Microsoft plans to release in December new software designed to secure instant messaging and other communications within big companies.
The FBI warned US Web sites and Internet service providers to be on guard for possible denial-of-service attacks this week, but any damage has appeared to be minimal.
Network assailants brought Microsoft's Internet connection to its knees with a denial-of-service onslaught, causing the company's major Web sites to slow to a near-halt before service was finally restored. The FBI is investigating.
Security attacks over instant-messaging networks became more prevalent in 2005, according to a new study.
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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Security experts are warning that an email claiming to contain a video of Osama Bin Laden's reaction to the US election result contains a worm. The email is signed by The Hobbit.
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.
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