Trojans Arriving as Virginia Tech News

Online scammers continue to prove that they'll race anyone to the moral bottom as some have started sending out Trojans by email under the banner of news about the Virginia Tech shootings.Trojans Arriving As Virginia Tech News It was inevitable that criminals would start trying to take advantage of the interest in the news surrounding Virginia Tech with their mass mailing schemes. Security firm Trend Micro said in their blog a new web threat has been arriving in spam. If executed, the Trojan connects to a website and loads a picture for the user to see. In the background, the Trojan downloads two more files to the system. It also attempts to stop processes related to security applications from running. PC users should be wary of any top news-related emails as a general rule, especially when arriving from unknown senders. Windows XP In Demand: Even thought Microsoft has touted Vista as its most secure operating system yet, demand still exists for its predecessor, Windows XP. CNet said in a report Dell would again offer XP to home users. Significant demand for XP led to Dell deciding to offer XP on four Inspiron laptop models and two Dimension desktops. Although there has been some demand for ZP on Dell's Ideastorm website, it isn't even close to the volume of votes Dell has received for suggestions like pre-installed Linux or OpenOffice, or just a clean OS install without extra programs that users have to remove later. As for Vista security, tracking site Secunia already has eight vulnerabilities listed for the new OS. Seven of the eight have been patched by Microsoft. ---  Read more…


Security lessons from the top

29.01.2008 06:39 - category: Hard & Soft: Information Security - Source: infoworld.com

The importance these days of protecting your business from security threats is clear. But how to do it well often remains a vexing problem. Major IT vendors have faced this challenge like everyone else -- but with a twist. As providers of security technology and IT systems vulnerable to threats, they've had to stay a step ahead of everyone else. That's why CIOs of technology stalwarts IBM and Intel and security technology provider Symantec have taken on security management as one of their key functions. All three companies have shared their lessons learned with InfoWorld.

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