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News V is for Virus variants Websites poisoned with malware capable of infecting visitors' machines are being discovered at a rate of 16,173 per day - three times faster than in 2007. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. [23 Jul 2008]
First iPhone 2.0 antivirus software released
News The company said the latest version of its Virus Barrier X5 10.5.3 antivirus package for Mac OS X, released last week, was also able to scan the iPhone for viruses. V is for Virus variants Security from A to Z [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News V is for Virus variants The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the card reader, made by Amsterdam-based Gemalto, to more than one million customers, and that none have been hit by fraud. [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News V is for Virus variants 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]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News V is for Virus variants The Earl of Erroll, Merlin Hay, has warned against holding increasing amounts of data - such as proposals to retain internet, email and phone records under the draft Communications Data Bill. [10 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News V is for Virus variants Body scanning chairs and mobile phone blocking technology will be rolled out to UK prisons to stamp out drug abuse in jails. Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss) chairs will be fitted... [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack
News V is for Virus variants An attacker would have to lure a victim, via a link in an email for example, to a specially crafted web page that could exploit the security hole to allow remote code execution. [08 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News V is for Virus variants The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said aviation workers were being used as guinea pigs for the scheme. ID cards for 'airside' workers - those who work beyond airport security checks - will become compulsory in 2009. [07 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News V is for Virus variants In a speech at the Homeland & Border Security Conference 2008 in London on Thursday, Admiral Lord West, parliamentary undersecretary of state for security and counter-terrorism, said that terrorists were increasingly... [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News V is for Virus variants Viacom, owner of movie studio Paramount and MTV Networks, requested the information as part of its $1bn copyright infringement lawsuit against the popular online video service and its deep-pocketed parent, Google. [04 Jul 2008]
The 'multi-component' malware threat
News V is for Virus variants In other words, the next security threat that hits your organisation could be a keylogger, Trojan and 'bot' rolled into one. The first component will trigger off "a chain of other components that seek to stealthily... [02 Jul 2008]
NHS data left lacking encryption
News V is for Virus variants A number of health trusts are expected to be months late meeting a target to encrypt all data on non-secure machines by 31 March. Many trusts will be unable to meet the local targets as set by strategic health authorities... [24 Jun 2008]
Tech-savvy recruited for organised crime
News V is for Virus variants A Soca spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk on Friday: "We are aware of anecdotal evidence of organised criminals [who are] moving into e-crime targeting people at an academic level. [23 Jun 2008]
Cabinet minister's laptop stolen
News V is for Virus variants The PC, which was lost on Saturday, contained details of the Cabinet minister's constituency work, and some "restricted information", according to a spokesperson for the department for communities and local government. [18 Jun 2008]
'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News V is for Virus variants Security minister Lord West told the House of Lords that the UK continues to be targeted by a "large number of attacks" and that the government is "taking action" to deal with those backed by hostile regimes. [16 Jun 2008]
