As per the report by Symantec's Hosted Services, MessageLabs, five to six million compromised computers, which are linked to form botnets, sent 120 Billion junk emails, which made up 90% of all of the daily spam, in the first half of 2010.
Security researchers at Sucuri, the company monitoring Web integrity, warn that cyber criminals have compromised a large number of websites operated by Fox Television Stations Inc. along with its sister firms.
AppRiver, a Web security company, reports that a fresh phishing e-mail is presently aiming at people using 'ShopNBC' e-flyer, a website where shopping can be done online.
USA Topped Among Spam Relaying Countries in Q2-2010
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Saturday, 24 July 2010 09:00
IT security company 'Sophos' has released its recent report about the leading twelve spam relaying countries for the second quarter of 2010 (Q2-2010). As per the report, the USA continued to dominate as spam polluter with 15.2% of total spam messages - a rise of 13.1% in Q1-2010.
Adobe Reader & IE Cause Highest Number of Vulnerabilities
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Saturday, 24 July 2010 03:00
According to a report released by M86 Security Labs on July 14, 2010, the most exploited vulnerabilities are usually related to Internet Explorer and Adobe Reader, but the rising target for exploitation is Java, as reported by cnet news on July 14, 2010.
