.Asia registry to crack down on phishy domains
The registry for the new .asia TLD (top-level domain) plans to ban domain names that are consistently used for phishing sites.
The registry for the new .asia TLD (top-level domain) plans to ban domain names that are consistently used for phishing sites.
After several months of claiming that fixing a critical flaw was not its job, Microsoft reversed direction yesterday and acknowledged a bug in Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 that could let attackers hijack machines.
Security researchers spotted an attack this week that exploits a vulnerability in Microsoft Word patched just days before.
Microsoft plans to fix a bug in the Windows operating system that has been blamed for a handful of critical vulnerabilities in Windows software.
Industry veteran, Charles Heunemann, has taken the managing director's reins at Web filtering company, Email Systems Asia-Pacific. He steps into a new Sydney office and will support its regional expansion plans.
Trend Micro has released it's 2008 Internet security suite, comprising three separate offerings aimed at various levels of Internet usage.
Microsoft this week patched a bug in Excel 2007 that displayed wrong values for calculations around a pair of numbers, and said it would push the fixes through Windows Update as soon as possible.
Data will flow more freely as mobile communications networks move towards a "flat IP" model, but developers and operators will face new security challenges, according to engineers gathered at the Freescale Technology Forum in Paris.
Although Microsoft fixed four flaws in Internet Explorer (IE) this week, it did not address a protocol-handling problem that could trick users into downloading malware, a move that surprised at least one security researcher. The company, however, said it has reopened its investigation and may provide a patch in the future.
When it comes to communicating during the workday, a majority of enterprise users find e-mail and phone calls conducive to productivity, while unified communications technologies such as instant messaging, blogs and softphones distract them from the work at hand and pose a threat to enterprise security.
Security vendor, Fortinet, has confirmed it will review its Australian channel in the wake of a distributor reshuffle and partner program revamp in the US.
Network gateway appliance vendor, Secure Computing, is on the hunt for more resellers as it looks to sink its teeth into the SMB market.
Start-up Bitkoo has launched an online identity management service that provides authentication and authorization capabilities to corporations that want to secure access to their applications without having to build infrastructure.
Security researchers in the US last week disagreed over how to educate Web users to prevent phishing attacks, but agreed on one thing: most current methods of user education are inadequate.
Microsoft this week released six security bulletins that patched nine vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Microsoft Word, Outlook Express and SharePoint. But for the second time in two months, it yanked an update at the last minute.
A Web site that leaked details of Windows XP Service Pack 3 over the weekend claimed that the update includes several new features, including some borrowed from Windows Vista.
Melbourne distributor, Avalanche Technology, has spun off a new company, AVG (ANZ), to focus solely on booming sales for AVG antivirus. AVG (ANZ) managing director, Peter Cameron, said customers were often confused by the Avalanche name when they rang up asking for AVG.
Network security vendor, Arbor Networks, has signed its first distributor in Australia, adding Sanvu to its stable of three resellers.
Security researchers are again arguing over who is responsible -- Microsoft or third-party developers -- for protocol-handling bugs after a researcher said late last week that Internet Explorer 7 can be used to trick users into launching malware.
Adobe Systems has confirmed that there's a critical bug in its most popular programs, but it doesn't yet have a patch that protects Windows XP users against attacks arriving as PDF files.