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Five ISPs hosting a third of malware, says study
StopBadware survey finds small group of ISPs most to blame. In a recent study of almost 50,000 sites known to be hosting malware, five ISPs have been identified as repeat offenders, between them hosting over 17,000 infected pages. The study, carried out by StopBadware.org , the international group of malware fighters founded in collaboration between…
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ZOO archive issues hit security vendors
Errors handling rare format patched by four AV and anti-spam products. A researcher has revealed details of flawed implementation of a somewhat archaic archive format, .zoo, which has required patching in several anti-virus products and a popular anti-spam appliance, and also affects some archiving software. Products from Avira , Alwil and Panda were all patched…
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7 critical flaws patched on Patch Tuesday
May Security Bulletin covers wide range of vulnerabilities. Microsoft ‘s latest ‘Patch Tuesday’ security bulletin included fixes for seven vulnerabilities, all rated ‘Critical’ and allowing remote access to affected systems, which affect most of the company’s major products. The May release, unveiled yesterday, includes fixes for long-standing bugs in Excel spreadsheet software, word processor Word…
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Law to stop spam reaching kids dubbed a failure
Utah registry to protect children’s email leaks cash and addresses. A law enacted in the state of Utah, as well as some other states, with the aim of preventing spammers from targeting the email addresses of children by compiling a registry of underage email users’ details and forcing email marketers to remove any addresses included…
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Questionable false positive file removed
Amendment to VB’s April Linux comparative review. In Virus Bulletin’s April 2007 Linux comparative review (see VB, April 2007, p.11 ), VB reported that ESET ‘s product NOD32 had generated a false positive during scanning of the older part of the clean test set. After further investigation and careful consideration, VB now deems that the…
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Microsoft to beat Symantec to corporate release punch
With Forefront due out soon, Symantec’s latest release suffers further delay. Microsoft has announced the release to manufacture of Forefront Client , the corporate implementation of its anti-virus technology, with full sales release expected within weeks. Current market leader in the corporate AV market Symantec , meanwhile, has announced further delays to the release of…
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I-SPY chases SPY-ACT through approval process
Second piece of US anti-spyware legislation given go-ahead. With the ‘Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act’ (aka SPY-ACT act) approved by a House of Representatives subcommittee last month, a second set of rules aimed at controlling computer infiltration and data theft is following it through the lengthy approval process. The ‘Internet Spyware Prevention Act’…
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Touchy mail blocker upsets Gay
Content filter berates woman for using own name in mails. A woman has complained to the New Zealand ISP Telecom after an email she sent them was bounced back to her, with a message appended saying she had used inappropriate language for a business email. Content-filtering software was sparked after it detected 8 uses of…
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Botnet DoS no longer profitable
Extortion attacks fall as herders find easier money elsewhere. The use of armies of botnets to carry out denial-of-service attacks on lucrative websites, as a method of extorting money from owners unwilling to be knocked offline and lose valuable profits, has declined considerably over the last year, according to Symantec . The tactic, which was…
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