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Malware-infected site detected every five seconds
News A is for Antivirus Antivirus firm Sophos found that more than 90 per cent of the web pages capable of spreading Trojan horses and spyware are legitimate websites. Click on the links below to find out more. [23 Jul 2008]
EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News A is for Antivirus Click on the links below to find out more… Speaking at a Westminster e-Forum on data roaming on Monday, Fabio Colasanti said the Commission was hesitant to impose a cap on the wholesale price of data usage while abroad, and said... [22 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News Paris-based computer security firm Intego said late last week it had released the first antivirus software for Apple's iPhone handset. The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 antivirus package for Mac OS X, released last... [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News A is for Antivirus Click on the links below to find out more. Barclays claims to have reduced online fraud to zero among users of its two-factor authentication system, PINsentry. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed... [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News A is for Antivirus Click on the links below to find out more. Security software will jump off PCs and into 'the cloud', with spending on online security services forecast to triple by 2013. Cloud-based malware and spam detection in email and... [17 Jul 2008]
Businesses have mixed feelings on IM
News From antivirus to zero-day, click here for silicon.com's alphabetical guide to security. Businesses are shying away from adopting instant messaging technology (IM) despite seeing the benefits it can have in the workplace. [11 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News A is for Antivirus Click on the links below to find out more. Advances in technology could put the UK on the road to a Minority Report-style future, a security expert has warned. The Earl of Erroll, Merlin Hay, has warned against holding increasing... [10 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News A is for Antivirus Click on the links below to find out more… The spread of WiMax networks across the UK is continuing, with two providers announcing extensions of their business-oriented networks in the past week. [10 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News A is for Antivirus Click on the links below to find out more. Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss) chairs will be fitted throughout non-high security prisons from March 2009. [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News A is for Antivirus Click on the links below to find out more. Microsoft issued a security advisory on Monday warning about targeted attacks that exploit a hole in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer in the Microsoft Access database... [08 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News A is for Antivirus Click on the links below to find out more. Representatives of the aviation industry have said they are being used as political pawns to further the government's controversial ID cards programme. [07 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News A is for Antivirus Click on the links below to find out more. Terrorists are increasingly using technology to achieve their aims, according to the government. In a speech at the Homeland & Border Security Conference 2008 in London on Thursday... [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News A is for Antivirus Click on the links below to find out more. A US judge's order for Google to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom sparked an outcry on Thursday from privacy advocates in the midst of a legal showdown over video piracy. [04 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming rates: Expect EC to force cuts
News A is for Antivirus Click on the links below to find out more… European mobile operators should brace themselves for enforced price cuts for SMS roaming, predicts an analyst. Yesterday was the 1 July deadline set by European telecoms commissioner... [02 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News A is for Antivirus Click on the links below to find out more. Malware is becoming increasingly complex, designed with multiple components that target different enterprise weaknesses, according to industry watchers. [02 Jul 2008]
