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News But, like the Christmas top 40, the big hitter that topped charts in the world of malware this month was a new take on an old classic. December's statistics from antivirus company Sophos showed the most reported virus... [07 Jan 2004]
Gigabyte v Cluley: Seconds out, round four
Comment For the past two years Cluley-themed emails have been arriving in users' inboxes bearing some form of malware. In July last year the teenaged Belgian virus writer release a piece of malware which... [05 Jan 2004]
Virus alerts: Malware in waiting for post-xmas chaos
News Antivirus experts are warning of a destructive, Christmas-themed email worm and another virus which spreads via MSN Messenger, the popular instant-messaging application. The Jitux.A worm has already begun to spread via MSN Messenger,... [02 Jan 2004]
Top 10 stories of 2003
News The virus at 20: Two decades of malware As ever, news about threats to your network in the form of hackers, spam and viruses proved popular during 2003 and emerging issues, such as tracking technologies and the growing... [24 Dec 2003]
Re:Viewing 2003 - 12 months that shook the world
News Malware of various types caused billions of dollars worth of damage worldwide and affected all corners of society. The last year has been a rollercoaster ride in so many ways - and technology was played its part. [24 Dec 2003]
Virus warning: Sober at Christmas
News Major anti-virus vendors have upgraded the mass-mailing malware which will forward itself to email addresses stored on a victim's machine and the approach of Christmas may work in favour of the virus, increasing its impact. [22 Dec 2003]
Agony for anti-virus vendor Sophos
News Readers email Deidre with around 1,000 questions, concerns and dilemmas every week and the public availability of the email address could easily expose it to the threat of malware. UK anti-virus firm Sophos has signed a... [08 Dec 2003]
Virus Top 10: A Sobering prospect
News Mimail variants C, F, A, J and E all featured in the list compiled by Sophos, and accounted for a quarter of all reports, but top spot went to new entry Sober, which accounted for a massive 32.6 per cent of all reported incidences of... [28 Nov 2003]
The virus at 20: Two decades of malware
News To celebrate the occasion silicon.com threw a virtual birthday party and invited some seasoned campaigners from the anti-virus industry to discuss their thoughts on the previous two decades of malware. [11 Nov 2003]
20 years later: A real life horror story
Comment From Brain, to Tequila, to Concept, to Melissa, to Kournikova, to Love Bug, to MSBlast, to SoBig.the chain of computer viruses became a who's who of malware queued up to damage your network. It sounds like a line from a... [11 Nov 2003]
Look out for 'legacy viruses'
News Anti-virus experts speaking at the Association of anti-Virus Asia Researchers (AVAR) conference have told delegates old computer viruses are still a threat. While so-called 'legacy viruses' are slowly dropping off, old malicious code is... [06 Nov 2003]
'CEOs know nothing about security'
News For RSA and other security vendors, the problem is to convince business bosses that knowing how to safely conduct business over the internet is about more than knowing how to guard against attacks or malware targeting... [04 Nov 2003]
Are virus writers resting on their laurels?
News The malware top two masquerade as Microsoft security updates, taking advantage of users' fears to get them to open an attachment containing a virus by dressing it up as a new patch from the software giant. [03 Nov 2003]
UK security 'most shameful in Europe'
News These last statistics are perhaps unsurprising given the problems UK businesses are clearly having getting up to date with email-borne malware such as worms and viruses. Despite the proliferation of high-profile attacks... [30 Oct 2003]
Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense: Net Antibodies
Comment With malware on the rise and security threats more common than ever, Peter Cochrane wonders how bad it's going to get before somebody takes action. Over the past month I’ve watched the escalation of network attacks on my... [30 Oct 2003]
