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Source: http://www.virusbtn.com/news/virus_news/2007/03_01.xml?rssSkype messages, blogs, forum entries and webmails lead to more malware variants. Two major gangs of malware distributors have turned to new vectors for spreading their wares this week. While the makers of W32/Stration (aka Warezov) have been spamming Skype messages leading to copies … “Skype Users Take Note! (Stration & Storm’s gonna get ya..)”

Researches have found multiple bugs (which are already discovered) and lots more unknown bugs on the famous scripting language, PHP which stands for Personal Home Page. This famous scripting language is used widely in systems from security companies to large corporations, to embedded devices (for … “Month of PHP bugs (PHP language security issues)”

We’ve heard of phising, and many are familiar with this term, now what is Pharming and how does it affect you and i? What is pharming?In simplest term, pharming is the process of attacking a person’s computer so that the computer “goes” to a website … “Pharming and Drive By Pharming”

If you use and run Symantec Antivirus 2006 and Symantec Internet Security 2006, there’s a problem with a control that could lead to remote control of your computer. Please update your software. Synopsis: Symantec has released details of a potential security threat in its 2006 … “Symantec Antivirus 2006 has critical vulnerability”