A large wave of Sober worms is sweeping through email inboxes all over the world. The new Sober variant Sober.AA. is so far this year's largest email worm outbreak.

Sober.AA is spreading in large number and is using highly intriguing and tempting subject messages. Many of the emails appear to be sent from CIA or FBI, while others claim to deliver videos of Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie. FBI has sent out a public statement warning people not to open the emails and saying that they will investigate the crime further.

When executed the worm will show a bogus error message ("Error in packed ... »»

Kroll, Inc ("Kroll") and Ibas Holding ASA ("Ibas") has on 17 November 2005 entered into an agreement (the "Bid Agreement") pursuant to which Kroll will make a tender offer for all the shares in Ibas at an offer price of NOK 23.50 per share. The consideration shall be paid in cash.The transaction is supported by the Board of Directors of Ibas, and Ibas shareholders representing 7,273,639 shares (57.35% of the total number of shares) have made conditional pre acceptances to Kroll with respect to the tender offer.

Pursuant to the Bid Agreement, the launching of the tender offer ... »»

While antivirus companies are working hard to release an update to identify this malicious code that uses the rootkit automatically installed by some Sony CDs, Norman's proactive antivirus solution, Norman Sandbox, already detected this software, classified as a potential security risk.

The Sony Software found on several of the company's recent album, is triggered by playing one of the CDs in a PC. From the CD drive, the software installs itself deeply inside a hard drive and hides itself from the view. This technique can be used by virus writers to hide their own malicious software. It might ... »»

Norman is announcing the Norman NetProtector 3000, an email security appliance, offering increased email security. The appliance makes protection of your email system more efficient, secure and easier to manage.

With the fast moving development of email threats, effective and easy email protection is vital for most businesses. The need for different solutions is apparent and Norman has now expanded its email security portfolio with an appliance that provides total email security, compliance and policy management for a variety of enterprises.

- Norman NetProtector 3000 will make administration a lot ... »»

West Coast Labs is an independent organisation which test information security products. In their latest test Norman Virus Control for Lotus Domino qualified for the West Coast Lab Checkmark approval certification.

The Checkmark system is a quality testing and certification service with established, independent standards on product effectiveness. The Checkmark standards are continuously being developed to ensure that they are an accurate reflection of real-world situations and changing technology advances.

Norman Virus Control v 5.8 for Lotus Domino passed the test and received the Checkmark ... »»

Norman SandBox technology has undoubtedly demonstrated its superiority over traditional antivirus solutions this week. This proactive virus protection engine has detected several new versions of Bagle and Mitglieder. Both of these malware components have been spammed out in large amounts and each and every one of them has been detected and stopped by Norman SandBox. Four versions of Mitglieder (FK,FL,FN and FM) have been detected this week and all have been spread massively through emails affecting numerous countries. In short Mitglieder can cause damage by:- Preventing access to certain web pages, in ... »»

Norman ASA is today announcing a new version (4.2) of its popular email security gateway - Norman Email Protection (NEP). NEP is an antispam, antivirus and antiphising solution protecting at the perimeter of the network. For most organisations a clean and healthy email system is vital for operating their businesses. With 80 % of all malware spreading through emails, the need for efficient protection is highly prevalent. As an answer to this needs Norman has improved the functions of its software solution with the release of this latest version of NEP.

Norman Email Protection is a secure email management ... »»