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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... [12 Nov 2008]
Credit crunch could drive banks to SaaS security
News Web and email traffic for about 2,500 bank staff worldwide is sent through the companies' data centres, where it is screened and filtered for malware and viruses before... [10 Nov 2008]
Microsoft: Trojan threat is rising
News Defences against viruses and spyware work pretty well," said John Pescatore, an analyst at Gartner. In Brazil, password stealers dominate; viruses are big in Spain; in Italy it's... [04 Nov 2008]
UK struck by cyber crime wave
News Online identity theft dropped by eight per cent to affect just over 80,000 victims, while computer misuse offences - such as hacking and the spreading of viruses - affected 132,800 people compared to... [30 Oct 2008]
Symantec CEO on weathering the credit storm
News Despite repeated doom-mongering over the potential seriousness of mobile viruses, Symantec CEO John Thompson remains unconvinced. Speaking at the Symantec Vision + ManageFusion EMEA 08 conference, Thompson said that... [10 Oct 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... [04 Sep 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News For instance, sloppy scripting in some online games allows viruses to auto-execute and propagate. The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who attempt to hide their profits... [28 Aug 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. The antivirus software runs from a user's Mac, not from... [21 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Earlier this month Barclays offered all its online customers free Kaspersky security software, including parental controls as well as protection from spam, adware, spyware and viruses. The UK's... [18 Jul 2008]
Barclays gives online users free security software
News The package from Kaspersky protects from adware, spyware, viruses and provides parental control and spam filters. Barclays director of digital banking Sean Gilchrist said in a statement:... [01 Jul 2008]
Jonathan Zittrain on why the internet is on a knife edge
News But he believes the spectre of viruses, spyware and other security threats is driving us away from these open systems. Internet scholar Jonathan Zittrain says the web is on the road to ruin. The Oxford... [30 Jun 2008]
Web-based malware up 400 per cent
News There was also a 220 per cent increase in the amount of Trojans, viruses, password stealers and other malicious code being hosted on the web, according to ScanSafe. The amount of web-based malware on... [06 Jun 2008]
Revealed: Top tech security risks and cash-sappers
News Viruses, dodgy printers, unsupported open source software and iTunes are all among the 10 most common tech problems that can cost money or lead to security breaches in organisations. Software company... [29 May 2008]
Brits living in fear of identity fraud
News Computer security is less of a priority in the UK, the index found only a third are very concerned about viruses and spam, with 38 per cent not concerned at all. Identity fraud, and... [20 May 2008]
Google targets business with Postini-based security app
News The web hosted service protects corporate web and email users from viruses, spyware and malicious websites, and extends protection directly to remote workers if needed.... [12 May 2008]
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