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RSS malware fMalware-infected site detected every five seconds
News 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 discovered at a... [23 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News Antivirus company F-Secure has not received any reports of malware for the iPhone, according to Fei Wing Chia, a security response manager for the company, however, he said Apple's AppStore is likely to be hijacked by malware writers. [21 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News 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 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 more components for... [02 Jul 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News 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. The two possible avenues of attack are spam with links to the as... [07 May 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment Now security experts admit traditional approaches can't keep pace with the growth in malware. Today, I look at my slide deck from Milan and see that we have entire internet relay chat networks controlled by the criminal underground economy, that... [29 Apr 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News 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. F is for Federated identity [24 Apr 2008]
Security threat: One web page infected every five seconds
News 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 fewer than 2007... [24 Apr 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
News Employees and insiders are bigger threats to corporate security than external threats such as denial of service attacks or malware. F is for Federated identity Security experts at the RSA security conference in San Francisco last week warned of all... [17 Apr 2008]
Phishers attack social networking generation
News The report also notes vulnerabilities in websites are increasingly popular malware vectors as they allow for more sophisticated and multi-stage attacks. F is for Federated identity The report states "66 per cent of phishing attacks in the US were... [09 Apr 2008]
Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'
News 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. F is for Federated identity Security from A to Z [04 Mar 2008]
Google warns: Malicious 'drive-by downloads' on the up
News 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 more than three... [20 Feb 2008]
Glasgow: Crackdown on software piracy hotspot
News 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. F is for Federated identity Security from A to Z [07 Feb 2008]
Google launches online security tools
News 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. F is for Federated identity The Google software as a service (SaaS) security... [05 Feb 2008]
