New Bagle variants spreading, InfoWorld, 31 May 2005

“MessageLabs found about 145,000 copies of just one of the new Bagles download variants. The first Tuesday variant appeared to start on a Yahoo Inc. Web mail account. Symantec Corp. also report seeing at least one new Bagle variant Tuesday, but found the worm was spreading less quickly than MessageLabs reported.”

Full Story at http://www.infoworld.com/article/05/05/31/HNnewbaglevariant_1.html



Blank virus blanks email, Register, 31 May 2005

“A new version of the Bagle Downloader is spreading like wildfire via email, according to email filtering firm MessageLabs. MessageLabs has intercepted almost 70,000 copies since the arrival of the virus at lunchtime on Tuesday. The virus appears to have originated from a Yahoo! group.”

Full Story at http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/31/bagle_downloader/



U.K. moves to tackle phishing, CnetNews.com, 31 May 2005

“The U.K. government is proposing changes to a fraud law that would mean scammers behind phishing attacks could face up to 10 years in jail. The Home Office has published the government's Fraud Bill, in which it suggests a new offence of fraud to close loopholes in the current law.”

Full Story at http://news.com.com/U.K.+moves+to+tackle+phishing/2110-7349_3-5726941.html?part=rss&tag=5726941&subj=news



Social networking companies feel pressure, 31 May 2005

“Social networks such as Friendster and more business-oriented networks such as LinkedIn help users make new social and business contacts via the Web and help connect people with similar interests. Yet even as Friendster and other pioneering social networking providers struggle, a new and more focused generation of players in the sector is emerging. Among the more promising social networking companies are companies geared to specific interests or affinities, including MySpace.com and Thefacebook.”

Full story at http://news.com.com/Social+networking+companies+feel+pressure/2100-1038_3-5726427.html?part=rss&tag=5726427&subj=news



E-Mail: Dangers Within and without, eMarketer, 01 June 2005

“IDC predicts that the market revenue for anti-spam solutions will experience a compound annual growth rate of 42% through 2008, reaching $1.7 billion. The firm also expects the anti-virus market to reach $4.85 billion in 2008 as companies invest in protecting their e-mail gateways.”

Full Story at http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1003425



Skype, Tom offer interactive services, SCMP.com, 1 June 2005

“Skype Technologies is developing interactive voice response services in partnership with Tom Online. For Tom Online, Skype could provide a platform for its fast-growing services such as interactive voice response content, whereby users pay to listen to entertainment on their mobile or fixed-line telephones. [Internet-based interactive voice response] services are one of the things that Skype and Tom are looking at together.”

Full Story at http://technology.scmp.com/techmain/ZZZMPD3GA9E.html