‘The latest variant of SDBot spreads through America Online instant messaging software (AIM) and installs surreptitious remote control software on victims’ computers, focusing the media on security experts’ concerns that instant messaging will become the next popular vector for these programs.
The program - known as W32.Loxbot.B - infects systems after a victim clicks on a […]
BBC picks up the story of the AIM worm that’s going around:
‘Users of America Online’s instant messenger are being warned about a worm spreading via the chat network.
The Windows worm installs spyware programs and turns over control of the machine to the creator of the virus.
Studies show that malicious programs designed to attack instant message […]
‘Instant messaging (IM) has triumphed in the past 2-3 years among personal Internet users as well as within companies. There are now few school children not in touch with their friends via ICQ, MSN or AOL Messenger — but also stockbrokers, currency dealers, and the IT department are constantly ‘chatting’” with their most important contacts […]
‘Computer experts are warning about a new “computer worm” that is being passed primarily through AOL’s instant messenger program.
Hoala Greevy of Pau Spam makes his living protecting clients from phony e-mail. But instant messaging is a different animal altogether. That’s why computer users have to be especially careful about an unnamed worm attacking now.
“A worm […]
‘More organizations are considering adding IM to their internal communication options, but are put off by the problem of security. Ian Parsons looks at what’s on the market to put administrators’ minds at ease
When it comes down to selecting a communication system for your organization, instant messaging might not be high on your list.
And it […]
‘According to a recent Gartner poll, instant messaging is used today in 70% of all companies. According to the Yankee Group, however, only 15-20% of companies operate a solution for IM administration. In the remaining 50%, IM constitutes a huge, rampant infrastructure usage that poses a severe security risk for firms. The same is true […]
‘Instant messaging (IM) has triumphed in the past 2-3 years among personal Internet users as well as within companies. There are now few school children not in touch with their friends via ICQ, MSN or AOL Messenger — but also stockbrokers, currency dealers, and the IT department are constantly chatting with their most important contacts […]
‘Sometimes encryption isn’t enough to keep your conversations private. With standard encryption, it’s theoretically possible for someone to steal your secret encryption keys and decipher the conversation. For conversations that need to be kept confidential, the Off-the-Record (OTR) plugin for Gaim saves the day. It leaves no trace of a conversation ever having taken place.
OTR […]
‘The IMlogic Threat Center, the industry’s first global consortium to provide threat detection and protection for instant messaging (IM) and peer-to-peer (P2P) applications, today issued its Third Quarter 2005 threat report on the rise of IM security threats. The report highlights a 3295 percent increase in Q3, 2005 over Q3, 2004 bringing the year-to-date increase […]
‘CipherTrust, which develops messaging security solutions, is rolling out applications covering instant messaging.
Its IronIM solution establishes CipherTrust as the first vendor to offer gateway security appliances for both e-mail and instant message communications, the company said.
The application is designed to give administrators increased control from a single platform to block instant messaging threats and to […]