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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. According to the Sophos security threat report Blogspot.com, the blog publishing... [23 Jul 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News A is for Antivirus The two possible avenues of attack are spam with links to the as-yet-unlinked-to fast-flux sites, or injecting malicious iFrame tags into legitimate websites, which would download malware onto users' machines, warned Symantec. [07 May 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News A is for Antivirus He said the availability of software development kits (SDKs) for mobile devices -like the one launched by Apple for the iPhone - increases the possibility of malicious code being designed specifically for mobiles. [24 Apr 2008]
Security experts criticise Phorm
News A is for Antivirus In the blog post, F-Secure described Apropos as containing "one of the most widespread, malicious rootkits of 2005". B is for Botnets Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [18 Apr 2008]
Microsoft: Vista security feature designed 'to annoy users'
News A is for Antivirus The company claimed many applications perform harmless actions that, in a security context, can appear to be malicious. B is for Botnets David Cross, a product unit manager at Microsoft, was the group program manager in charge of... [14 Apr 2008]
Insider security risks exposed
News A is for Antivirus Employees are still one of the biggest threats to corporate IT security both through malicious and accidental actions. Samar labelled the cast of security risk employees as Curious Cat, Complacent Connie, Forgetful Floyd, Rushing... [10 Apr 2008]
Botnets: 'We're screwed', warn security experts
News A is for Antivirus Jordana Siegel, deputy director of outreach and awareness in the National Cyber Security Division of the US Department of Homeland Security, said: "We're seeing a constant increase in malicious code which includes botnets. [10 Apr 2008]
Phishers attack social networking generation
News A is for Antivirus While the report found that most attacks continue to occur and originate in the US, China is becoming increasingly important as a source of malicious code. Scroggie said: "Russia was implicated in the widespread distribution of... [09 Apr 2008]
How to detect data leaks
Comment A is for Antivirus Most data leakage is not malicious. Data leaks can come from anywhere and can be an employee mistake, a malicious insider or an external criminal. Again, this isn't necessarily malicious; users may have a legitimate need to send... [19 Mar 2008]
Google warns: Malicious 'drive-by downloads' on the up
News A is for Antivirus Drive-by downloads, in which malicious websites exploit browser vulnerabilities to execute malicious code, have increased since April 2007, Google researchers have warned. The malicious sites target web-browser vulnerabilities to... [20 Feb 2008]
Brunel University uses spam filter to fight cyber bullying
Case Study A is for Antivirus The bully succeeded in sending over 150 malicious emails before they were finally caught. B is for Botnets Based in the west of London, the university is one of the main higher education centres in the city and uses a distributed... [11 Jan 2008]
Rootkit to protect Trojans goes live
News A is for Antivirus The rootkit, which is being hosted on seemingly innocent websites and transmitted via malicious iFrames, can hide numerous other dangerous Trojans, according to VeriSign. B is for Botnets [10 Jan 2008]
FAA: Boeing's Dreamliner to cause "security vulnerabilities"
News A is for Antivirus The FAA's conditions stipulated the 787's network design must prevent any changes -- malicious or otherwise - to any of the aircraft's hardware and software systems from within the "entertainment and information network" used by... [07 Jan 2008]
CPS hack attack guidelines: 'Confused'
News A is for Antivirus The CMA amendments criminalise the production, distribution and use of software for malicious attack. The problem as Clayton sees it is many software tools, such as network vulnerability scanning tools, are dual-use or can be... [04 Jan 2008]
Europe embraces consumer tech
News A is for Antivirus Blogs, social networking tools and other web 2.0 technologies pose another risk for information leaks or as channels for malicious software and viruses. B is for Botnets There may also be a relationship between liberal tech-use... [13 Nov 2007]
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