrewd, more malicious, more sophisticated and more hungry for commercial gain.
Matt Peachey Jan 18 2005 3:58PM Security
Microsft serve up more porridge for spammers

Microsft serve up more porridge for spammers

In a double-blow for the world of Texan student spammers Microsoft have filed a lawsuit against uber-spammer Ryan Pitylak.
David Quainton Jan 17 2005 1:55PM Security
Vendors blamed for exaggerating threat of spam

Vendors blamed for exaggerating threat of spam
Staff Writers Jan 14 2005 5:03PM Security
Southern hospitality ends for Texan spammer

Southern hospitality ends for Texan spammer

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbot is taking a student, allegedly at the centre of one of the world’s largest spam operations, to court.
David Quainton Jan 14 2005 2:54PM Security
A new role for libraries?

A new role for libraries?

Should libraries be at the forefront of information security? Lee Ratzan is sure they have an important role
Lee Ratzan Jan 7 2005 4:23PM Security
Providing system support for doctors

Providing system support for doctors

A Pennsylvania hospital has extended its systems boundaries by providing staff with remote secure access
John Sterlicchi Jan 7 2005 2:53PM 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
CFO responsibility to fund log analysis for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance

CFO responsibility to fund log analysis for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance

Corporations responsible for complying with Sarbanes-Oxley, face great hurdles with a basic compliance objective: analysis of their (server and security device) event logs. Some do not for lack of awareness, and others because of the difficulty (and cost) of performing the analysis. Further, issuers erroneously place the cost burden of SOX compliance on the IT security department, when the costs should be borne by the CFO’s SOX compliance budget.
Ron Lepofsky Dec 15 2004 12:27PM Security
California proposal would ban data release for research

California proposal would ban data release for research

A California legislator is proposing a ban on state agencies handing out Social Security numbers and other personal data unless required for law enforcement purposes.
Marcia Savage Dec 6 2004 6:03PM Security
Time to stop hankering for the ‘good old days’

Time to stop hankering for the ‘good old days’
Illena Armstrong Dec 6 2004 5:20PM Security

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