viruses
RSS viruses'Dumb' users spread viruses - official
News Complacent and 'too-busy' users are responsible for the rapid spread of viruses, according to a study released Friday. This vast majority believe that they have no part to play in preventing the spread of viruses, and that it is the responsibility... [06 Feb 2004]
Girls just wanna write viruses
News A 17-year old female hacker has written one of the first ever viruses to attack Microsoft's .Net platform, to prove that women can code too. The Sharpei mass-mailer worm is rated by Symantec a "low" threat but does represent the first malware to be... [04 Mar 2002]
Mobile viruses to bite next year?
News The claims come at the end of a year when the threat posed by mobile phone viruses was largely written off as hype, though they were not discounted as a future threat. Mobile security threats are expected to triple next year as smart phones and... [20 Dec 2005]
Adaptive Detection of Worms/Viruses in Firewalls
White Paper This paper seeks to answer the question: "How to detect worms/viruses, which are replicated via emails, at the level of a firewall without cooperation with an anti-virus server? The motivation is to reduce risk through preventing malicious packets... [10 Jul 2008]
Deutsche Post stamps out viruses with Symantec
News Michael Nowak, project manager at Deutsche Post, said in a statement: "We consider good, fast support to be indispensable where viruses are concerned. Security specialist, Symantec, has won a contract to supply the German post service with its... [19 Jan 2000]
Sony UK Chooses Trend Micro to Protect Its Messaging Environment against Computer Viruses
White Paper Managing the existing system was time consuming and complex, many of the antivirus solutions available were unable to block all incoming viruses. In 1998 Sony UK Ltd.decided to implement a Microsoft Outlook and Exchange front end onto the CC mail... [15 Mar 2004]
Mobile viruses stalk Symbian smart phones
News Pbstealer tries to send the user's address book, notepad content, calendar and task list to other Bluetooth devices while Cdropper attempts to install versions of the Cabir and Locknut viruses on the mobile device, according to Symantec. [23 Jan 2006]
How to Keep VPN Connections Free from Viruses and Intruders
White Paper While a virtual private network (VPN) can protect the privacy of your data, it can't protect your network from viruses, spyware, or other malicious programs that may be lurking on the remote computers that connect to it. [21 Sep 2005]
Old-school viruses pose biggest corporate threat
News Sophos' annual virus report showed old viruses still pose the greatest threat to corporate networks; with the ten-year-old Form boot sector virus also appearing in the top ten. But according to Sophos, self-propagating viruses like ExploreZip... [28 Jan 2000]
Sobig update: Organised criminals marry spam and viruses
News This isn't about some kiddy writing viruses in his bedroom - this is really a very sophisticated example of organised crime. Simpson suggested this latter factor is one of the main motivators for organised criminals, who are combining the twin... [22 Aug 2003]
Top 10 viruses: Nimda takes top slot
News Nimda and SirCam alone accounted for almost 50 per cent of the viruses reported this month, according to anti-virus vendor Sophos. October's number one SirCam lost its top spot this month as the Nimda virus stormed in. [03 Dec 2001]
Fighting Computer Viruses
White Paper Computer viruses have pervaded popular culture at least as successfully as they have the world's computer population. Capitalizing on the same fearful fascination with man-made life-forms that Mary Shelley tapped in Frankenstein, viruses have... [24 Feb 2004]
Christmas spirit spreads viruses
News But the risk of deadly viruses increases the minute you reduce your awareness," he warned. We have seen viruses with a Christmas theme over the past few years, for instance, viruses disguised as Christmas screen savers," he said. [04 Dec 2001]
RFID viruses? Don't panic
News While the idea of RFID viruses has surely crossed people's minds, the desire to see RFID technology succeed has suppressed any serious consideration of the concept. Security companies have also been quick to advise users that the potential threat... [16 Mar 2006]
How Computer Viruses and Worms Work
White Paper .we will discuss viruses -- both "traditional" viruses and the newer e-mail viruses -- so that you can learn how they work and also understand how to protect yourself. Viruses in general are on the wane, but occasionally a person finds a new way to... [24 Feb 2004]
