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Microsoft Fends Off Zombies, Worms and Bugs With Patch Tuesday

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Another month, another batch of Microsoft security fixes. This month’s Patch Tuesday distribution shows that even the newest offerings from Redmond contain holes that malicious yet savvy hackers can exploit. In fact, all of the seven advisories — covering 19 flaws — described in the latest Patch Tuesday were labeled by Microsoft as being “critical.”…

Net’s Malware Infection: Growing by 5,000 Sites per Day

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

With e-mail’s value as a malware delivery agent on the decline, writers of malicious software have boosted their efforts to infect Web sites with their nasty payloads. Thousands of malicious Web sites are created on a daily basis to steal information from unsuspecting visitors or plant insidious software on their computers without their knowledge, according…

US House Moves to Squelch Spyware

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an antispyware bill that would impose specific penalties for scammers accessing computers without authorization while attempting to commit other federal crimes. The bill, sponsored by both Democrats and Republicans, would make the fraudulent use of spyware a crime punishable by to up to five years in prison. However,…

House Bill: Spyware Solution or Limp Legislation?

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Antispyware legislation awaiting Senate action offers little promise of meaningful prosecution against violators, said Ron O’Brien, a senior security analyst with antispyware firm Sophos. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an antispyware bill that would impose specific penalties for scammers accessing computers without authorization while attempting to commit other federal crimes. The bill, sponsored…

Cybercrime Costs US Economy at Least $117B Each Year

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Cybercrime has become a threat to the nation’s economic and security interests, according to a report released Monday by a Congressional research and investigation agency. Cybercrime in its various forms — computer crime, identity theft and phishing — costs the U.S. economy some US$117.5 billion a year, reported the Government Accountability Office (GAO). “These projected…

Sophos Smells Super-Sized Spam Stock Scam

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Internet security research firm Sophos has warned of a massive spam campaign it has detected within the past 24 hours. The spamming operation, known as a “pump and dump,” was designed to boost the share price of company that sells wireless products to young people, according to Sophos. “On Tuesday, August 7, we saw a…

Cyber-Vandals Scrawl Antiwar Message on UN Site

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A group of hackers infiltrated the United Nations’ Web site over the weekend, defacing the page of Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon with antiwar political graffiti. Hackers reportedly replaced portions of recent speeches made by Ban with accusations that the United States and Israel are killing children. An Italian software developer first reported the hacked Web site,…

Loose-Lipped Facebookers Tell All to ID Thieves

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Some Facebook users are too friendly and play too loose with necessary security precautions, concluded a Tuesday report released by computer security firm Sophos. In the report, the company warns social network users about the dangers inherent in giving cyber-strangers access to their online profiles. Those overly trusting individuals could be disclosing information that significantly…

Steamed Employers Slamming the Door on Facebook

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Employers are denying a growing number of workers access toFacebook, the now ubiquitous social networking site, a Sophos survey shows. The poll queried 600 visitors to the Sophos Web site over a period of weeks earlier this summer. Some 43 percent said they had been denied access to Facebook at work. Another 7 percent said…

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