‘A new Christmas-themed worm attack is underway, delivering an offensive rootkit payload over the AOL, MSN, Windows Messenger, ICQ and Yahoo instant messaging networks.
The worm, identified as IM.GiftCom.All, was discovered by researchers at IMLogic Inc.’s Threat Center spreading via IM and attempting to trick users into clicking on a malicious URL.
The link lures the target […]
‘Employees going online to chat are opening up potential security risks for their companies. ScanSafe’s latest Web Security Report for the second half of 2005, highlights the growing trend of computer users turning to the Web to use Instant Messaging, Web messengers and chat rooms to communicate with friends, family and colleagues.
Figures from ScanSafe customers […]
‘A recently discovered worm that spreads through America Online Inc.’s instant messaging network has been linked to additional malware sent by an unidentified group in the Middle East, a security firm said Thursday.
Sdbot.add includes a Lockx.exe rootkit that hides the worm in a computer. Hackers can also use the rootkit to cloak their own malware.
FaceTime […]
‘Devices that screen out malware are still having to fight insidious intrusions such as the “drive-by download”, says Niall King, Asia–Pacific MD for firewall vendor Barracuda.
King says such downloads can be triggered by something as trivial as moving a scrollbar on a website. But alongside these are vectors like instant messaging (IM) which allow employees […]
Industry leader IMlogic is warning customers that a new phishing attack, IM.Marphish.Yahoo, is being broadcasted over the Yahoo instant messaging network. This new attack sends users a message that appears to be from the Yahoo “abuse department” and informs the user that they are in violation of the Yahoo Terms of Service Agreement. The […]
‘ELMTree Software has released ChatPatrol for Windows 2000/XP (http://www.chatpatrol.com), a networking plugin that creates a secure messaging layer for users of the public IM services provided by AOL (AIM), Yahoo (YIM) and Microsoft (MSN). What makes ChatPatrol unique is that it operates on the network level, so users don’t have to upgrade or switch their […]
‘Whether intended or not, employees have started leaking confidential information through instant messaging systems as they try to avoid corporate email surveillance, according to a study released Tuesday.
About four out of five companies studied by Reconnex, an enterprise risk management company, had some form of confidential data pass through their instant messaging systems during the […]
‘Corporate use of Instant Messaging (IM) is proliferating far beyond early expectations. Instant Messaging continues to be the fastest growing communications medium of all time, and is invading the enterprise at a rapid rate. A recent report by IDC found that there are more than 28 million business users worldwide using enterprise instant messaging products […]
IMlogic today announced the launch of the “IMlogic Inside” program and the availability of the IMlogic Security Engine to enable ISVs and service providers to rapidly integrate IM management and security into existing e-mail and network security solutions. The IMlogic Security Engine is the industry’s first 100 percent embeddable solution to deliver IM protocol access, […]
‘Instant messaging (IM) security entity IMLogic released new figures on Tuesday detailing the onslaught on instant messengers by hackers and other with malicious intent. The nasty code floating through disables anti-virus software and logs end user keystrokes to steal identities.
IMLogic said IM security threats were up 1500% during the month of October 2005 from a […]