Keyloggers beaten by new crypto utility
A German company has come up with a program it claims can protect against the biggest weak spot of most encryption systems - keyloggers that record passphrases as they are entered.
Stories by John E. Dunn
BusinessWeek turned into malware playground
The website of BusinessWeek magazine has suffered a major SQL injection attack in recent days that left it hosting malware from hundreds of its pages, Sophos has reported.
SMBs predicted to embrace hosted security
Software-as-a-service (SaaS) is set to grow into one of the most important ways for SMBs to buy security technology, an IDC report has predicted.
Mobile users offered first external SSD
Networking company Buffalo Technology has finally launched its external SSD drives at prices that promise to steal a share of the portable market from old-world 2.5 inch hard drives.
Kaminsky flaw prompts DNS server overhaul
One of the companies most at risk from the notorious DNS cache poisoning vulnerability has overhauled security in the latest release of its DNS server software in what looks like a major code rethink.
The next security worry - the photocopier
Name the previously ignored network device that is now at the forefront of information security? The usual suspects would be PCs, laptops, portable storage, servers, and perhaps critical pieces of infrastructure such as firewalls and email gateways, but they aren't exactly ignored. The security industry has built its fortune securing those.
Botnets winning spam wars, says report
The world's anti-spam systems are fighting a furious but hopeless battle against botnet spam, a new threat analysis from Commtouch has claimed.
Kaspersky adds anti-keylogger keyboard
The new version of Kaspersky's security suite, Internet Security 2009, features a novel but simple defense against keylogging malware -- a virtual keyboard.
Insider threat exaggerated, says study
Insiders are not, after all, the main threat to networks, a detailed new analysis of real-world data breaches has concluded.
Citrix CEO predicts end for 'desktop 1.0' PC
The virtualized "desktop 2.0" is about to kill once and for all the idea that a PC needs to be a physical device, Citrix CEO Mark Templeton has predicted.
Trend Micro mulls VB100 test pull-out
Security giant Trend Micro is considering pulling its anti-virus software from the Virus Bulletin 100 (VB100) tests, claiming they no longer reflect contemporary malware.
Splashtop Linux conquers Asus laptops
It's a small step for an operating system, perhaps, but it could be another giant leap for Linux. DeviceVM has announced that its Splashtop 'instant-on' Linux is to appear on Asus laptops from this US summer.
Police bust phishing super-gang
Police in the U.S. and Romania last week arrested 38 people accused of running one of the most sophisticated international phishing operations ever uncovered.
Vista's UAC spots rootkits, tests find
Love or hate its nagging prompts, Vista's Account Control feature (UAC) has a security feature that marks it out from any other type of Windows security programme -- it can spot rootkits before they install.
Samsung out-thins Macbook Air with laptop concept
Samsung has released details of a prototype laptop based on AMOLED (active matrix organic light-emitting diode), the technology expected to feature in the next generation of computer displays.