Securing 4G smartphones

Because smartphones have typically had both limited storage and connection speeds, they traditionally haven't been as vulnerable to some of the security threats that have long plagued PCs.

But with the advent of super-powered smartphones and 4G mobile networks, this might be changing. Today's high-end smartphones have storage capacities in the 32GB range and processing speeds that go 1GHz or higher. And once 4G technologies such as WiMAX and LTE become more widely available, smartphones will have average connection speeds of 3Gbps or higher, giving them speeds that approach the average U.S. wireline broadband speed.

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New Microsoft Forefront Software Runs Five Antivirus Vendors' Engines

Forefront Protection 2010 for SharePoint supports AV from Authentium, Kaspersky Lab, Norman, and VirusBuster as well as Microsoft

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Linux machines linked to spam

symantec Studay shows Linux machines linked to spam
Although Linux holds only a small market share, Linux computers appear to send a disproportionate amount of spam compared to other operating systems, according to new research from Symantec's MessageLabs messaging security division. Symantec looked at spam from November 2009 through March and broke down what kind of operating system is on the computer that sent the spam.

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Flawed McAfee update paralyzes corporate PCs

A flawed McAfee antivirus update sent enterprise administrators scrambling today as the new signatures quarantined a crucial Windows system file, crippling an unknown number of Windows XP computers, according to messages on the company's support forum.

The forum has since gone offline.

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New AV- Test Resulut

Microsoft Forefront Still beating the top Av Vendors
February 2009 saw the introduction of RAP testing to VB's VB100 comparative reviews, measuring products' reactive and proactive detection abilities against the most recent malware that has emerged around the world.

Y2K all over again in 2010?

A decade after the Y2K crisis, date changes still pose technology problems, making some security software upgrades difficult and locking millions of bank ATM users out of their accounts. Chips used in bank cards to identify account numbers could not read the year 2010 properly, making it impossible for ATMs and point of sale machines in Germany to read debit cards of 30 million people since New Year's Day, according to published reports. The workaround is to reprogram the machines so the chips don't have to deal with the number

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Smartphone attacks, rogue antivirus, cloud breaches top 2010 security concerns

The rise of the Conficker worm and Heartland Payment Systems' enormous data breach were two defining security events in 2009. What's in store for 2010?

"It's going to get worse," says Patrik Runald, senior manager of security and research at Websense, who argues there has not yet been a year when things got better in terms of security and the wider Internet. Criminals have been mastering botnets, phishing scams and fake antivirus software sales, and 2010 will bring new waves of attacks that exploit fresh targets. Specifically, smartphones such as the Apple iPhone and those based on Google's Android operating system will be in attackers' line of sight for 2010, Runald says.

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Clientless SSL VPN products break web browser domain-based security models

Clientless SSL VPN products from multiple vendors like Cisco ,Juniper and others operate in a way that breaks fundamental browser security mechanisms. An attacker could use these devices to bypass authentication or conduct other web-based attacks.

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Microsoft: 'TaterF' Worm Top Malware Threat So Far This Month

Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) removed malware from more than 1.5 million machines just three days after it was updated on November's Patch Tuesday, and the software giant has detected two new fake antivirus threats on more than 110,000 machines.

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Microsoft delaying the release Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010

Microsoft are announcing a schedule and strategy update for Forefront Endpoint Protection 2010, a component of the upcoming Forefront Protection Suite (previously codenamed “Stirling.”)

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Monitor the Security Compliance of Your IT Environment for Computers Running Windows

I think every IT Pro should have this great tool

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Latest Reactive and Proactive AV test results

Microsoft ForeFront Client security is doing great on the latest Virusbtn Test

February 2009 saw the introduction of RAP testing to VB's VB100 comparative reviews, measuring products' reactive and proactive detection abilities against the most recent malware that has emerged around the world.

http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/rap-index.xml

One week of MSE: 1.5 million downloads, 4 million detections

Microsoft Security Essentials data for the first week has been released, and the numbers tell quite a story.

Redmond has released data from the first week (between September 29 to October 6) of Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) usage, the company's free, real-time consumer antimalware solution for fighting viruses, spyware, rootkits, and Trojans. The product was made generally available to consumers in 19 countries in eight languages, and in the first week Microsoft says it has seen well over 1.5 million downloads. "By the end of week two, we had exceeded 2.6 million downloads," a Microsoft spokesperson told Ars. Number of downloads is never equivalent to the number of installs though: the software giant can't say how many machines have the software installed, but it can weigh in on the number of infected machines

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Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 Release Candidate

The new version Of ISA server is Finally Out TMG 2010

Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 allows employees to safely and productively use the Internet without worrying about malware and other threats. Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 is available for download in both Standard Edition and Enterprise Edition

http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/details.aspx?FamilyID=e05aecbc-d0eb-4e0f-a5db-8f236995bccd&displaylang=en#QuickInfoContainer

Microsoft Security Essentials Is finally Out

Microsoft Security Essentials provides real-time protection for your home PC that guards against viruses, spyware, and other malicious software.
Microsoft Security Essentials is a free* download from Microsoft that is simple to install, easy to use, and always kept up to date so you can be assured your PC is protected by the latest technology. It’s easy to tell if your PC is secure — when you’re green, you’re good. It’s that simple.
Microsoft Security Essentials runs quietly and efficiently in the background so that you are free to use your Windows-based PC the way you want—without interruptions or long computer wait times.

http://www.microsoft.com/Security_essentials/

New scam adds live chat to phishing attack

Online scammers have created a phishing site masquerading as a U.S.-based bank that launches a live chat window where victims are tricked into revealing more information, researchers at the RSA FraudAction Research Team said on Wednesday.

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Pentagon Orders Review of Social Networking

The Pentagon is reviewing its policy toward social networking sites amid security concerns. The order comes a day after the U.S. Marine Corps issued a ban on the use of Facebook, Twitter and MySpace.
The Pentagon is reviewing its policies toward social networking sites amid network security and other concerns.
According to reports, U.S. officials have ordered a review of the threats and benefits of using Web 2.0 sites such as Facebook and others. The review is slated to be completed by the end of September.
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Microsoft Security Essentials Review (With Screenshots)

Microsoft Security Essentials is the name of Microsoft’s latest Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware software for Windows operating system. It is already being tested internally at Microsoft and is rumored to launch in September of this year. We were lucky to gets hands on the pre-beta build version of Security Essentials. I tested it on Windows Vista and was quite impressed with it. Below is the complete review along with some interesting findings.

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MS Free Morro Antivirus is out Soon

Finally Microsoft will release their new Antivirus Morro ( Beta version )

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Web attack that poisons Google results gets worse

A new attack that peppers Google search results with malicious links is spreading quickly, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team warned on Monday.
The attack, which has intensified in recent days, can be found on several thousand legitimate Web sites, according to security experts. It targets known flaws in Adobe's software and uses them to install a malicious program on victims' machines, CERT said
The program then steals FTP login credentials from victims and uses that information to spread further. It also hijacks the victim's browser, replacing Google search results with links chosen by the attackers

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