Spyware

"Security is broken, and the marketplace is crying out for a new approach to address a problem that is growing in both complexity and risk annually. Traditionally, the industry's approach to security has been characterized by stand-alone security products designed to address the latest security concern. For viruses, the industry delivered anti-virus; for spyware the industry delivered ...

Security industry analysts and other market watchers are still working to understand the long-term viability of NAC (network access control) as a standalone technology, but some end-users contend that they are already seeing major benefits using best-of-breed tools.

clipped from sunbeltblog.blogspot.com Latest antivirus test results from Andreas Marx We have just finished a new comparison test of AV software. All products (in the “best” available Security Suite edition) were last updated on January 7, 2008 and tested on Windows XP SP2 (English).

Russian antivirus company Kaspersky has launched a hosted email-filtering service in Europe, however plans for Australia are yet to be revealed.

I plugged the name of the virus into Google and got a “guaranteed fix,” which turned out to be more spyware, called “SpyNoMore. Unfortunately, malware masquerading as fixes to spyware or virus problems is common and, in fact, has recently generated several queries to this column. Incidents like this, which trick people into infecting their own systems, underscore the need to know about the trustworthiness of software before installing it, said Jeff Crume, an IT security expert with IBM. Once installed, a keystroke logger runs silently in the background without the user’s knowledge, then attempts to copy the information it has snagged — such as online banking passwords or other sensitive data — to the attacker. A good firewall should generate a warning when the keystroke logging program attempts to send data back to the attacker, he said. This assumes that you don’t grant permission automatically to every program wanting to connect to the Internet — something too many people do, Crume said. More Spyware News

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According to Symantec, the first drive-by pharming attack has become reality. Symantec warned of the concept almost a year ago, and now has reported such an attack against a Mexican bank.

Technology security company Check Point Technologies Ltd. said Wednesday fourth-quarter profit rose 11 percent on higher network security sales.