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Kaspersky: Malware found signed with stolen digital certificate
Kaspersky Lab has warned of new malware spotted making the rounds that is signed with a valid digital certificate. The presumably stolen digital certificate was issued by Symantec VeriSign to Swiss
VeriSign breach disclosure stirs both outrage and appreciation
VeriSign was hacked several times in 2010 and undisclosed data was stolen off its network, Reuters reported Thursday. After the news broke, VeriSign said that it did not believe the attacks breached
Major ad networks hit by malvertisement
It has emerged that attackers have succeeded in tricking at least two major advertisement networks into unknowingly distributing drive-by malware. By masquerading as the legitimate company AdShuffle,
DNSSEC is fully deployed on DNS root servers
The 13 name servers operating the root zone of the Internet's Domain Name Servers (DNS) are now digitally signed with DNSSEC, or the Domain Name Server Security Extensions protocol. This will help
Vendors respond to calls for better security
It was a pretty big week in acquisition news for some major IT vendors. Cisco ( NASDAQ: CSCO ) announced that it is buying CoreOptics and Moto Development Group, which it hopes will give it a leg-up in
Survey: Midmarket CIOs favor HP
HP is well ahead of some of its rivals according to the latest Vendor Value Service report by Ziff Davis Enterprise Research. The study of midmarket CIOs found that HP was the vendor of choice among
A bounty for Vista bugs
If you've discovered code that creates a security vulnerability in Microsoft's newest operating system Vista, you could be rewarded with some big bucks. VeriSign iDefense Labs is launching another
Beware of 'Happy New Year' worm
When users log-on for the first time in the New Year, they might be greeted by emails that wish them a happy new year and offer a post card greeting. It seems that a new worm is masquerading in
New worm boasts two-pronged attack
The latest worm assault to hit the enterprise comes with a surprise: a secondary attack that hits the network about six hours after the initial installation, say security vendors. According to
Senate holding ICANN hearings soon
Should ICANN force VeriSign to do more for .com security? Yes, according to Network Solutions. Senate hearings tomorrow will focus on the issue of top-level domains and VeriSign's relative lock on the .com domain. Network Solutions recently issued a report detailing VeriSign's alleged security problems. The hearings are also expected to lead into the issue of whether Internet control should be so U.S.-centric instead of relying on an international UN-sponsored group.
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