Major career web sites hit by spammers attack   12 May 2008 15:03 GMT
What is the future of spamming next to managed spamming appliances, like the ones already offered for use on demand? It's targeted spamming going beyond the segmentation of the already harvested emails on per country basis, and including other variables such as city of residence, employment history, education, spoken languages,...
Source: ZDNet

Review: PC Tools ThreatFire 3.5 antivirus software   12 May 2008 13:00 GMT
Now in version 3.5, this free utility adds an extra layer of protection to the security software you already have. It blocks an impressive number of threats through behavior-based analysis.

Source: Computerworld

Hackers hijack a half-million sites in latest attack   12 May 2008 13:00 GMT
Over half a million Web sites have been hit by a mass-scale attack in which domains were hacked in order to infect unsuspecting users' PCs with a variety of malware, according to a Trend Micro security researcher.

Source: Computerworld

ZoneAlarm ForceField: Two defenses are better than one   12 May 2008 13:00 GMT
Check Point Softwares ZoneAlarm ForceField provides an extra defensive layer by cloning your Web browser to catch dangerous software before any damage can be done.

Source: Computerworld

Facebook makes its own 'data portability' move, Google to follow?   12 May 2008 12:29 GMT
Not to be outdone by MySpace's "Data Availability" initiative, Facebook announced on Friday its own data portability strategy dubbed "Facebook Connect". Described as "the next iteration of Facebook Platform" the new feature will allow users to "connect" their Facebook identity, friends and privacy to participating sites --...
Source: ZDNet

GGGetting the Best From an Audit   12 May 2008 04:23 GMT
Don't fear the audit. Learn from it. The important thing is that systems should be more secure in the end.

Source: Computerworld

Gmail can be used as "Spam Bazooka"   09 May 2008 14:46 GMT
INSERT, the Information Security Research Team, has sucessfully created a proof of concept exploiting the "trust hierarchy" that exists between mail service providers. Taking advantage of the way Gmail forwards messages, the team was able to send 4000 messages in a short period of time from a single account...
Source: ZDNet

Long Tail Supplier Collaboration - What's In It For You?   09 May 2008 13:00 GMT
(Source: Sterling Commerce) A recent AMR Research study revealed that approximately 70% of companies feel collaboration with long tail suppliers is as important to their business success as collaboration with their core suppliers. If you're not one of them, what are you missing? Join Jane Barrett, Research Director for AMR Research specializing in supply chain execution trends to discuss the complete results of her latest study.

Source: Computerworld

News to know: Office 2007 SP1; Microsoft security; KVM vs. Xen; AMD   09 May 2008 09:15 GMT
Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Mark your calendars: Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16 EIC podcast: SAP; JavaOne; AMD, Microhoo Larry Dignan: Microsoft previews three critical bulletins; two for Office Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft shares...
Source: ZDNet

Microsoft shares more IE8 security details   09 May 2008 00:12 GMT
When Microsoft officials released a first test build of Internet Explorer (IE) 8 back in March, they said they were intentionally refraining from talking specifics about new security features and functionality that would be part of the next browser release. In the past few weeks, however, Microsoft...
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