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Cheat Sheet: Cloud computing
Cheat Sheet Some people are even talking about security services that are hosted in the cloud, with malware and spam detection applications already available. This essentially allows businesses to use tailored versions of software that are actually hosted by a... [01 Aug 2008]
Coming soon - malware threats to iPhone 2.0?
News Expect malware targeted at iPhone 3G users over the next six months, according to security vendor Trend Micro. The company's report, released on Friday, on the security threat landscape for the first half of 2008, and in its outlook for the second... [14 Jul 2008]
Web-based malware up 400 per cent
News The amount of web-based malware on legitimate sites has increased by more than 400 per cent since last year, according to security vendor ScanSafe. In a security report entitled A comparative look at the state of web security, May 2007-May 2008... [06 Jun 2008]
Vista security under scrutiny, again
News In response to claims last week by Austin Wilson, director of Windows client security product management, that statistics collected using Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) showed Vista was more secure than Windows 2000, Clausen... [21 May 2008]
Microsoft hits back at Vista security critics
News Wilson wrote in the blog post: "Our results published in the April 2008 version of the Security Intelligence Report show that Windows Vista is significantly less susceptible to malware than older operating systems. [16 May 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. Storm researcher Jon Stewart, director of malware research for... [07 May 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]
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. Security vendor Network Box illustrated this threat by showing that only the... [04 Mar 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. European spam networks have pumped out more unsolicited mail than the US for the... [07 Feb 2008]
Beyond Anti-Virus: Defeating Today's Blended Security Threats
White Paper You need to consider a strategy that moves beyond malware-specific point products to give you comprehensive control of legitimate applications, configuration, and user behavior. Critical questions to ask your security vendor [13 Dec 2007]
Vista - business uptake still slow
News Vista 64-bit security features, such as Kernel Patch Protection, which blocks attempts to modify the core OS, would not be effective against certain types of malware, Marcus warned. Vista would be unlikely to become an interesting target for... [20 Nov 2007]
Mac porn Trojan is multiplying, warns F-Secure
News If it is downloaded, it alters a computer's domain name system (DNS) server, redirecting the machine to porn sites of the malware distributor's choice. There is also a version for Windows platform users, said Runald, and it was this version that... [09 Nov 2007]
Trojan targets companies' top brass
News Security vendor MesssageLabs reported that 1,100 emails containing malware-infected RTF attachments have been recorded over a 16-hour period this month. C-level employees of publicly listed companies are being targeted by cyber criminals using... [26 Sep 2007]
Cyber criminals turn pro
News Cybercrime is becoming an increasingly professional business with malware toolkits sold on the internet and confidential details being traded in an underground economy. Symantec points to MPack as an example of the black market malware toolkits... [17 Sep 2007]
Mac virus threat still "insignificant"
News Apple has plugged around 100 vulnerabilities in OS X so far this year but the malware threat to Mac customers is insignificant compared to users of Microsoft Windows. However, despite all these vulnerabilities, the Mac's resilient platform, its... [12 Jul 2007]
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