Phishers chase the well-heeled   09 Nov 2006 23:27 GMT
People with high incomes attract more scam e-mails, and they lose more cash when they're duped, according to a Gartner report.
Source: ZDNet

Microsoft to patch zero-day XML flaw   09 Nov 2006 20:31 GMT
Fix for XML Core Services to arrive in one of six security bulletins expected on next week's Patch Tuesday.
Source: ZDNet

Intel drafts privacy license for mobile device software   09 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
Responding to concerns around location-aware mobile gadgets, Intel has attached a privacy license to its new Privacy Observant Location System software.
Source: Computerworld

Legal Risks of Uncontrolled Email and Web Content   09 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
This white paper examines the risks employers face in enforcing email policy in specific situations.
Source: Computerworld

Gartner's Magic Quadrant for E-Mail Security Boundary, 2006   09 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
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Source: Computerworld

Businesses Beware: The New Battlefront on Email and Web Attacks   09 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
This white paper examines new threats like phishing and spyware, and their costs to business.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft releases Sony rootkit hunter's tools   09 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
Four months after Microsoft hired Mark Russinovich, the man who blew the whistle on Sony's notorious rootkit, the Redmond firm is posting both the programmer's blog as well as a new version of his freeware, now called Windows Sysinternals.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft to release six Windows security updates   09 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
November's Patch Tuesday load appears to be a light one. Microsoft has announced that the monthly collection of security fixes for its software will include just six items, but no patch for a recently reported Visual Studio vulnerability.
Source: Computerworld

Firefox 1.5 support to end April 24   09 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
Mozilla said this week that it plans to end support for Firefox 1.5 on April 24, 2007, giving users plenty of time to update their browser to Version 2.0.
Source: Computerworld

Gartner: Consumers to lose $2.8B to phishers in 2006   09 Nov 2006 14:00 GMT
Gartner estimates that phishing attacks will cost $2.8 billion in 2006, with the average loss per phishing attack in the U.S. pegged at $1,244 this year.
Source: Computerworld