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Dutch police arrest 14 ABN Amro phishing ‘mules’

Dutch police have arrested 14 people who allegedly allowed their ABN Amro bank accounts to be used as vehicles by web...

11 Sussex NHS Trusts share consolidated network security system

Sussex Health Informatics Service (HIS), which provides IT services to all 11 NHS trusts in the Sussex region, is deploying consolidated Sophos security and management solutions to protect 25,000 users.

Peer-to-peer botnets pose fresh network threat

  • News
  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 13 December 2007
Businesses, governments and internet service providers face dangerous new network disruption and malware attacks from botnets based on peer-to-peer technology (P2P) instead of the more common hierarchical structure.

US-CERT: hackers are attacking flaw in Microsoft Access

The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has warned that hackers are actively targeting a security flaw in the Microsoft Access system.

Aviva improves web security and stability with single hosting deal

Aviva has selected NTT Europe Online to host all of the group's websites - including household brands such as Norwich Union, RAC and BSM.

Cisco partners with BT on video conferencing

Cisco Systems has extended its Cisco TelePresence platform to enable companies to run inter-company video conferences.

Businesses at risk from hacker attacks, warns Finjan

Businesses around the world are at risk from attacks distributed in China and existing signature-based anti-virus software and URL-based web monitoring may not be enough to protect end-users, researchers have warned.

Smoothwall improves school web filtering platform

Smoothwall has improved its schools web filtering platform with new management features to make sure web policies are adhered to.

Olympics, iPhone, Web 2.0 and ‘vishing’ to spur web attacks in 2008

Web security firm Websense has predicted the top security threats for 2008.

Cisco ships its fastest ever IPS appliance

Cisco is now shipping its highest ever performing intrusion prevention system to tackle enterprise security threats.
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