Tim Gray

Microsoft has launched new add-ins to its MSN Search Toolbar with Windows Desktop Search, including an anti-phishing tool to detect Web sites employing the scams. Redmond said the tool, which was released earlier this month as a beta, will help users of its Internet Explorer browser (IE) slow down phishing attacks by making a security […]

EBay has reduced processing fees for its PayPal online payment service on inexpensive digital items like 99-cent ringtones and music downloads, the company announced today. The new micropayments processing fees are expected to provide merchants an affordable way to process payments for low-cost digital content, including video games, online greeting cards, news articles, mobile phone […]

Security firm MessageLabs says it has detected a new variant of the Mytob worm and intercepted 72 copies since early Wednesday. While similar to previous Mytob variants, the latest worm appears to have been compiled using more recent code than that used by its creator, the hacker known as Diabl0, according to MessageLabs. Last week, […]

One of the programmers arrested last week in connection with the Zotob worm outbreak may have authored at least 20 other worms, according to SophosLabs. Researchers at the security firm believe that Farid Essebar was responsible for writing a host of viruses in August. Essebar, 18, of Morocco, and Atilla Ekici, 21, of Turkey, were […]

IT outsourcing should be used strategically, analysts said, even though data shows its use is dropping. Gartner forecast that financial service providers (FSPs) will spend $65.7 million on IT services in 2005, but the market research firm expects to see a drop in overall outsource spending in 2006. Nevertheless, Gartner called for an increase in […]

New York City has put out a call to telecommunications companies, asking for bids on a plan to install cell phone infrastructure in its transit system — for free. Earlier this week, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that building a wireless voice and data network at station platforms would be a key part of […]

The FBI arrested two men in connection with this month’s computer virus that wreaked havoc on computer networks at companies and government agencies throughout North America. During a press conference today, federal officials said Farid Essebar, 18, of Morocco, and Atilla Ekici, 21, of Turkey, were arrested Thursday in their respective countries. They are charged […]

Microsoft plans to help users of its Internet Explorer browser slow down tricky “phishing” attacks by making a security tool available that warns about possible scams. The anti-phishing filter was originally slated to run exclusively with the Internet Explorer 7 browser. But with that version locked in beta, the tool is moving on its own […]

New York City has awarded a $212 million contract to defense firm Lockheed Martin for an underground high-tech security strategy expected to counter the threat of terrorist attacks. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) — which oversees the New York City Transit system, Long Island Railroad, Metro North Railroad and MTA bridges and tunnels — awarded […]

A new “multiple language” smart worm is spreading through Instant Messaging, checking system settings of IM clients and then sending messages in the appropriate language. The virus appears to be a new variant of the Kelvir instant messaging (IM) worm dubbed Kelvir.HI, propagating over a leading public IM network, said security firm Akonix. Akonix says […]

Spyware purveyors are developing and deploying new tactics to deliver infectious malware to corporate PC’s faster than IT executives can enlist solutions to block them. And most of the malicious code is coming from within United States, according to a study released today. Spurred by the increasing potential for big profits, spyware developers are successfully […]

Earthlink said today that it bought the assets of anti-spyware maker Aluria Software and plans to use the technology in its upcoming security suite aimed at business users. The deal, which is expected to be completed in September and includes transferring Aluria assets into a new Earthlink division, is subject to unspecified conditions, the ISP […]