Information Protection and Security

Researchers at North Carolina State University and Microsoft Research have come up with a way to combat rootkits by using the machine's own hardware-based memory protection: the so-called HookSafe tool basically protects the operating system kernel from rootkits.
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In its latest Security Intelligence Report, Microsoft documents the doubling of worms in enterprises during the first half of 2009.
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Computerworld - A massive bot-based attack has been hitting Facebook users, with nearly three-quarters of a million users receiving fake password reset messages, according to security researchers.

Fake notification claims recipients financial institution has filed for bankruptcy, urges them to check the status of their deposit insurance coverage.
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National Cyber Security Awareness Month is over but our responsibility remains.  Technology can’t do everything.  All it takes is a visit to a hacked website, email click, or phishing exploit to pick-up malware.  Identity theft is just around the corner, but there are even bigger risks. Botnets have become a significant part of the Internet.  These groups consisting sometimes of millions of computers, remotely control their victims machines through malware for various purposes, including denial of service attacks, spam fraud, theft of application serial numbers, login IDs, and financial information such as credit card numbers. Can we handle it? Of course we can and awareness is a big part of it. Become aware of your surroundings, be careful on the Internet…don’t click that link in email, or provide your personal information unsecured; and if it looks "too good to be true”,  it probably is.  Security is our shared responsibility, so if you’re using a computer or any other mobile electronic device, Stop. Think. Secure IT!  

More Websites are compromised today than ever, and about one-fifth of the pages on each newly compromised Website were infected as of this year's third quarter, according to new data gathered from real-time Web malware monitoring service provider Dasient.
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Scam email messages being generated at a rate of 1,000 per minute.

MESSAGING ANTI-ABUSE WORKING GROUP (MAAWG) GENERAL MEETING -- PHILADELPHIA -- ISPs and vendors here at the mostly closed-door Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG) meeting this week shared data and research on more than just email abuse -- botnets, Web-borne attacks, social neworks, and wireless threats were also among the topics for ISPs and email providers.

Cyber criminals have stolen at least $40 million from small to mid-sized companies across America in a sophisticated but increasingly common form of online banking fraud, the FBI said this week.

Cyber criminals have stolen at least $40 million from small to mid-sized companies across America in a sophisticated but increasingly common form of online banking fraud, the FBI said this week.