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  • House of Lords warns of e-crime fears

    Report recommends harder, smarter fight against online dangers. A major report by the Science and Technology Committee of the UK’s House of Lords has found the internet to be rife with crime, with current legislation to control it seriously lacking and public mistrust and fear extremely high. The detailed study, entitled ‘Personal Internet Security’, probes…

  • 57% of spam scam sites hosted in US

    Study investigates sites and servers linked to from spam. A detailed investigation into the distribution and usage of webservers to host the various ‘scams’ pushed by spam campaigns has found that the vast majority of such scams use only a single server per scam, with 57.4% of these servers based in the US. The study,…

  • Study promotes challenge-response for anti-spam

    Interactive system rated best blocker in questioned survey. A study of anti-spam systems, using a bespoke scale to rate protection offered, has found the challenge-response method most effective, with a massive lead over managed service systems, rated second place, and with ISP-based filters trailing far behind the rest of the field. However, with the results…

  • UK users ignoring security issues

    Surveys find public in the dark and careless about sensitive data. Several surveys out this week have shown the UK public is failing to take basic security precautions to protect themselves online. A study by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has shown a sloppy attitude to password use, while another poll commissioned by…

  • ‘Direct’ cost of malware infections on the decline

    Report finds direct costs from malware infections declined over last two years. A report by Computer Economics has stated that the financial impact of malware infections fell to $13.3 billion in 2006, from $14.2 billion in 2005, and $17.5 billion in 2004. The report is based on a survey of IT security professionals and IT…

  • Online malware dangers analysed

    Google, McAfee release webserver, search result figures. Two reports out this week have revealed some interesting statistics on the security dangers involved in browsing the Internet, with Google surveying the software running on webservers and which systems carry the most threats, while McAfee ‘s study of search results reveals the dangers lurking in links provided…

  • Phishing techniques and technology revealed

    Serious software used to analyse phished data, and a phisher talks. Some insights into the workings of phishing scams were revealed this week, as a sophisticated tool designed to process data gathered by LdPinch trojans was discovered and analysed, and a security watcher probed the mind of a young phisher in an online conversation, published…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…