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Article | 2/07/2009 New Trojan puts sneaky twist on click fraud

A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.

Article | 2/07/2009 New Trojan puts sneaky twist on click fraud

A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.

Article | 30/06/2009 Report: Microsoft to sell Razorfish ad agency

Microsoft is planning to sell Razorfish, its interactive ad agency, according to a report in Monday's Financial Times.

Article | 30/06/2009 Chinese registrars need rap on knuckles, expert says

A computer security expert is calling for action against two Chinese companies that he and other analysts allege are facilitating spam and cybercrime ...

Article | 27/06/2009 China remains spam haven due to 'bulletproof' hosting

An overwhelming majority of Web sites promoted through spam are hosted in China at service providers that many times choose to ignore complaints and a...

Article | 25/06/2009 Adobe issues update for Shockwave Player

Adobe Systems has released a patch for its Shockwave Player to fix a critical vulnerability, the company wrote on its security blog on Tuesday.

Article | 25/06/2009 Post-acquisition, MessageLabs harmonizes with Symantec

Symantec has taken a relatively hands-off approach with its integration of hosted messaging provider MessageLabs since its acquisition of the company ...

Article | 24/06/2009 Cloudmark security suite addresses growing SMS spam

As mobile users are more frequently pestered by SMS spam, one security vendor is applying its experience in stopping e-mail spam for mobile networks.

Article | 19/06/2009 Two years on, Estonia hardens its electronic defenses

Although the electronic attacks against Estonia are two years in the past, the small Baltic nation is still hardening its defenses.

Article | 18/06/2009 Industry, military experts discuss murky cyberwar issues

Nations increasingly touched by cyberattacks are still in the very early stages of figuring out how to deal with incidents that could escalate into cr...

Article | 16/06/2009 Dell offers range of Microsoft software for download

Dell is now offering Microsoft Office products for download, making it the first vendor other than Microsoft to do so.

Article | 11/06/2009 ISPs report success in fighting malware-infected PCs

Computers infected with malicious software remain a big headache for ISPs, but two companies have designed systems that have made the problem much mor...

Article | 10/06/2009 T-Mobile confirms stolen data is genuine

T-Mobile confirmed on Tuesday that internal information posted on the Internet by hackers was stolen from its systems, but said it does not appear cus...

Article | 4/06/2009 Security vendor ferrets out who's a human and who's a bot

An Atlanta security company has come up with a technology it says can block automated programs responsible for perpetuating nuisances such as spam, fa...

Article | 3/06/2009 Thousands of Web sites stung by mass hacking attack

Up to 40,000 Web sites have been hacked to redirect unwitting victims to another Web site that tries to infect PCs with malicious software, according ...