Security attacks over instant-messaging networks became more prevalent in 2005, according to a new study.
Spammers have started using Microsoft's MSN blogging service to host malicious content used during spam and virus onslaughts, Internet security firm SurfControl said.
Before Microsoft and Yahoo finally made their respective instant messaging platforms compatible, they took numerous steps to improve the overall level of security for the combined 350 million user community.
Reuters has shut down its instant messaging system after suffering an onslaught from a new Kelvir worm, the company confirmed on Thursday.
Yahoo's free instant messaging (IM) service is being targeted by phishers in an attempt to steal usernames, passwords and other personal information.
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Malicious attacks now come cloaked in messages that appear to have been sent by a known instant messaging contact -- even more reason to be wary.
Instant messaging is still used mostly for personal chitchat in offices, according to a new survey.
Spammers are increasingly turning to mobile text-messaging, Web-based instant messaging, blogs and social-networking communities such as MySpace.com, according to mail services company MessageLabs.
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IMsecure is currently the only dedicated security solution for instant messenger (IM) clients, and therefore a must-have for all IM users.
Security software specialist Zone Labs has bought IMsecure to capitalise on the growing problem of security flaws in instant messaging software, the company announced Tuesday.
The safest way to exchange instant messages (IMs) is to stay within the enterprise, but in most cases the IM cat is already out of the bag, and security staff are playing catch up.
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