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News B is for Botnets A website infected with malware is detected every five seconds - a dramatic increase over the last 12 months due to the rise in SQL injection attacks. Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors' machines are being... [23 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News B is for Botnets The malware count for OS X still remains relatively low, with blacklists of malware no more than 100 long for most Mac OS X antivirus software. It is essential that we not only protect Mac users from malware but also protect their... [21 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News B is for Botnets Cloud-based malware and spam detection in email and instant messaging will grow from 20 per cent of messaging security revenue to 60 per cent over the next five years, according to analysts at Gartner. [17 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News B is for Botnets Malware is becoming increasingly complex, designed with multiple components that target different enterprise weaknesses, according to industry watchers. Multi-component threats are…becoming more sophisticated and adding more and... [02 Jul 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News B is for Botnets Security vendor Symantec has warned that the Storm worm, the malware which contributes to the Storm botnet, is continuing to evolve and now has two further possible avenues of attack. [07 May 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment B is for Botnets The broadband society, botnets and the Russian Business Network were, as yet, largely unimagined dangers. Now security experts admit traditional approaches can't keep pace with the growth in malware. [29 Apr 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News B is for Botnets He explained: "As SDKs became more available for PCs people wrote malware, viruses, worms and applications that looked like legitimate things but in reality were stealing data. C is for CMA [24 Apr 2008]
Security threat: One web page infected every five seconds
News B is for Botnets The company noted that the sites of Fortune 500 companies, government agencies and even security vendors, have fallen prey to malware attacks. According to Sophos, only one in 2,500 email messages contained malware - 40 per cent... [24 Apr 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
News Security experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco last week warned of all manner of threats ranging from botnets to metasploit attacks. B is for Botnets Employees and insiders are bigger threats to corporate security than external... [17 Apr 2008]
Phishers attack social networking generation
News B is for Botnets The report also notes vulnerabilities in websites are increasingly popular malware vectors as they allow for more sophisticated and multi-stage attacks. C is for CMA The report reveals that, for the second half of 2007, there were... [09 Apr 2008]
Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'
News Botnets ATMs today face the internet-born threat of worms and denial of service attacks, as well as being at risk from malware that can harvest customer data or hijack machines. C is for CMA Click on the links below to find out more. [04 Mar 2008]
Google warns: Malicious 'drive-by downloads' on the up
News B is for Botnets Drive-by downloads are caused by URLs that attempt to exploit their visitors and cause malware to be installed and run automatically. The Google researchers investigated billions of URLs over the past year-and-a-half, and found... [20 Feb 2008]
Glasgow: Crackdown on software piracy hotspot
News B is for Botnets The BSA warned that using unlicensed software also risks loss or corruption of vital data and IT systems, citing research by the IDC that revealed one in three counterfeit products contain spyware, malware or viruses. [07 Feb 2008]
Europe dishing out more spam than US
News Sjostedt said: "We've moved away from traditional, individual spammers, to loosely tied groups of spam senders, malware coders and people selling access to botnets. B is for Botnets While most spam relays are in Europe, botnets are global phenomena... [07 Feb 2008]
Google launches online security tools
News B is for Botnets The basic version of the tech - called Google Message Filtering - costs £1.50 per user per year and includes Postini's filtering system to block inbound spam and malware. C is for CMA [05 Feb 2008]
