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Password stealing malware hits US and Turkey and accounts for almost 13 per cent of malware activity detected in a recent survey. Apple on Monday delivered fixes for 25 vulnerabilities in its Mac OS X platform, plus a patch for a Safari bug. The number of new malicious websites rose by 58 per cent in June to its highest level since April 2007, security experts warned today. Tennis fans at risk as hackers infect official tennis website with malicious code during this week's Wimbledon tournament. A unique breach of bank information has hit one of the world's largest banks. Fortinet today announced it has acquired database security products and technologies from privately held US company IPLocks.
Nearly nine out of 10 corporate data breaches could have been prevented had reasonable security measures been in place, according to a report issued today by Verizon Business. We can't just blame clever hackers for security breaches, infosec professionals need to get their act together. AVG, BitDefender, Kaspersky and Sophos are making inroads into the market share of the endpoint industry leaders, largely on the grounds of using less processing power, a leading analyst argued today Expect more malware, unwelcome email, and social engineering threats this season. For the fifth consecutive month, spam levels have continued to soar, with more than three-quarters of all messages sent in February being junk. Criminals are increasingly using structured query language (SQL) code to obtain the personal information of consumers through databases, internet monitoring vendor SecureWorks warned this week. Spammers have pounced on rising petrol prices in the US by offering bogus fuel discounts. A US court report on wiretapping shows that the phenomenon is up by 20 per cent on last year, reaching its highest ever level, with not even a single surveillance application turned down in the whole of 2007. Happy birthday, spam. Saturday marked 30 years to the day when the first spam email was delivered. Security experts call for handset manufacturers to include security as standard IBM's Internet Security Systems (ISS) division has launched new services designed to help smaller companies improve their overall IT security systems. Whether you've been hacked or suspect an employee of wrongdoing, knowing how to preserve evidence is crucial. Derek Parkinson reports. The risk of compromising patient confidentiality is preventing healthcare institutions from implementing infrastructure solutions that could potentially streamline operations and improve productivity, claimed security vendor Proofpoint. Market for hijacked PCs fuels online crime.