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Symantec Reports 265% Increase in Malware

Symantec saw a 265% increase in malware attacks in 2008 according to their Internet Security Report XIV published today. The figure was 1,656227, up from 624,627 in 2007 which was up from 140,690 in 2006. One of the most common forms of attack is to exploit...

Another IE7 Vulnerability Attacked

A critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer is being actively attacked by cyber criminals, Trend Micro reports. Although Microsoft issued a patch to seal this last week, it is still vulnerable by reverse engineering the patch. Although the attacks are...

Kaspersky’s American Database Hacked!

Amid the glow of red faces, Kaspersky’s Roel Schouwenberg admitted that their database of 2500 customers email addresses and 25,000 authenticating codes located in the support part of usa.kaspersky.com had been hacked. He admitted that the site had been...

Trend Micro Introduces Smart Protection Network

The web based threats we face today have exploded in numbers. In 1988, there were 1,738 different malware threats; in the first 2 months of 2008, we faced 1.1 million. Trend Micro have come up with a new way of protecting against them. The “ Smart Protection...

Are Your Customers Systems Safe and Secure?

Google's analysis of spamming activities indicate that they have increased hundred and 50% in the last two months, as the spammers have now found alternative web hosts following November’s closing of McColo Corp. With security experts estimating that...