Internet Security

Syndicate content

Facebook, MySpace Hit By Koobface Worm

A new strain of Koobface worm, a type of web application virus, is resurfacing in Facebook and Myspace. Security experts warn the users of the popular online social networks to be watchful and use caution when on the networks. The "Koobface" Facebook worm tricks users and hijacks accounts.

Get the full story & video...

Experts uncover weakness in Internet security

Independent security researchers in California and researchers at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands, EPFL in Switzerland, and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands have found a weakness in the Internet digital certificate infrastructure that allows attackers to forge certificates that are fully trusted by all commonly used web browsers.

Get the full story...

Online Spam Network Makes 210,000 Dollars A Month

Computer scientists from the University of California, Berkeley and UC, San Diego (UCSD) conducted a 1-month study on how spammers make their money in early 2008.

Get the full story...

Eindhoven researchers crack Internet security of the future

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in The Netherlands have managed to crack the so-called McEliece encryption system. This system is a candidate for the security of Internet traffic in the age of the quantum computer - the predicted superpowerful computer of the future.

Get the full story...

Leaked DNS Security Flaw to Affect ISPs

Major Internet Service Providers have all reasons to be afraid after IOActive researcher Dan Kaminsky announced that they had discovered a major flaw in flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System (DNS). The flaw which is said to be a variation of the popular cache poising attack was made public even before IT companies had a chance to apply security patches.

Get the full story...

Expert Warns of Serious Internet Security Flaw

A US internet security expert says he has found a gaping hole in the World Wide Web.

Get the full story...

Dartmouth launches network security study

A team of Dartmouth researchers is preparing to launch a project that examines the campus wireless computer traffic in an effort to learn how the network is used and how to best maintain its security. The project is called the Dartmouth Internet Security Testbed, or DIST.

Get the full story...

Monitoring of internet gateways necessary: Security agencies

The Centre is mulling a request by various security agencies especially the CBI for amending the Information Technology Act to enable the investigating and intelligence agencies to monitor internet network and gateways in India.

Get the full story...

CA, HCL Technologies Announce Strategic Partnership

CA Inc. and HCL Technologies announced an agreement to establish a strategic partnership in which HCL will assume all research and product development connected with CA's threat management security business. CA will retain all sales and marketing functions.

Get the full story...

Most Small, Mid-sized Businesses Exposed to Internet Security

Seven Out of 10 SMEs Worldwide Reported Spyware and Virus Infections but Underestimate the Consequences. Global Economic Engine Vulnerable to Cyber Crime.

Get the full story...

McAfee, Inc. Catches More Spam

McAfee, Inc. today announced that its McAfee® Secure Internet Gateway appliance outperformed Barracuda Networks' products in several tests.

Get the full story...

Humanitarian organization protects infrastructure with Symantec and CGNET

Symantec (Nasdaq: SYMC) today announced that the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is using Symantec Hosted Mail Security to protect its research centers and communication network against spam, viruses and other Internet-borne threats.

Get the full story...