online security antivirus
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News A is for Antivirus 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. [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News A is for Antivirus Security software will jump off PCs and into 'the cloud', with spending on online security services forecast to triple by 2013. Security company Symantec is also forecasting a shift from home users and businesses installing... [17 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News A is for Antivirus Tom Black, chief executive of Detica, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk: "Terrorists are using the internet for secure communications, mission planning, assessing targets online and to radicalise the next generation. [04 Jul 2008]
Viacom vs Google: YouTube privacy fears
News A is for Antivirus 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]
Barclays gives online users free security software
News Barclays already offers its online banking customers free antivirus software but has now beefed up the package to protect against other internet security threats.silicon.com Financial Services The bank has signed up for two years with the antivirus... [01 Jul 2008]
CIOs not taking security breaches seriously
News From antivirus to zero-day, click here for silicon.com's alphabetical guide to security. Mike Davies, director of identification and authentication services at VeriSign which conducted the research, said security and trust needs to be top of the... [27 Jun 2008]
3.5G laptops to overwhelm mobile networks?
News A is for Antivirus Meanwhile, a survey of more than 350 telecom industry professionals, conducted by Tellabs and research company IDC, has found just over half of telecoms workers believe increasing bandwidth demands will eventually 'break' the... [20 Jun 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News A trio of studies have painted a damning picture of business security, with online vulnerabilities rising as companies and authorities fail to apply patches, update antivirus software and leave firewalls disabled. [19 Jun 2008]
PC security warning for banking online
News Section 12.9 of the Banking Code offers advice about how to protect your online banking activities including keeping your PC secure - through up-to-date antivirus and spyware software along with a personal firewall. [16 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]
Nato fires up cyber defences
News From antivirus to zero-day, click here for silicon.com's alphabetical guide to security. Nato is also creating a Cyber Defence Management Authority to protect its allies against online attacks such as that suffered by Estonia in 2007. [16 May 2008]
FBI cyber crime chief on botnets, web terror and the social network threat
Comment People are not doing the basics, using antivirus software, downloading patches, using firewalls, using passwords that are not easy to guess, being careful where they surf and what they click on and opening email with attachments coming from... [15 Apr 2008]
Legal Eye: Could you end up footing your e-crime bill?
Comment The code makes it possible for consumers to be held liable for their online losses if, for example, they have out of date antivirus software or fall for phishing scams. Failing to act with reasonable care includes not keeping antivirus software up... [15 Apr 2008]
PayPal wages war on phishing
News A is for Antivirus As one of largest secure online payment providers, Barrett said PayPal needs to step up efforts to stamp out the phishing problem - not just to protect customers but also the internet as a whole. [11 Apr 2008]
Call to increase online data protection for teens
News A is for Antivirus If heeded, the proposal could put a crimp in social networks' plans to tailor online advertisements to teenagers' behaviours. According to a copy of the letter seen by silicon.com sister site CNET News.com "We ask that the FTC... [10 Apr 2008]
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