The
DoorStop X firewall from
Open Door Networks provides important Internet security features that top those of the firewall built into
Mac OS X. At least, the company claims so.
07/13/05 | Category
Security |
BullGuard announced the availability of its comprehensive security solution for Windows Mobile Pocket PC.
BullGuard Mobile features full on-access and on-demand scanning and regular automatic updates, downloaded over the air via HTTP polling on GPRS, EDGE, WiFi, and UMTS networks.
02/23/05 | Category
Security |
WORM_Bropia.F attempts to send copies of itself in different filenames to all online contacts, pretending to be alluring images -- what users get is a comical photo of a roasted chicken with a bikini tan line. The worm also bears the AGOBOT worm as part of its payload, capable of opening backdoor on infected systems. Sightings of the worm have been reported in Taiwan, China, Korea, and the U.S.
02/03/05 | Category
Security |
Variants
BK and
BL of the
Bagle worm are still causing incidents in users computers worldwide. In fact, according to data gathered by the free online antivirus
Panda ActiveScan,
Bagle.BL is already one of the most frequently detected viruses and the USA, Spain and Poland are the most affected countries.
01/31/05 | Category
Security |
Both worms are designed to spread rapidly via email, and using P2P applications like
KaZaA.
Panda Software's international support network has already begun to register incidents caused by Bagle.BL in countries such as Holland and the USA, and it is likely, given the characteristics, that the number of computers affected by the worms will start to increase. With this in mind, Panda Software has set the virus alert level at orange.
01/28/05 | Category
Security |
Akonix Systems, Inc. warns corporations about a new worm that is propagating over MSN through
MSN Messenger and
Windows Messenger instant messaging client applications.
01/24/05 | Category
Security |
Crowt-A (
W32/Crowt-A) takes its subject lines, message content and attachment names from headlines gathered in real-time from the CNN website. It attempts to send itself by email to addresses found on infected computers.
01/21/05 | Category
Security |
A new, as yet unnamed mass-mailer is in the wild. It comes in an e-mail message with a spoofed "from" field (support@bitdefender.com) and prompts users to download harmful executables from the http://playb.......a.go.ro/ website. The hosting company of the website in question has been contacted and asked to remove the offending site.
01/21/05 | Category
Security |
Bitform Discover, a free desktop utility, protects users from unknowingly exposing more than two dozen types of sensitive metadata and hidden information in Microsoft Office documents
01/19/05 | Category
Security |
In 2004, the biggest industry news issues behind record sales were a series of serious security breaches ranging from software piracy, to code theft, and game cheating. SecurePlay Keeper is a new approach to digital rights management (DRM). It builds on the popularity of online game play to create a new, powerful approach to fighting game piracy.
IT GlobalSecure says that its new anti-piracy solution,
SecurePlay Keeper to be released during Q1'2005.
01/14/05 | Category
Security |
Juniper Networks, Inc. announced protection for the critical vulnerabilities announced by
Microsoft Corporation. The Juniper Networks intrusion detection and prevention (IDP) systems can protect against the MS05-001 and MS05-002 vulnerabilities related to HTML Help and Cursor and Icon Format Handling, respectively, which have been assigned a "critical" severity rating by Microsoft.
01/14/05 | Category
Security |
MXtreme Mail Firewall has been awarded "Clear Favorite" in the "Clear Choice Test" of anti-
spam solutions from Network World. In its "Clear Choice Test" roundup review MXtreme emerged as the "clear favorite" among anti-spam appliances based on its "excellent design and implementation".
12/22/04 | Category
Security |
Protocall Technologies Inc. announced that the latest version of the
Spy Sweeper spyware program from
Webroot Software Inc. is now available through its on-demand software delivery system at selected CompUSA locations and at www.tigerdirect.com.
12/22/04 | Category
Security |
BindView RAZOR Rapid Response Team has created security checks for newly identified critical
Microsoft vulnerabilities outlined in three separate Microsoft Security Bulletins. BindView customers on current maintenance contracts running Vulnerability Management solutions that include bv-Control for Windows and/or bv-Control for Internet Security can take immediate protective action.
12/17/04 | Category
Security |
The
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team (VRT) discovered Ethereal NT ACE parsing DoS vulnerability and quickly reported it to the Ethereal Group who promptly patched the problem and released a new version of Ethereal (version 0.10.8).
12/17/04 | Category
Security |
