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News But in response to the increased adoption of stronger authentication, cyber criminals are changing their tactics, according to Alex Shipp, a senior antivirus technologist at MessageLabs. The industry needs to find a... [20 Feb 2006]
Shut down Sober-infected PCs, ISPs urged
News Although Sober is no longer trying to replicate, antivirus company F-Secure believes ISPs must warn infected customers so they can disinfect themselves. Mikko Hypponen, director of antivirus research at... [10 Jan 2006]
Leader: All the Christmas stories in one place
Leader The notion is that every antivirus company wants to warn shoppers that PCs which have sat on the shelves for weeks or months won't have up-to-date security and often users don't make installing antivirus... [19 Dec 2005]
Sober alert over Paris Hilton 'attachment'
News Antivirus companies said the worm gained some traction over the weekend and on Monday. David Perry, the global director of education at antivirus company Trend Micro, said: "This one is virulent and will... [23 Nov 2005]
AIM worm exhibits new, nasty tactics
News The advice to users is to be careful when clicking on links in IM messages - even when they seem to come from friends - and to use up-to-date antivirus software. A very nasty bundle is downloaded to your machine" when... [31 Oct 2005]
Photos: How does spyware get on your PC?
Photo Speaking at the Virus Bulletin 2005 conference in Dublin, Eric Chien, senior antivirus researcher at Symantec, outlines the common ways users are picking up spyware. Pop-up windows which suggest security updates and... [11 Oct 2005]
Spammers exploit Iran nuclear crisis
News The emails, which link to Trojan spreading websites, are purporting to contain news stories of the nuclear stand-off between the EU and Iran, according to antivirus firm Sophos. But if you click on the... [10 Aug 2005]
Spy worm spreads over instant messaging
News Alan Bell, marketing director for antivirus firm McAfee, said that those responsible for Kirvo and Spybot have law enforcement authorities chasing phantoms by using compromised computers to supply copies of the worm over... [22 Jul 2005]
Sick virus writer exploits London bomb blast
News The file name, 'London Terror Moovie.avi' appears a valid film clip bar the typo in 'movie', however after 124 character spaces there is the real .exe file name, though even this has been disguised as 'Checked By Norton... [09 Jul 2005]
'Wacko Jacko' the subject of suicide spam scam
News Sophos claims users will become infected with a Trojan called Troj/Borobt-Gen - though few other antivirus companies acknowledge the malicious code as an existing threat. Carole Theriault, security consultant at Sophos,... [10 Jun 2005]
Virus warning: Bagle variant has alarming attack strategy
News The latest variants of the Bagle worm have alarmed antivirus vendors because of the multi-stage process they use to attack PCs. As well as mailing itself on, the mass-mailer downloads a Trojan called Win32.Fantibag to... [03 Jun 2005]
Snoop fears sparked by security scans
News Research from SANS found that online criminals have turned their attention to antivirus software and media players, rather than just the operating system or browser, in order to take control of people's computers. [04 May 2005]
Sober worm lures football fans with 'free tickets'
News However, the worm avoids sending messages to companies involved in the antivirus and security industry. Antivirus firm Trend Micro has highlighted the worm's use of social engineering to spread and rated... [03 May 2005]
Virus warning: Mobile bug launches attack
News Antivirus company F-Secure said on Monday that writers have released a virus, known as Lasco.A, that spreads both through wireless connections and by attaching itself to files,. It is activated when mobile phone owners... [11 Jan 2005]
Firefox flaw found
News Mikko Hyppönen, director of antivirus research at F-Secure, said this bug could make Firefox users vulnerable to cybercriminals. David Emm, a senior technology consultant at antivirus company Kaspersky... [06 Jan 2005]
