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White Paper Using real-world scenarios, this study presents the impact of fragmentation on the performance of security scans from the most popular anti-spyware and anti-virus solutions on the market today. Security... [10 Oct 2008]
Security expert slams Home Office data-sharing guide
News The code, entitled Data Sharing for the Prevention of Fraud, is designed to give guidance to public authorities on disclosing information to third-party anti-fraud organisations. A Home Office spokesperson said: "The... [10 Oct 2008]
Photos: A day in the life of a virus hunter
Photo Wüest and his team have to decrypt everything inside the malware and contend with the anti-reverse engineering techniques used by the malware writers, aimed at stopping the hunters in their tracks. With hundreds of new... [09 Oct 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.10.08
Round-Up In anti-climactic fashion, Facebook then sadly and resolutely fails to self destruct. The name's Round-Up. Weekly Round-Up. In the past, the MI6 used to recruit spies by tracking students with the right 'qualifications'... [03 Oct 2008]
Data Mining Methods for Detection of New Malicious Executables
White Paper Current anti-virus systems attempt to detect these new malicious programs with heuristics generated by hand. A serious security threat is malicious executables, especially new, unseen malicious executables often arriving... [01 Oct 2008]
Take the Sophos Threat Detection Test: Is your current anti-virus catching everything it should?
White Paper The test can be run without uninstalling or deactivating your current anti-virus software. Use the Sophos Threat Detection Test to quickly perform a scan and find any viruses, spyware, adware or zero-day threats that... [29 Sep 2008]
Microsoft interoperability makes "substantial progress" in schools
News It lodged a complaint about Microsoft with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over anti-competitive practices in October 2007, and in May took that complaint to the European Commission. Becta, the government body in charge... [17 Sep 2008]
Close the Zero-Hour Gap: Protection from Emerging Virus Threats
White Paper How Proofpoint Zero-Hour Anti-Virus technology protects enterprises against new viral outbreaks within minutes of their introduction. To exploit the "zero hour gap," or the time it takes to identify attacking malware and... [05 Sep 2008]
Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn
News Tor Odland, head of communications for rival browser Opera, thinks the brand's attempted dominance could prompt an anti-Microsoft style backlash against lack of choice. After all the polished promises of a streamlined... [02 Sep 2008]
Anti-Spyware Software: Securing the Corporate Network
White Paper Spyware is a categorical name for any program that tracks user's online activities and secretly transmits information to a third party. The effects of spyware range from annoying interruptions, like pop-up ads, to security breaches and... [02 Sep 2008]
Photos: Internet Explorer 8 takes aim at competition
Photo As added anti-phishing protection, IE8 highlights the main domain of any website you visit. Microsoft has released the second beta edition of its upcoming Internet Explorer 8 browser. The emphasis on this release is on... [28 Aug 2008]
Prisoner data breach firm paid £100m
News Anti-ID cards campaign group No2ID described the latest government data breach as an "utter disgrace". PA Consulting was appointed by the Home Office in June 2007 to provide application support for tracking prolific and... [22 Aug 2008]
Hackney Council in £1.9m IT overhaul
News The system will also track residents who have had anti-social behaviour complaints made against them and will be shared by the council's anti-social behaviour division. Hackney Council is set to overhaul... [15 Aug 2008]
Preventing Malicious Spyware in the Enterprise
White Paper However, anti-spyware tools have not kept up with this increased complexity. Spyware threats are becoming more sophisticated; hackers are finding ways to lodge key logging, backdoor programs and trojans onto more desktops. [09 Aug 2008]
Fighting the Battle Against Zero-Day Virus Threats
White Paper Traditional anti-virus programs rely on signatures created by the anti-virus vendor, but this process takes time. Attacks from viruses and other malicious code can have serious consequences for your... [08 Aug 2008]
