Sunbelt bought by GFI for antivirus mojo

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• Sunbelt bought by GFI for antivirus mojo
• R.I.P. Windows XP SP2
• Imperva adds NAS firewall to line-up
• Hacker wrecks 175 websites, leaves Facebook fan link
• why executives are the easiest social engineering targets
• ZeuS Trojan attempts to exploit MasterCard, Visa security programs
• With fix now out, Microsoft sees jump in XP attacks
• Oracle releases 59 patches for security flaws, three critical
• Coverity and Armorize link code quality, security analyses
• BlackBerry offers users free security app
• Geolocation causes Brits to worry about personal security
• BlackBerry OS6 and Protect Are on the Horizon
• Bizarre phone ransom Trojan found by researchers
• Researchers find privacy flaws in Chatroulette
• Microsoft patches critical bugs in Windows, Office

Sunbelt bought by GFI for antivirus mojo Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Mail security and software utilties company GFI Software has bought independent US antivirus company Sunbelt Software for an undisclosed sum.

R.I.P. Windows XP SP2 Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Microsoft on Tuesday officially retired Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company's most significant service pack, several security experts said.

Imperva adds NAS firewall to line-up Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Security company Imperva has announced a software firewall that protects and monitors access to files sitting on network-attached storage (NAS) servers.

Hacker wrecks 175 websites, leaves Facebook fan link Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT An audacious hacker has defaced 175 Australian websites in an attack that links viewers to his personal website, email and Facebook fan page.

why executives are the easiest social engineering targets Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Security managers are often concerned about employees who use Facebook at work and fall for the 419 "I'm trapped in London and need money" scam. Others might still have some in their organization who are convinced it is the Prince of Nigeria who wants to share his fortune. And with spear phishing, a targeted email attack in which messages are created to look like they come from an employer, bank or other trusted source, now a common criminal technique, the need for effective awareness programs for employees has become paramount. But those concerns, according to Jayson Street, a security consultant and CIO of Stratagem 1 Solutions, shouldn't be the chief worry. That's because the biggest social engineering threat is the top executives in a company -- and they're the ones who need to be educated the most.

ZeuS Trojan attempts to exploit MasterCard, Visa security programs Posted: 13 Jul 2010 11:00 PM PDT The notorious ZeuS banking Trojan is showing off a new trick: Popping up on infected computers with a fake enrollment screen for the "Verified By Visa" or "MasterCard SecureCode Security" programs.

With fix now out, Microsoft sees jump in XP attacks Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Microsoft urged Windows users to update their software Tuesday, saying it's now seen more than 25,000 attacks leveraging one of the critical bugs fixed in July's monthly security patches.

Oracle releases 59 patches for security flaws, three critical Posted: 14 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Oracle Corp. released 59 patches on Tuesday to fix security vulnerabilities across its entire range of database, application and middleware products.

Coverity and Armorize link code quality, security analyses Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT The companies plan to integrate Coverity Static Analysis with Armorize's CodeSecure security analyzer

BlackBerry offers users free security app Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT BlackBerry maker RIM has shown a new free application that owners can use to track their much-loved smartphones in the event they are lost, stolen, or simply misplaced around the house.

Geolocation causes Brits to worry about personal security Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Nearly two in five (39 percent) of Brits use geolocation tools on their mobile phone, says Webroot

BlackBerry OS6 and Protect Are on the Horizon Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Research in Motion plans to release two new programs later this summer. The release dates are unknown for the BlackBerry 6 operating system and BlackBerry Protect, a free data backup and protection utility, as are some key details about how the products will work.

Bizarre phone ransom Trojan found by researchers Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Researchers have discovered a bizarre piece of Trojan ransomeware which disables programs on infected PCs before demanding victims make an unaccountably small payment to a Ukrainian mobile phone network in return for an unlock code.

Researchers find privacy flaws in Chatroulette Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Perhaps there is finally something to deter Chatroulette.com users from their more offensive behavior: University researchers say that users of the popular video-chat site may not be as anonymous, or as private, as they think.

Microsoft patches critical bugs in Windows, Office Posted: 13 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Microsoft today patched five vulnerabilities in Windows and Office, including a bug hackers have been exploiting for almost a month.

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