Spammers lure firms / Word zero-day attack / CA deletes Windows file
Firms targeted in spam share scamSpammers have begun approaching firms offering to raise their stocks by manipulating the market in return for a percentage fee. - BBC News
Word flaw hit with zero-day attack
An unpatched flaw in Microsoft's Word 2000 is being used in a zero-day attack by a trojan downloader, security firms Secunia and Symantec reports. - CNET News.com
CA antivirus deletes Windows 2003 file
An error in CA's antivirus have caused problems for some Windows 2003 users, after the software mistook a file used by the operating system for a virus. - CNET News.com
Microsoft uses data mining to fight phishing
Microsoft will use Digital Resolves data mining to protect users from phishing in coming versions of Internet Explorer. - Computerworld
Sandia's Red Teams: On the hunt for security holes
Research groups at Sandia National Laboratories try to identify security holes in the U.S. infrastructure. - eWEEK
Spam + Blogs = Trouble
Fake blog-like webpages created by piecing together incoherent bits of text to fool search engines attempts to lure users to the sites to generate ad revenue. - Wired News
