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All Security Software News - July 2006

Efficient firms will enjoy drop in security spend

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Date: 31 July 2006

Firms with mature IT security practices could begin to reap the rewards of their hard work and scale back their security spending by 3-4% by 2008, according to Gartner research.

Majority of phishing attacks target PayPal and eBay users

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 27 July 2006

Internet security software firm Sophos said it has analysed all the phishing e-mails received by its threat analysis centres around the world, and discovered that 54.3% of the messages were aiming to steal log-in and other details from PayPal users.

Flaw in Cisco VPN 3000 kit cannot be patched

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 27 July 2006

A flaw in a protocol used by Cisco Systems' VPN 3000 Series virtual private networking kit can open up firms to a denial of service attack, but it cannot be patched.

Exploit code circulating for recently patched Windows flaw

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Author: Tash Shifrin
Date: 25 July 2006

Exploit code for security bugs in Microsoft’s Windows operating system is circulating, security experts have warned.

HP chip goes everywhere

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Author: Cliff Saran
Date: 25 July 2006

Hewlett-Packard researchers have developed a miniature wireless data chip that can be stuck on or embedded in any object.

Cisco move may hit open access plan, says Gartner

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Author: Cliff Saran
Date: 25 July 2006

Cisco's acquisition of 802.1x supplier Meetinghouse is likely to weaken the Trusted Computing Group's Trusted Network Connect initiative to provide an open architecture for network access control, analyst firm Gartner has warned.

Police swoop on speaker at hackers’ conference

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Author: Tash Shifrin
Date: 24 July 2006

The owner and chief executive of an online investigation company has been arrested at a hackers’ conference.

Adware Trojan infects a million MySpace visitors

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 21 July 2006

More than a million users of social networking site MySpace.com and other websites may have been infected with adware spread by an internet banner advert.

Audit Office recommends anti-fraud tools for UK benefits system

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Author: Antony Savvas
Date: 20 July 2006

The National Audit Office has urged the Department for Work and Pensions to consider adopting the type of anti-benefit fraud tools used in Australia and France.

Dutch bank to adopt voice verification

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Author: Bill Goodwin
Date: 20 July 2006

Dutch bank ABN Amro is to roll out a voice recognition system to verify the identity of its telephone banking customers.

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