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Veracode Responds to Cell Phone Stalker Story: The Threat Isn't Just Who You Know (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
BURLINGTON, Mass.----With the recent headline-grabbing story about a stalker who hijacked his ex-girlfriend’s cell phone for three years , Veracode’s CTO Chris Wysopal warns that greater threats are lurking beyond spyware intentionally installed by someone you know.

AVG and LimeWire Secure World's Largest Peer-to-Peer Network (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS--(Marketwire - 03/09/10) - AVG Technologies, developers of the world's most popular free anti-virus software, today announced that LimeWire LLC has licensed the AVG Anti-Virus SDK engine and has integrated the anti-virus/ anti-spyware protection into LimeWire Pro, its premium file sharing software . Through this partnership, all files will be scanned before LimeWire ...

HP Offers iPad Alternative (InformationWeek)
HP Offers iPad Alternative

Intego ships VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection (MacNN)
Intego has introduced VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection, a new edition of the company's recently-released Mac antivirus utility. Dual Protection bundles in BitDefender Antivirus 2010, which can be installed to protect Windows partitions on a Mac. Users must be running Windows XP SP2 or later, whether through Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion....

Game developers consider jump to Mac after Valve’s Steam comes to Mac OS X (Mac Daily News)
The announcement that the Steam gaming service and Valve's line of games...

Cell-Phone Tech Uses Accelerometer to Spy on Employees (Fast Company Magazine)
Just occasionally, a bit of gear comes out that makes you wonder just whose side technology is on. And none more than this cell-phone idea from the R&D geeks at KDDI Corporation, one of Japan's biggest cell-phone makers. Spyware by any other name, the technology will enable bosses to use the accelerometer on their employees' phones to check up on whether they're working or not. The idea is ...

Antispyware Software features central management console. (ThomasNet)
CounterSpy® v4.0 endpoint antispyware offers protection against complex malware threats. Its management console provides features that let administrators/managed services providers manage medium-/large-scale infrastructures with multiple offices and locations. Multiple sites can be controlled from central console by tiering through role-based access control or multi-site configuration. Software ...

Adobe Reader and targeted malware attacks (ZDNet)
If you're still tardy in applying security patches for the ever-present Adobe Reader software, this chart from F-Secure should jolt you into action.

Etisalat 'unaware' of B'berry Messenger blocking plans (Arabian Business)
'I doubt there will be any prevention of such a service in the UAE' - Mohammed Omran.

St. Lawrence College Leverages Trend Micro Enterprise Security to Further Educational Mission, Comply With Regulations ... (redOrbit)
CUPERTINO, Calif., March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Inc. announced today that St.

Spyware Protection - It's Not An Option Any More

The next time you nonchalantly browse the web, think about this: Someone could be watching you! If you have never felt the need for spyware protection on your PC, you may want to reconsider.

Spyware and adware are universal terms used for software that performs particular activities s...


Cracking Passwords

Cracking Passwords
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Cracking Passwords is one of the key components in performing a security assessment is the acquisition of user account information and cracking of the account password. There are many methods and tools that can be used to crack passwords, ...


What Spyware Is and How to Block It

Perhaps you're wondering what spyware and adware are. Many folks hear about one or both and have that question. We'll answer that here and give you some tools to rid yourself of both.

Spyware & Adware are files that are installed on your computer, even if you don't want them, wi...