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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. Speaking to silicon.com at... [24 Apr 2008]
Viruses - is the threat over?
News Lovebugs, Storm Worms and Bagels aren't bothering silicon.com readers anymore - the majority of respondents to our latest survey haven't suffered a virus attack for years. Whether through better security protection or... [26 Sep 2007]
Mac virus threat still "insignificant"
News A lot of things like Trojans and email worms [affect the Mac] the same as they would in the PC world. Patrik Runald, senior security specialist at antivirus company F-Secure, said: "There are no viruses... [12 Jul 2007]
Zero-day attack strikes Office
News Widespread worms, viruses or Trojan horses sent to millions of mailboxes are typically not a grave concern, because they can be blocked. A new, yet-to-be-patched security hole in Word is being used in... [16 Feb 2007]
Attackers hitting yet another Word flaw
News Widespread worms, viruses or Trojan horses sent to millions of mailboxes are typically not a grave concern because they can be blocked. Another previously undocumented, yet-to-be-patched security... [26 Jan 2007]
Vista: 'Expect hackers to find holes'
News Users still have the right to send and receive email - hackers will program email worms. Gostev said: "There are tens of thousands of viruses which are fully functional just under a user account. Nine... [12 Dec 2006]
Cyber attackers exploiting Word flaw
News Widespread worms, viruses or Trojan horses sent to millions of mailboxes are typically not a grave concern since they can be blocked. A yet-to-be-patched security hole in multiple versions of Word is... [06 Dec 2006]
Long-awaited Windows Vista launches today
News The ability to define more users as standard users rather than administrators will prove very attractive, according to analysts, by helping secure corporate networks against worms and viruses that use... [30 Nov 2006]
The A to Z of security
News Just when you thought your network was safe from hackers, along came wi-fi - or your iPod-wielding workforce - and opened a whole new can of worms. Last year, warnings of a new breed of IM worm that attempts to chat with... [14 Nov 2006]
Mac virus is damp squib, says Symantec
News So it does look as though virus writers, fortunately, still have a way to go before they are able to write Mac viruses with the proficiency and fluidity that they can for Windows. A proof of concept Mac OS X virus, which... [06 Nov 2006]
Top security priorities revealed
News Sans predicts: "Mobile phone worms will infect at least 100,000 phones, jumping from phone to phone over wireless data networks. IT managers are being warned of the threats that are likely to keep them awake nights in... [02 Oct 2006]
Worm warning: Beware staff surfing, says IDC
News Per Andersen, IDC Denmark's managing director, said it's a common misconception that email constitutes the biggest security threat from the internet - adding in a statement "the survey shows that up to 30 per cent of companies with 500... [15 Sep 2006]
Global cyber-crime treaty gets Senate nod
News It requires participating countries to target a broad swath of activities, including unauthorised intrusions into networks, fraud, the release of worms and viruses, child pornography and copyright... [07 Aug 2006]
Virus writer suspects bagged by police
News He said: "They may have been involved in trying to release bot worms that exploited machines previously infected by Zotob and Rbot to take over compromised computers. A 63-year-old man in Suffolk, a 28-year-old man in... [28 Jun 2006]
XP won't expose Macs to viruses, says Gartner
News Silver said in the advisory: "All users should ignore any hype about the possibility of exposing the Mac OS to more viruses or worms. Any talk of Apple's Boot Camp software exposing the company's... [13 Apr 2006]
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