Operation Bot Roast finds over 1 million victims; Image spam now hiding in e-mail wallpaper

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Jun 14, 20072 mins

Latest security news.

FBI: Operation Bot Roast finds over 1 million botnet victims, 06/13/07:  The Department of Justice and FBI Wednesday said ongoing investigations have identified over 1 million botnet crime victims.

New type of image spam hides in e-mail wallpaper, 06/13/07:  A new type of image spam found this week is able to bypass many filters by presenting a message as wallpaper within an e-mail, according to the vendor Secure Computing.

Symantec to offer IT risk-assessment consulting, 06/14/07:  Symantec Thursday plans to announce it is offering IT risk-assessment consulting services aimed at giving corporate management a comprehensive report on security gaps and remediation cost analysis.

McAfee readies enterprise e-mail, Web appliances, 06/13/07:  McAfee plans to deliver more scalable versions of its e-mail and Web security appliances, designed for enterprise users.

Fortinet boosts security platforms, 06/12/07:  New Fortinet gear speeds its multifunction security platforms with the help of a custom network processor.

SonicWall buys Aventail for big SSL VPN gear, 06/13/07:  SonicWall is buying Aventail for $25 million for its high-end SSL VPN gear that will make the company more familiar to larger customers.

Symantec enhances backup software, 06/13/07:  Symantec has added disk-backup capability to its NetBackup software.

Hawthorn Medical turns to biometrics for network security, 06/13/07:  The doctors at Hawthorn Medical Associates wanted something simpler than multiple passwords to get to their online patient records.