Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Two-thirds of IT managers named spyware as the number one threat to their networks' security in 2005, a survey released Monday said. The poll, conducted by security firm WatchGuard on the Seattle-based company's Web site in December, revealed that 66 percent of the managers and administrators surveyed thought that spyware ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
One of the things you will hear about spyware is that "it keeps free software free". The spin doctors and apologists go on about how you are able to install software for free because of the advertisements. To hear spyware companies tell it, they sponsor these poor, starving software developers ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Anti-spyware company Webroot Software Inc. Monday announced what it claims is the industry's first automated spyware research system. Called Phileas, the system relies on bots--computer programs that perform tasks in lieu of a person--that continually crawl the Web, looking for spyware, adware, and the sites that host such software. Webroot ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Security researchers warned this week of a vulnerability in most Web browsers which could potentially allow scammers to launch phishing attacks from pop-up windows on trusted Web sites.
The vulnerability arises when an Internet user opens browser windows for both a legitimate Web site and a malicious site at the same ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
According to a report from security researcher Dan Kaminsky, the MD5 cryptographic algorithm may be at risk. This means that files, applications and programs supposedly authenticated and verified by MD5 could potentially be compromised.
In a research paper titled, "MD5 To Be Considered Harmful Some Day," Kaminsky expanded on the ...
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