Richard Adhikari

Security expert are warning that a phishing attack on Google’s Gmail’s chat feature not only poses a danger to users, but could be a harbinger of things to come. The attackers sent victims an instant message urging them to click a TinyURL link to check out a video. TinyURL.com is a service that shortens lengthy […]

A toxic stew of malware varieties, helped by a common browser exploit, hit the home page of tech news publication eWeek this week. Internet security product vendor Websense (NASDAQ: WBSN) discovered the exploit Tuesday morning. Staff for eWeek.com addressed the infection within a few hours. All told, security researchers found 16 forms of malware infecting […]

Hackers have launched a new attack that uses a previously undiscovered flaw in Microsoft Excel to target business executives and government agencies. The zero-day attack could be used for “spearphishing” — phishing targeted at a select pool of victims, according to antivirus vendor Symantec, which discovered the threat. “This is a crafted message going after […]

The slugfest in the virtualization market heated up further with Citrix unveiling a set of management tools for Microsoft’s Hyper-V hypervisor on Windows Server 2008. Just recently Red Hat (NYSE: RHT) took the wraps off its own set of management tools for virtualization on servers and desktops. Together with that, the unveiling of Citrix (NASDAQ: […]

Is it marketing or is it malware? That’s the question facing Facebook users who are confronting the threat of a second targeted attack less than two weeks after last being hit by a virus. Users and security experts are now wondering whether an official-looking message making the rounds through the social networking site is a […]

For the second time in less than four weeks, the University of Florida has been forced to notify students, staff and faculty about a cyber attack. This time, a hacker got into the university’s antiquated Grove system, set up in 1996, and possibly stole the names and social security numbers of more than 97,000 people. […]

Adobe Systems is warning that a JavaScript vulnerability in its Reader and Acrobat applications can enable attackers to take over their victims’ computers — and that it’s already seeing evidence that the flaw is being exploited. Government agencies and large businesses are at particular risk from an attack that uses the vulnerability, according to Kevin […]

Adopting Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) might be widely seen as a way for enterprises to cut costs and speed deployment, but things may not always be as they seem, according to industry analyst firm Gartner. Robert DeSisto, an analyst at Gartner, agreed that SaaS applications have a lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for their first two […]

Oracle is adding more moves to its CRM On Demand application, and making some waves in the software-as-a-service sector in the process. SaaS leader Salesforce.com (NYSE: CRM) is bound to take note. This week, Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) unveiled Release 16 of its CRM On Demand application, which went live in late January. The upgrade includes […]

One of the many lures of Web 2.0 is that users do the heavy lifting, generating content and uploading it to Web sites. Enterprises are increasingly adopting Web 2.0 tools such as blogs, Wikis and RSS . But are they adopting security best practices to keep pace? If not, the Secure Enterprise 2.0 Forum is […]

Security researchers are warning mobile phone users of a new worm aimed at devices running the Symbian operating system (OS S60 Third Edition). Antivirus vendor Fortinet said the SymbOS/Yxes.A, or “Sexy View” worm,

SAN FRANCISCO – Moving to the cloud will not suit every business and for some, the cloud may not be the right answer, so they should look at their business requirements and ask if moving to the cloud the right thing to do. That’s the sentiment of a keynote speech here at a cloud computing […]