Tech Firms Partner on Instant Messaging Threat Center
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IMlogic, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based firm, has partnered with McAfee, Sybari and AOL to establish an instant message and P2P threat center that will detect the spread of viruses, worms and other malware aimed at these online channels.
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Internet Security Systems' intrusion prevention software on Crossbeam Systems security switches.
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First, Yahoo was notified that its Messenger IM client was vulnerable to attack. Then, a researcher fingered two ActiveX controls as flawed and posted exploit code.
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Attackers could bombard PCs using instant messenger's "away" feature. AOL says a fix is imminent.
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IMlogic and other security vendors announced a consortium Tuesday to fight IM and P-to-P (peer-to-peer) viruses, worms and unwanted spam.
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - An antispam technology proposed by Microsoft Corp. as a standard way of identifying the senders of e-mail messages suffered a blow last week when a group within the
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As Internet giants step into the crowded online music arena, some are banking on a new weapon to help attack market leader Apple Computer: instant messaging.
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Partnership with instant messaging security specialist is meant to help organizations gain control over usage of the Net telephony tool at work.
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European security experts working on plans for a system to notify small and midsize businesses of IT security threats.
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Organizations frequently pick a corporate-grade IM system -- IBM Lotus Instant Messaging and Web Conferencing, Jabber Messenger, or Microsoft LCS (Live Communications Server), for example -- thinking that internal-only IM is immune from threats.Â
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A security organization has suggested police use key-logging software to track communications between terrorists.
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Instant messaging (IM) is gaining slow prominence in the workplace, but the application is used for a variety of reasons. An early 2004 study of more than 2,200 US adults from Pew Internet &amp; American Life
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Hackers using computer worms sneakily implanted via America Online (AOL) instant messages were building a potentially evil &quot;botnet,&quot; a Silicon Valley Internet security firm said.
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Two senior security veterans from Trend Micro are trying to get the industry to change how it classifies malicious software so users will better understand technology threats.
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The companies plan to share security features to help customers protect their networks from worms and viruses.
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BREAKING NEWS - The chief technology officer of the company that makes Core Impact, a very well-known penetration testing product for enterprise networks, has gone public with the discovery of a new and significant vulnerability affecting AOL Instant Messenger, on systems where Internet Explorer 7 is also installed.
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In an interview this morning from Buenos Aires with BetaNews, Core Security Chief Technology Officer IvÃÂ¡n Arce described a scenario whereby a malicious user could be able to trigger AOL's Instant Messenger into launching Microsoft's Internet Explorer 7 Web browser, and then send it commands that enable that user to wrest full remote control of the AIM user's system.