FBI and Chinese seize $500 million of counterfeit software (International Herald Tribune)
The arrests and seizures came at a time American politicians and executives are pressing China to take strong measures to curb software piracy....more...E-Mail Scams Target Deep-Pocketed Victims (PC World via Yahoo! News)
Sophisticated phishing attacks aimed at business executives have hooked thousands of users....more... Ask Jack: Virus unprotected (Guardian Unlimited)
I have somehow managed to add two security software advertisements to my Windows Taskbar: Virus Protect Pro and Virus Blocker. ...more... Firewall Software includes distinct protection layers. (ThomasNet)
With desktop firewall, port manager, URL filtering, process monitor, and application/system behavior modeling and anomaly detection components, Privatefirewall v5.0 delivers signature-less, zero-hour protection from known or new spyware, viruses, hacking techniques, and other intrusions on Windows desktops and servers. It evaluates WinAPI calls and analyzes system variables/security-sensitive ......more... Friday | 27 July, 2007 (ARNnet)
ASX-listed distributor, itX, has reported a 35 per cent increase in annual revenue to $92.155 million in the year to June 30 2007. According to its unaudited end-of-year report, the company's net profits were also up by 33.8 per cent, or from $3.18 million to $4.25 million over the 12-month period....more... eEye Announces Network Security Appliance (PC World)
eEye Digital Security launches the REM Security Management Appliance 1505, the first hardware device incorporating its technology. ...more... eEye Introduces Security Scanner Appliance With Centralized Management Console (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
With a mission to create products to keep networks free from exploitable software, eEye Digital Security® today announced it will ship its first hardware security appliance for the SMB and enterprise markets....more... Server Snapshots: Spotlight on IBM (Server Watch)
Things are going well for the IBM server business. Research firm IDC reports that the company achieved worldwide server factory revenue share of 28.9 percent in the first quarter of 2007. It remains No. 1 in blade systems with around 40 percent....more... MPack developer on automated infection kit (The Register)
'We are just a factory producing ammunition' Interview In June 2006, three Russian programmers started testing a collection of PHP scripts and exploit code to automate the compromise of computers that visit malicious websites.? ...more... |