email viruses in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.08
Round-Up The next big tech event to be held at the Moscone Center is the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, which kicks off at the start of June and as everyone knows: Mac users don't get viruses. Last year, silicon.com's editorial staff shunned human... [16 May 2008]
The truth about software as a service
Comment Either way, all they want is their emails to turn up reliably and free of viruses and spam - interestingly both Microsoft and Google are happy to assist with this last point as both have now acquired on-demand services for email security. [23 Jan 2008]
Malware: From bedroom to boardroom
Comment Boot-sector viruses gave way to macro viruses in the mid-1990s. Viruses are firmly established in the public consciousness. Viruses were no longer just an outlet for notoriety-seeking geeks, but a key part of a serious criminal business proposition. [19 Nov 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Report from spam hell
Comment We have the ability to be able to track down and destroy individual viruses and other forms of malware enlisted by the dark side. Sure enough, bit-by-bit, my email efficiency has been eroded year-on-year by the growing spam menace. [19 Feb 2007]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: The web at work
Comment The number of web-based threats continues to grow: spyware, phishing sites, viruses and so on. Worried about whether your staff are doing too much personal web surfing and email sending at work? Workers can use instant messaging and web mail as an... [18 Dec 2006]
Best practice: Making life easier for business travellers
Comment The danger here is not just placing bad data or viruses on the corporate network but also removing sensitive data by downloading it to a USB drive and carrying it out of the office. Remote logon to email servers with GPRS can be quite slow. [14 Jun 2006]
Opinion: What's the point of security?
Comment Even the message on the EP Secure stand warning visitors of the dangers from viruses and "wormes" should have brought a smile to my face. Its Hotmail web email service is blocking 3.4 billion spam messages each day and has had two billion downloads... [26 Apr 2006]
Analysis: Protecting yourself from an inside job
Comment Viruses and worms may get all the publicity but it's the accounts clerk with a grudge who is likely to cause businesses more trouble. According to PWC's Chris Potter, who led the research, nearly all large companies have experienced staff misusing... [19 Apr 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Vendor battleground - filtering
Comment This includes controlling how and when users access the web and protecting businesses from web-borne threats such as web viruses and spyware. Content filtering now goes way beyond spam email, encompassing outbound email, IM, web access and back-up. [02 Mar 2006]
Radioactive: Is mobile IM bad for business?
Comment Spim and viruses conveyed by IMs are not as threatening as those carried by email. But if the rising tide of unsolicited marketing and viruses continue to impact the PC-based IM, they may regret being so open. [21 Feb 2006]
Analysis: What is a smart phone?
Comment Admittedly, most viruses and worms around at the moment are reasonably benign as they require users to take some action. Or, simply put, a feature phone can give you access to your email but a smart phone can sync it with your PC, your calendar... [13 Feb 2006]
Leader: All the Christmas stories in one place
Leader Don't click on e-cards at Christmas time (or at any time) because a lot of the time they are going to contain viruses, Trojans or spyware. This is also similar in many ways to the story, received a dozen or so times about staff taking more... [19 Dec 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: A single source for net protection
Comment Many vendors started life making products that filter incoming junk email and checks for viruses. Used to be businesses had to go to two sources to get solutions for email and web filtering. As with email, employees can receive IMs unexpectedly... [06 Oct 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 04.02.05
Round-Up The report cites little more than best-guesses - while redefining the word 'best' in the process - basing its claim on the assumption that every Windows PC in the world suffered as much as $340 worth of damage related to viruses. [04 Feb 2005]
Opinion: A bad case of worms
Comment With phishing scams, viruses, worms and hacker attacks on the rise, Simon Moores looks at what can be done to make the internet a safe place to communicate and do business. They are aware of the issue and believe someone has hijacked their domain... [21 Dec 2004]
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