Security Best Practices: Archive: July 2006

2006 CSI/FBI Survey, Part 1

Twelve months and some high-profile security breaches later, has anything changed? A look at this year's results and whether businesses have learned their lesson.

U.S. Atop 'Dirty Dozen' Spam List

Report gives U.S. a blue ribbon in spam relaying, and points finger at Eastern Europe, South America and Russia as lending sources of spam-related problems worldwide.

Old UTM is Still New in Network Security

They're just much more improved than they were in the go-go 1990s

Computer Crime And The Bottom Line

Hackers, stolen computers and other cyber shenanigans are costing U.S. companies big bucks, one study says.

Google Hacks: The Internet 'Storms'

Window, Mac or Linux -- doesn't matter. You're all at risk, new research suggests.

Users Pass on Updating Antivirus Software

Many would rather let their virus definitions get out of date than put up with a long update process.

PowerPoint the Latest Target of Virus Writers

Once again, the message is don't open attachments from unknown sources.

Vishing Joins Phishing as Security Threat

With users getting smart to phishing tricks, thieves find new ways to steal from you.

Trojans on The March

Is it all Microsoft's fault? One security vendor suggests that users may well want to switch to a less-targeted OS.

The Month of The Browser Bugs Begins

Researcher found another critical hole in IE, but Firefox and Safari aren't safe from attack.

Image-based Spam on the Rise

Billions of spam messages, each as unique as a snowflake?