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Google tracks the common cold
News The same trending technique could be used in tandem with other organisations to track contagious viruses or threats besides the common cold, including AIDS, bird flu, and Africanised honey bees. Google has unveiled a new... [12 Nov 2008]
Microsoft: Trojan threat is rising
News Covering the first half of this year, the report provides statistics compiled from Microsoft's Malware Protection Center that reveal trends about threats, breaches and infection rates. Vulnerabilities are decreasing but... [04 Nov 2008]
Stark warning over cyber attacks on UK businesses
News He said the CPNI was committed to continuing working closely with key industries to help them understand the vulnerabilities and threats they face. The computer systems of critical businesses in the UK, such as power... [29 Oct 2008]
Virtualisation: At risk from attack
News Graham Titterington, principal analyst at Ovum, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet Asia in an email interview that with the increasing prominence of virtualisation, threats to virtual machines (VMs) are becoming more... [20 Oct 2008]
Google's Android: Beware the malware?
News Google's mobile operating system Android could spell the advent of new security threats, according to security experts. Senior staff at security company Symantec warned that the open nature of the OS could see Android's... [14 Oct 2008]
Symantec CEO on weathering the credit storm
News He said: "Threats in the mobile environment have not really emerged yet and is something that still looms in the future. Speaking at the Symantec Vision + ManageFusion EMEA 08 conference, Thompson said that although... [10 Oct 2008]
'Broken: E-crime policing in the UK'
News Michael is spearheading the creation of the Internet Crime Reduction Partnership (ICRP), a stakeholder group that will bring together industry, government, civil society and law enforcement to tackle the online threats... [15 Sep 2008]
Leak fears could set bosses spying on staff
News It doesn't mean that you have to have a 'Big Brother' monitoring system and treat employees as threats but you have to look at the risk. Big brother bosses will increasingly be tempted to turn to staff surveillance to... [04 Sep 2008]
IBM blade slashes security threat
News The IBM blade aims to reduce security threats, such as viruses and denial-of-service attacks, by performing real-time analysis of network activity so malicious traffic can be diverted. IBM has launched a blade server... [04 Sep 2008]
Microsoft criticises Google over privacy
News Cullen heads up the privacy arm of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group, which has led the company's drive to tackle security and privacy threats arising from its products. Google's approach to privacy is a decade... [01 Sep 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News Other threats exist in the virtual worlds also. The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who attempt to hide their profits through the exchange of virtual currencies, Dr Igor Muttik, a... [28 Aug 2008]
BAE Systems tables £538m Detica bid
News Detica specialises in IT security services and technology to counter threats to national security or the public as well as those posed by organised or serious crime. Global defence and aerospace company BAE Systems has... [28 Jul 2008]
Does open source pose a security risk?
News Serious security threats stemming from numerous application vulnerabilities are a direct result of poor or non-existent security processes. The security practices of open-source IT developers should lead enterprises to... [22 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News Despite this, other security vendors agree with Intego that Apple's move to open up the iPhone for third-party developers could lead to malware threats for iPhone users. The company said the latest version of its Virus... [21 Jul 2008]
Coming soon - malware threats to iPhone 2.0?
News 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 half of the year, warned that "iPhone customers will likely suffer from mobile malware... [14 Jul 2008]
